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!

Early Noldorin

hai

noun. scorn

Early Noldorin [PE13/146] Group: Eldamo. Published by

haib

adjective. hungry

The adjective G. saig “hungry” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/66), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√SAẎA “hunger” which was mostly used in combination with -kǝ (QL/82). This word reappeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists, but was revised to ᴱN. haib (PE13/146, 153). Here the final b probably represents a shift of the ancient form to ✱saik-wā, while the initial h reflects the tendency of initial s to become h in the Noldorin of the 1920s (HIPTN/§4.1.1).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I use ᴺS. saeb “hungry” as an update of the 1920s form to better fit Sindarin phonology. Fiona Jallings first coined this neologism based on ᴱQ. saiqa (FJNS/352).

Early Noldorin [PE13/146; PE13/153] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hais

noun. hunger

The noun G. saith “hunger” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/66), like based on the early root ᴱ√SAẎA “hunger” which was mostly used in combination with -kǝ (QL/82). In Early Noldorin Word-lists the word appeared as sais, revised to ᴱN. hais (PE13/147, 153) to reflect the fact that initial s generally became h in the Noldorin of the 1920s (HIPTN/§4.1.1). In this 1920s document its Qenya equivalent was ᴱQ. saiste indicating a primitive form of ✱saistē.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I use ᴺS. saeg for “hunger” based on the Neo-Root ᴺ√SAYAK, a neologism coined by Fiona Jallings based on ᴱQ. saike “hunger” (FJNS/352). An argument can also be made for ᴺS. saeth as a more direct update of G. saith (perhaps < sayak-tē as suggested by Elaran in 2018), but I prefer saeg since its etymology is more transparent.

Early Noldorin [PE13/147; PE13/153] Group: Eldamo. Published by

haith

adjective. moist, wet

Early Noldorin [PE13/147; PE13/163] Group: Eldamo. Published by

find

noun. hair

Early Noldorin [PE13/143] Group: Eldamo. Published by

finn

noun. hair

fîr

noun. a hair

Early Noldorin [PE13/143] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sog-

verb. to drink

Early Noldorin [PE13/128] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bad

noun. way

Early Noldorin [PE13/120; PE13/137; PE13/160] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dailir

noun. cleaver

Early Noldorin [PE13/141] Group: Eldamo. Published by

adjective. high

Early Noldorin [PE13/141; PE13/161] Group: Eldamo. Published by

egos

noun. distance

Early Noldorin [PE13/142] Group: Eldamo. Published by

egren

adjective. distant

Early Noldorin [PE13/142] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwab

noun. garment

Early Noldorin [PE13/123; PE13/146] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hich-

verb. to vomit

A verb appearing as ᴱN. hich- “vomit” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s from primitive ᴱ✶pṣk- (PE13/163), where the initial p became h as was often the case in the 1920s.

Neo-Sindarin: I’d retain this verb as ᴺS. hich- “vomit” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, preserving its modern rather than primitive form, perhaps derived from an (onomatopoeic?) primitive form ✱khikh-.

Early Noldorin [PE13/162; PE13/163] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hist-

verb. to spit

Early Noldorin [PE13/147; PE13/163] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. sap, juice

Early Noldorin [PE13/147] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lhif-

verb. to drink

A verb appearing as {lhib >>} lhif “drinks” in the Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶sḷp- or ᴱ✶sḷq- (PE13/148-149).

Early Noldorin [PE13/148; PE13/149] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mab

noun. hand

Early Noldorin [LB/056; PE13/124; PE13/149; PE13/156] Group: Eldamo. Published by

peleg

noun. axe

Early Noldorin [PE13/152] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tael

noun. axe