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S. girith n. “shuddering” (Category: to Shake)

S. girith, n. “shuddering; [N.] horror” (Category: to Shake)

This is a noun form of gir- “shudder”, most notably an element in names like Nen Girith “Shuddering Water” (S/220; WJ/151) and Girithron “December, *Shuddering-one” (LotR/1110; PM/136). In The Etymologies of the 1930s N. girith was glossed “shuddering, horror” under the root ᴹ√GIR “quiver, shudder” (Ety/GIR).

Reference ✧ SA/girith ✧ “shuddering”

Elements

#gir- “to shudder” ✧ SA/girith (#gir-)
-th “abstract noun”

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N. girith n. “shuddering, horror” (Category: to Shake)

See S. girith for discussion.

Reference ✧ Ety/GIR ✧ “shuddering, horror”

Elements

gir- “to shudder” infinitive ✧ Ety/GIR (giri)
#-th “abstract noun” ✧ Ety/GIR (#-th)

Element In