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Gnomish

-wen

suffix. noun suffix

Gnomish [GG/08; GL/19; GL/22; GL/24; GL/25; GL/29; GL/30; GL/31; GL/33; GL/35; GL/36; GL/38; GL/42; GL/43; GL/49; LT1A/Palúrien; PE13/114] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-wen

suffix. *augmentative

um

pronoun. we

Gnomish [GL/53; GL/74] Group: Eldamo. Published by

umin

pronoun. we

gwadath(wen)

noun. wandering, journey

A noun appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as G. {gwarathwen “wandering” >>} gwadath(wen) “wandering, a journey” based on G. {gwara- >>} gwada- “wander, roam, travel (far)” (GL/43).

-od

suffix. noun suffix

Gnomish [GL/25; GL/30; GL/31; GL/41; GL/42; PE13/110] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-la

suffix. noun suffix

-li

suffix. noun suffix

Gnomish [GL/24; GL/28; GL/30; GL/32; GL/33; GL/34; GL/35; GL/36; GL/38; GL/40; GL/45; GL/68] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-on

suffix. noun suffix

Gnomish [GL/38; GL/39] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-st

suffix. noun suffix

-thi

suffix. noun suffix

Gnomish [GL/24; GL/33; GL/35; GL/39; GL/40; GL/42; GL/44; GL/45; GL/47; LT1A/Vána] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-weth

suffix. noun suffix

Gnomish [GL/24; GL/38; GL/39; GL/44; GL/45] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-wi

suffix. noun suffix

Gnomish [GL/35; GL/48] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cariod(wen)

noun. activity

A noun for “activity” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√KARA “do, make” (GL/25).

dor uswen

place name. Dor Uswen

Gnomish [LT1/021; LT1A/Dor Faidwen; LT1I/Dor Edloth; PE15/07] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwennin

noun. girl

telthion

adjective. roofed in, sheltered, protected

An adjective appearing as telthion or telwed in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s gloss “roofed in, sheltered, protected”, based on the early root ᴱ√tel- “cover in; close; finish” (GL/70).

telwed

adjective. roofed in, sheltered, protected

uthwen

noun. escape, way out, exit

A noun appearing as G. uthwen “way out, exit; escape” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s related to the verb G. uthra- “get away, escape” (GL/75), both clearly based on the early root ᴱ√USU “get out, escape” (QL/98).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would retain this noun as ᴺS. uthwen “way out, exit; escape”, but re-etymologized as a combination of the Neo-Root ᴺ√UTH “escape” with men “way”, with thm > thw and then the u preserved by the following w.

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