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

idri

noun. treasure, thing of great worth, jewel

Gnomish [GL/50; LT2A/Cûm an-Idrisaith] Group: Eldamo. Published by

idrisaith

noun. avarice, excessive love of gold and gems and beautiful and costly things

An element in the name Cûm an-Idrisaith “Mound of Avarice” in earliest The Lost Tales of the 1910s (LT2/223). The Gnomish Lexicon contrasted it with avosaith “avarice = money-greed”, whereas idrisaith meant “excessive love of gold and gems and beautiful and costly things” (GL/50). It was a combination of idri “treasure” and saith “hunger”.

Gnomish [GL/50; LT2A/Cûm an-Idrisaith] Group: Eldamo. Published by

idril

feminine name. Beloved

Gnomish [GG/11; GG/15; GL/50; LT2/216; LT2A/Idril; LT2I/Idril; LT2I/Irildë; PE13/099; PE13/103; PE13/104; PE15/27] Group: Eldamo. Published by

idril

noun. sweetheart

Gnomish [GL/50; LT2A/Cûm an-Idrisaith] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fann

noun. year

Gnomish [GL/34; LT1A/Fanuin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fanuin

masculine name. Year

Gnomish [LT1/217; LT1/222; LT1A/Fanuin; LT1A/Gonlath; LT1I/Fanuin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

garth

adjective. beloved

lath

noun. year

Gnomish [GL/53; GL/69; LT1A/Gonlath] Group: Eldamo. Published by

îd

noun. treasure, thing of great worth, jewel