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13th January 12, 02:19 PM
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Re: Tolkien on Gaelic
 Originally Posted by Bugbear
 I'm sorry; it wasn't clear from the quote I posted. Tolkien is saying, nasc or nasg, is the only Gaelic word he could find that was used in the languages he created, being nazg, though borrowed unintentionally.
like in nazgul? What is nasc in Gaelic?
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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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