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13th January 12, 03:10 PM
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Re: Tolkien on Gaelic
 Originally Posted by MeghanWalker
like in nazgul? What is nasc in Gaelic?
Going by Tolkien's explanation that I quoted, it means both a ring or a bond in Gaelic. In the constructed languages, "nazg: the word for 'ring' in the Black Speech" (see OP citation.)
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13th January 12, 04:27 PM
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Re: Tolkien on Gaelic
Originally Posted by Bugbear
Going by Tolkien's explanation that I quoted, it means both a ring or a bond in Gaelic. In the constructed languages, "nazg: the word for 'ring' in the Black Speech" (see OP citation.)
ahhh...and Nazgul means "ring wraith" so..there ya go!
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