dal

noun. cairn

dalech

noun. (upright) stone

A word for “(upright) stone” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with variants dalech and daleg and plural form daleth, all apparently elaborations of G. dal “cairn” (GL/29).

daleg’lâm

proper name. Stone of Vengeance (or Wrath)

dala-

verb. to sing or ring

daleg

noun. (upright) stone

daltha-

verb. to erect, set up

nal

noun. dale, vale

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “dale, vale”, most likely a derivative of the root ᴱ√NḶĐḶ as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (GL/59; LT1A/Murmenalda).

glith

noun. dale, hillslope

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “dale, hillslope” derived from ᴱ√nḷđ (GL/40). Its plural was glidhin, indicating a stem form of glidh-. The ancient initial nḷ- developed into nli- as often happened with favored clusters like nl-, which eventually developed into dl- and then gl-. Meanwhile, the final -dh became -th, though the dh was preserved in the plural form as noted above.

tumli

noun. dale

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a dale” (GL/72), probably a derivative of the early root ᴱ√TUM(B)U as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Tombo; QL/95).

dol-

verb. to dig

A verb appearing as {dal- >>} dol- “dig” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√ndolo (GL/30). This root was glossed “delve” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/65).

tâl

noun. foot

tûm

noun. valley

amlad

noun. surface

bladwen

noun. plain

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a plain” (GL/23), probably derived from the root ᴱ√PALA “flatness” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Palúrien; QL/071).