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Early Primitive Elvish

gṛþṛ

root. *admire, have affection for

A root in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as gṛþ- replacing deleted kṛþ- with derivatives having to do with care and affection (GL/42). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, and N. garth had the meaning “fort, fortress” in the 1930s (Ety/ƷAR|GARAT) making it likely this root was abandoned.

Changes

  • kṛþ- → gṛþ- ✧ GL/42

Derivatives

  • Eq. karda- “to admire, have affection or respect for” ✧ GL/42
  • G. garth “beloved”
  • G. gartha- “to admire, have affection or respect for” ✧ GL/42
  • G. grith “care, attention, affection” ✧ GL/42
  • G. grith- “to attend to, tend, care, care for, mind” ✧ GL/42

Variations

  • gṛþ- ✧ GL/42
  • kṛþ- ✧ GL/42 (kṛþ-)
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