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

fanc

noun. cut

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a cut”, a noun form of G. fag- “cut” (GL/33).

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).

fagin

adjective. cut

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “cut (aj.)”, an adjectival form of G. fag- “cut” (GL/33).