Gnomish
avosaith
noun. avarice, money-greed, greed of gold
aus(s)aith
noun. avarice
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The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s has G. aus(s)aith or avosaith “avarice” based on G. avos “wealth” (GL/20). Elsewhere in this document avosaith was translated “money-greed” (GL/50). Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document had avasaith or afasaith “avarice, greed of gold” (PE13/111). A final iteration of this word appeared in N. Cûm-nan-Arasaith “Mound of Avarice” from Silmarillion drafts of the early 1930s (SM/133), but this name was removed from later versions of the narratives.