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Gnomish

dôf

noun. hide, skin

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “hide”, related to the verb G. daf- “strip, flay, peel skin” (GL/29). In a later page it appeared with the gloss “hide, skin” (GL/30).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√DAVA “*skin”
Gnomish [GL/29; GL/30] Group: Eldamo. Published by