gentha-

verb. to grip, seize, lay hold of

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “grip, seize, lay hold of” based on G. gen “closed hand, grip” (GL/38).

manc

noun. grip, grasp, hold

A noun appearing as G. manc “grip, grasp, hold” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, likely based on the early root ᴱ√maχā (GL/55); compare ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/57).

Neo-Sindarin: Since √MAH survives as the root of “hand” words in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retain ᴺS. manc “grip, grasp, hold” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, though its exact derivation is no longer clear.

gen

noun. closed hand, grip

makte

noun. hold, grip, power, possession

A word appearing as ᴱQ. makte “hold, grip, power, possession” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” (QL/57). It had a stem form maksi-, the result of the sound change whereby [[eq|[ti] became [si]]]. Beside it Tolkien wrote hte, probably indicating an alternate form [ma]hte as suggested by the editors. Elsewhere in the same entry, ᴱQ. makte was glossed “hand”, but that use was marked as archaic (†) and was apparently supplanted by ᴱQ. mā “hand” (which remained the normal Quenya “hand” word for the rest of Tolkien’s life).

Neo-Quenya: Since √MAH survived in Tolkien’s later writings as the basic for hand words, I would retain ᴺQ. mahtë for purposes of Neo-Quenya with the primary sense “hold, grip, ✱grasp”, metaphorically also “power [over], possession”.

mahte

noun. hold, grip, power, possession