in the nirnaeth arnoediad it says that hurin cast aside his shield and wilded an axe. it says that his axe smoked in the black blood of the TROLL-GUARD. so hurin didnt fight gothmog, he fouhght a troll? like a troll in lotr?
also it says evry time hurin SLEW he cried...does this mean he slew orcs or something there or everytime he turned. (slew means:1. past tense of slay/kill. 2. turn around quickly)
Thread: hurin and the nirnaeth
From my memory, I say that Hurin never had to face Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs. The guy who killed Gothmog was Fingon, I think. Vir can correct me if my memory is wrong.
And I am quite positive that "slew" means the past tense of slay in that context.
And I am quite positive that "slew" means the past tense of slay in that context.
Every time Hurin slew - that is killed he cried: 'Aure entuluva!'
Clover - Fingon was killed by Gothmog, he didn't kill him. Ecthelion of the fountain of Gondolin did that by driving his helm into him but also was killed by Gothmog.
Clover - Fingon was killed by Gothmog, he didn't kill him. Ecthelion of the fountain of Gondolin did that by driving his helm into him but also was killed by Gothmog.
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does this mean he slew orcs or something there
does this mean he slew orcs or something there
If i remember correctly he uttered that cry 70 times meaning he killed atleast 70 orcs & trolls. You must also remember that morgoth wanted him alive and that the orcs tried to catch him without hurting him. That's why maybe he managed to kill that much.
Moregoth didn't want him alive. It just happened that Húrin slew so much that he was buried under the dead, rancid bodies of fiends and monsters, so that he could be taken.
I suggest re-searching the passage a little better Virumor:
"Seventy times he uttered that cry; but they took him at last alive, by the command of Morgoth, for the Orcs grappled him with their hands, which clung to him still though he hewed off their arms; and ever their numbers were renewed, until at last he fell buried beneath them. Then Gothmog bound him and dragged him to Angband with mockery."
"Seventy times he uttered that cry; but they took him at last alive, by the command of Morgoth, for the Orcs grappled him with their hands, which clung to him still though he hewed off their arms; and ever their numbers were renewed, until at last he fell buried beneath them. Then Gothmog bound him and dragged him to Angband with mockery."