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

gerd(h)olm

noun. mine

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “mine” with variants gerdolm and gerdholm, a combination of G. groth “ore” and G. dolm “pit” (GL/38).

Variations

  • gerdolm ✧ GL/38
  • gerdholm ✧ GL/38

gersoth

noun. mine

gersauth

noun. mine

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “mine” with variants gersauth and gersoth, a combination of G. groth “ore” and G. sauth “hole” (GL/38).

Elements

WordGloss
ger“ore, metal”
sauth“a hole, tunnel”

Variations

  • gersoth ✧ GL/38