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

bent

noun. small boat

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as benc or bent “small boat” (GL/22), clearly related to ᴱQ. vene “small boat” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√VENE as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Glorvent).

Gnomish [GL/22; LT1A/Glorvent] Group: Eldamo. Published by

benthi

adjective. pretty

bentha-

verb. to cut, fashion, shape

benc

noun. small boat

caug

adjective. humped, bulging; bent

An adjective in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed {“bowed, humped” >>} “humped, bulging; bent” based on the early root ᴱ√kava- (GL/25).

crinc

noun/adjective. bent and thin; crescent

An adjective in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “bent and thin”, also serving as a noun “crescent” (GL/27), perhaps based on the early root ᴱ√KṚKṚ (QL/48).

naud

adjective. bowed, bent; ashamed, abashed, bashful

An adjective in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “bowed, bent” and also meaning “ashamed, abashed, bashful” (GL/59). It might be based on G. nud- “incline head, bend face down”.

cam

adjective. bent, bowed; submissive, humble

cunwed

adjective. bowed, bent, concave

cuvon

adjective. bowed, bent, concave

cûn

adjective. bowed, bent, concave

fant

adjective. crooked, bent, bowed

Gnomish [GL/34; GL/35] Group: Eldamo. Published by

craig

adjective. crooked

Gnomish [GL/27; PE13/111] Group: Eldamo. Published by

crictha-

verb. to bend

fag-

verb. to cut

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “cut”, marked with a “✱” indicating it was the basis of a set of related words (GL/33).

gwegla

adjective. crooked