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Gnomish

hai

adverb. in good time, punctually, early

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hai

interjection. go!, hence, begone, away

hai

adverb. there (by him)

haimadri

adjective. lunch, food in morning, elevens

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “lunch, food in morning, elevens”, a combination of G. hai “early” and G. madri “meal” (GL/20).

haig

noun. way, road, path

hair

adjective. timely, punctual, in good time

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haitha-

verb. to hie, go, fare, walk

Gnomish [GL/47; LT2A/Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva] Group: Eldamo. Published by

haithin

adjective. gone, departed, lost

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haid

noun. way, road, path

haidra

adverb. timely, punctual, in good time

haidri

noun. forenoon, after breakfast

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haim

adjective. gone, departed, lost

hairen

feminine name. Spring

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haiva

interjection. hence!, begone, be off; (as av.) away, hence, off

Gnomish [GL/21; GL/47] Group: Eldamo. Published by

faigli

noun. hair, long tresses

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “hair, long tresses”, a term Tolkien said was used especially of women (GL/33). Its primitive form appearing on another page as ᴱ✶fīđ’lī (GL/35). Its form illustrates a number of Gnomish sound changes, notably how long ī became ai and how ðl became gl; these sound changes were abandoned in later Sindarin.

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fidhrin

adjective. haired

The adjective G. fidhrin “haired” appeared as an element in the word G. logrifidhrin (or logrifindel) “curly haired” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/54). It is apparently an elaboration of fidhra “[collective] hair” (GL/35).

Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word as ᴺS. fidhren “having hair, -haired” < ✱spinrinā using the more typical Sindarin adjective suffix S. -ren, where the dhr is the result of the Sindarin sound change whereby [[s|[nr] became [ðr]]]. I think this is better than coining an Sindarin variant of Q. finda “having hair, -haired” (PM/340), since a cognate of that word would collide with S. fen(n) “door”.

fidhrad

adjective. hairy, hirsute

A word appearing as G. {fidhra >>} fidhrad hairy, hirsute” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of fidhra “collective hair” (GL/35).

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nictha-

verb. to rain, hail, snow

An impersonal verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as G. nictha “it is raining, hailing, is snowing” (GL/60), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√NIQI “white” (QL/66) with qt [kʷt] > cth [xθ].

Neo-Sindarin: If updated to Neo-Sindarin, this verb would be ᴺS. nítha- since since k spirantalized and then vocalized before th. However, I would limit its use to “snow, hail”, and for the verb “rain” I’d instead use ᴺS. uil.

aithl

noun. spring

Gnomish [GL/18; GL/25; GL/31; LT2A/Ecthelion; PE13/108] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aithyl

noun. spring

baith

noun. garment

Gnomish [GL/21; LT1A/Vai] Group: Eldamo. Published by

craitho-

verb. to spit

crectha-

verb. to spit

Gnomish [GL/17; GL/27; PE13/111] Group: Eldamo. Published by

adjective. high

Gnomish [GL/29; LT1A/Qalmë-Tári; LT1A/Taniquetil; PE13/112] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fautha-

verb. to snow

flan

noun. scorn

fôtha-

verb. to snow

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “it snows” with variants fôtha- and {fontha- >>} fautha-, elaborations of G. “snow” (GL/35).

ing

noun. fish

lenchos

noun. distance

maiwest

noun. welcome

maiwethrin

adjective. welcome

noun. hand

Gnomish [GG/14; GL/55; GL/57] Group: Eldamo. Published by

peleg

noun. axe

Gnomish [GL/64; LT2A/Peleg] Group: Eldamo. Published by

saig

adjective. hungry

saith

noun. hunger

Gnomish [GL/51; GL/66] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sog-

verb. to drink

tubrin

adjective. hidden

tuil

noun. spring

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ubra-

verb. to rain