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

gwî

place name. Gwî

Gnomish [GL/18; GL/21; GL/45; LT1A/Vê] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwîl

noun. cessation, quiescence, leaving off; peace

Gnomish [GL/45; LT2A/Falasquil] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwîs

noun. entertainment

gwith

noun. net

gwil-

verb. to sail, float, fly

Gnomish [GL/23; GL/45; LT1A/Vilna] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwioth

noun. youth

gwiw

adjective. young

gwinn

noun. net

gwiog

adjective. young

gwion

adjective. young

gwaidhin

noun. web

A word for “web” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√gu̯iđ and related to G. gwidh- “weave” (GL/46). It had a deleted variant gwaith².

gwer-

verb. to wind, turn, bend (tr.); to weave

In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien had the verb G. gwer- “wind, turn, bend” based the early root ᴱ√gu̯er, but Tolkien noted it was “often also used = plait or weave”, most notably as an element in the name G. Gwerlum “Gloomweaver” (GL/46). In the Name-list to the Fall of Gondolin from this period, Tolkien specified that gwere- “signifieth to weave or wind” (PE15/27).

Gnomish [GL/46; LT1A/Gwerlum; PE15/27] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ganos

noun. youth

gwed-

verb. to wind, turn, bend (intr.)

gwel-

verb. to boil, bubble (intr.)

gwes-

verb. to greet, welcome

gwest

noun. entertainment

gân

adjective. young

man

masculine name. Man

Gnomish [GL/18; GL/20; GL/43; GL/56; GL/68; LT1A/Manwë; PE13/104; PE15/26] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mathwen

noun. evening

Gnomish [GL/56; LT2A/Mathusdor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

miros

noun. wine

Gnomish [GL/57; LT1A/Miruvor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mîr

noun. wine

The words for “wine” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s were (archaic) G. †mîr and (ordinary) G. miros (GL/57), both related to ᴱQ. miru “wine” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/61).

Neo-Sindarin: In Tolkien’s later writing, S. mîr was “jewel” and S. miruvor was a loan word from Q. miruvórë, where the initial element was based on Val. mirub “wine” (PE17/37-38; WJ/399). As such I use ᴺQ. miru for “wine”, and I would also used ᴺS. miru for “wine” as another loan word from Quenya and an element in S. miruvor. This assumes both “wine” (from grapes) and miruvor were drinks introduced by the Noldor.

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