- Darkchylde (talk | contribs) ("Known for shooting blue fire"? What part of "Gostir is only known by name" do you not understand? I also removed the image because it was not depicting Gostir at all. It was originally entitled as the Rimescale Dragon.) Tag: rte-wysiwyg |
- Darkchylde (talk | contribs) (Dread glance is not another name, but the name meaning itself.) Tag: rte-source |
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Gostir was the name of one of the Dragons of Morgoth about whom almost nothing is known.
Biography
Gostir was a dragon only known by name.[1]
Etymology
Gostir means "terrible sight" in Sindarin, from gos ("horrible") and thîr ("opinion, expression, face").[1]
The earlier form of the name was Gorsthir.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 5: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"