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

fast

noun. wash, cleaning

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “wash, cleaning”, related to the verb G. fas- “wash” (GL/34).

fast

noun. holder, stand

A (deleted) noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “holder, stand”, also used to mean the same as (deleted) G. fath “possession, property; rights, legality” (GL/33).

canga-

verb. to tangle

A verb appearing as G. canga- “to tangle” in the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/25), probably based on the early root ᴱ√KANGA or ᴱ√KAŊA “weave, twine” (QL/45, 98). Elsewhere in GL Tolkien had the similar and probably related intransitive verb cinga- or cangi- “to go wrong, get tangled”.

Neo-Sindarin: I would retain the verb ᴺS. canga- for purposes of Neo-Sindarin based on a Neo-Root ᴺ√KANGA “✱tangle”, incorporating the meanings of both transitive “tangle” and intransitive “get tangled, [by extension] go wrong”.

pieg

noun. pin

A noun for “pin” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/64), clearly related to ᴱQ. piek “pin” (QL/73).

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