for by him [Túrin] was holden the hand of ruin / from Thingol’s folk, and Thû feared him – / Thû who was thronéd as thane most mighty / neath Morgoth Bauglir; whom that mighty one bade / ‘Go ravage the realm of the robber Thingol, / and mar the magic of Melian the Queen.’

Tolkien, J. R. R. The History of Middle-Earth III: The Lays of Beleriand. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. (London: HarperCollins, 2002.) 16. (The Lay of the Children of Húrin, Version 1, I “Túrin’s Fostering”)
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