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
blectha
noun. a flame
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).