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Aiwendil · 10-23-2002, 05:47 PM

I submitted the -iad question to Elfling and a very obvious point that we'd missed was made: the changes from Gwareth to Gwared and Echoriath to Echoriad cannot imply a change from Doriath to Doriad, because _Doriath_ appears in "The Wanderings of Hurin" alongside _Echoriad_. This is, then, not a universal change from final "th" to "d". I suppose it must merely be two independent changes to the specific names "Echoriath" and "Gwareth".

In light of this, I think we probably should use "Echoriad" and "Gwared".

10-23-2002, 05:47 PM	#24
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	I submitted the -iad question to Elfling and a very obvious point that we'd missed was made: the changes from Gwareth to Gwared and Echoriath to Echoriad cannot imply a change from Doriath to Doriad, because _Doriath_ appears in "The Wanderings of Hurin" alongside _Echoriad_. This is, then, not a universal change from final "th" to "d". I suppose it must merely be two independent changes to the specific names "Echoriath" and "Gwareth". In light of this, I think we probably should use "Echoriad" and "Gwared".