lhammas

proper name. Account of Tongues, Linguistic History

Changes

• Lammas → Lhammas “Account of Tongues” ✧ LR/167
• Lhammas → Lammas ✧ WJI/Lammas

Element in

• N. Lammasethen “Shorter Account of the Elvish Tongues” ✧ WJI/Lammas

Elements

Word	Gloss
lham(b)	“tongue”
-as	“abstract noun”

Variations

• Lammas ✧ LR/167
• lhammas ✧ PE22/034

lhammas

noun. account of tongues

blâb

verb. (he) flaps, beats

The Etymologies seem to list this word as a noun, but it is clearly the third person singular of the verb

lhâf

verb. (he) licks

lhôd

verb. (he) floats

orthor

verb. (he) masters, conquers

osgar

verb. (he) cuts, amputates

síla

verb. (he) shines white

sôg

verb. (he) drinks

thia

verb. it appears

tôg

verb. (he) leads, brings

tôl

verb. (he) comes

According to WJ/301, the expression tôl acharn "vengeance comes" was later changed to tûl acharn by Tolkien