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Gnomish

auth

noun. sunshine, warmth; noontide

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “sunshine, warmth; noontide” (GL/20), likely a derivative of the early root ᴱ√AWA “burn; be parched, yellow, warm” (QL/33). It also appeared as unglossed {ôth >>} auth in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying this document (PE13/111).

Changes

  • ôthauth ✧ PE13/111

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AWA “burn; be parched, yellow, warm”

Element in

  • G. obauthri “afternoon” ✧ GL/61
  • G. authmeg “midday, high noon” ✧ GL/20
  • G. authmadri “midday meal” ✧ GL/20

Variations

  • ôth ✧ PE13/111 (ôth)
Gnomish [GL/20; GL/61; PE13/111] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gothwen

noun. battle

Element in

Gnomish [GL/42; GL/45; LT2A/Gothmog] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mortha

adjective. dim

A word for “dim” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjective form of G. morth “darkness” (GL/58).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MORO “*black, dark” ✧ LT1A/Mornië
Gnomish [GL/58; LT1A/Mornië] Group: Eldamo. Published by