<Dd> ("No life in coldness, in darkness . Here in void, only death .") </Dd> <P> The word burzum - ishi (' in darkness') is taken from the Ring Verse, and three other abstract nouns are invented with the same ending--um . The word ashi, meaning' only', is taken from ash (' one') in the Ring Verse . The other words were made up by Salo . </P> <P> Russian historian Alexander Nemirovski claimed a strong similarity to Hurrian, which had recently been partially deciphered at the time of the writing of The Lord of the Rings, E.A. Speiser's Introduction to Hurrian appearing in 1941 . </P>

One ring to rule them all black speech