A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a flame” derived from the early root ᴱ√(M)BELEKE (GL/22). Tolkien marked this word as “Q”, but the editors pointed out this is almost certainly a slip for “G”.
Gnomish
bleg
noun. a flame
Derivations
- ᴱ√(M)BELEKE “*flame”
blectha
noun. a flame
Cognates
- Eq. velka “flame” ✧ GL/22
Derivations
- ᴱ√(M)BELEKE “*flame” ✧ GL/22
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√melek/mbelek/belek > blectha [βelektā] > [belektā] > [blektā] > [blekta] > [blekθa] > [blekθa] ✧ GL/22
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a flame” (GL/23), probably derived from the early root ᴱ√(M)BELEKE (GL/22).