Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Gnomish

redhin gedweth’ ar gadwethu

*related of kinship and marriage

garth

adjective. beloved

alch(ar)

noun. shrine, temple

gân ar gantha

*young and old, (lit.) young and adult

hûn ar hû

between the dog and his bone

i·fesc ar i·dusc

a red rag to a bull, (i.e.) the irritating to the irritable

saroth

noun. sea

talin i’lossi ar gwandron nan·idril

the beautiful white feet of Idril

talwi i’loss ar gwandra nan·idril

the beautiful white feet of Idril

tol withernon (ar lim gardhin arthi)

*island of Withernon and many places besides

tusc ar fesc

*irritable and irritating

bâb

noun. father

A word for “father” in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips (PE13/111). In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s itself, G. babi or baba was “mummy, mamma” (GL/21, 57). As pointed out by Gilson, Welden, Hostetter and Wynne, there is a complementary change of {nân “father” >>} G. nân “mother” elsewhere in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips (PE13/115).

culwin

adjective. golden

A word appearing as culwin or culuin “golden” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of G. culu “gold” (GL/27).

pui

noun. child

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “child” (GL/64), probably derived from the early root ᴱ√PU(HU) “generate” (QL/75).

ûthi

noun. outside

A word appearing as G. ûthi “outside” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based on G. uf “out of, forth, from” (GL/74).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would use ᴺS. eth “outside”, a neologism coined by Elaran inspired by later ᴹQ. ette “outside”.

idril

feminine name. Beloved

Gnomish [GG/11; GG/15; GL/50; LT2/216; LT2A/Idril; LT2I/Idril; LT2I/Irildë; PE13/099; PE13/103; PE13/104; PE15/27] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ador

noun. father

tûr

noun. king

Gnomish [GG/15; GL/72; LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; PE13/115] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cuilin

adjective. golden

danuin

masculine name. Day

Gnomish [LT1/217; LT1/222; LT1A/Danuin; LT1I/Danuin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

adjective. high

Gnomish [GL/29; LT1A/Qalmë-Tári; LT1A/Taniquetil; PE13/112] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dân

noun. day

gaul

noun. light

le

preposition. and

mandra

adjective. noble

Gnomish [GL/56; LT1A/Mánir] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nathon

noun. father

Gnomish [GL/17; GL/59] Group: Eldamo. Published by

odra

adverb. very

tîr

noun. king

to

proper name. To