li

preposition. with; and

lindwil

noun. lindwil

lui

noun. blueness, livor, livid mark

A noun appearing as G. lui “blueness, livor, livid mark” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/55), hence = “✱bruise”.

Neo-Sindarin: Since √LUY remains the root for “blue” in Tolkien’s later writing (VT48/23), I’d adapt this word as ᴺS. lui “blueness; livor, livid mark, ✱bruise”. Likely “blueness” was the original sense, extended to include blue-coloured bruises on the body.

lint

adjective. quick, agile, nimble, light

lib-

verb. to drip

A verb appearing as G. lib- “to drip” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/54), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√LIPI as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (QL/86; LT1A/limpë).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would adapt this verb as ᴺS. liv- “to drip”, based on the later root ᴹ√LIB “drip”.

libli

noun. small glass; small drop

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s meaning either “a small glass” or “a small drop” (GL/54), based on the early root ᴱ√LIPI as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (QL/86; LT1A/limpë).

lim

noun. sheaf, bundle

A noun appearing as G. lim “a sheaf, bundle” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/54), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√LIMI from which ᴱQ. limna “sheaf” was derived (QL/54).

Neo-Sindarin: Since I retain ᴺQ. limna “sheaf” for purposes of Neo-Quenya based on the later root √LIM “link, join”, I would retain and adapt the Gnomish noun as ᴺS. levn “sheaf, bundle” to be a more direct cognate.

limfa

noun. drink of the fairies

A noun appearing as G. limp and longer limpelis in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss “the drink of the fairies” (GL/54). Tolkien tentatively revised these in pencil to limfa and limfelis, and these two forms appeared in a name list from this same period (PE15/7). These forms did not appear again, but its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. limpe “wine” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/LIP).

ling

noun. small snake

A word for a “small snake” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, along a longer form G. lingos “snake” (GL/54), clearly a cognate of ᴱQ. lin (ling-) “snake” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/54).

lith-

verb. to go, depart, be over, finish, end, die

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “go, depart, be over, finish, end, die” (GL/54). The early root ᴱ√lith- also seems to have been related to time (see G. laith “time, the course of time”), so the meaning of this verb may have originally been exclusively temporal, only later spatial.

lithin

adjective. bygone, ended

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “bygone, ended”, an adjectival form of G. lith- “depart, be over, finish” (GL/54).

liscaloth

adjective. reedy, reed grown

An adjective in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “reedy, reed grown”, a combination of G. lisc “reed” and the suffix G. -loth “grown” (GL/54).

lib

noun. drop, gout

limp(elis)

noun. drink of the fairies

lind

noun. twine

lir-

verb. to sing

lisg

noun. reed, sedge

lieg

noun. the folk, the citizens

lieglest

noun. a folk moot

ligin

noun. curved horn, trump

ligindon

noun. blare of trumps

lillir

noun. a song, lullaby

lim

adjective. many

lin-

verb. to sound (intr.)

lingos

noun. snake

lingwir

noun. dragon

lintha-

verb. to sound (tr.), strike or ring bell, play an instrument

list

noun. grace, favour, kindness

lista-

verb. to bless

lithra-

verb. to cease speaking, become silent

lin

noun. sound

limfelis

noun. drink of the fairies

linthanin

noun. playing or music of instruments

lisc

noun. reed, sedge

glib

adjective. liquid

An adjective in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed {“dripping wet” >>} “liquid” (GL/39), probably derivatives of the early root ᴱ√LIQI which had derivatives like ᴱQ. liqin(a) “wet” (QL/54).

ulin

noun/adjective. liquid

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as G. ulin “liquid” (GL/74), clearly a derivative of the early root ᴱ√ULU “pour, flow fast” (QL/97).

Neo-Sindarin: If adapted to (Neo) Sindarin, this word would be ᴺS. ylin with i-affection, probably originally an adjective formation: ✱ulin(a).

iolinc

noun. little lamb, lambkin

rogli

noun. little pipe (especially musical)

mibli

noun. little kiss, peck

tilithli

noun. little elf

gwethli

noun. maiden, little girl

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as G. {gwendi >>} gwethli “maiden, little girl”, derived from the root {ᴱ√gw̯ene >>} ᴱ√gu̯eđe, more specifically from primitive ᴱ✶gu̯eđeþlī (GL/45).

nethli

noun. long lush grass, little meadow

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “long lush grass, little meadow” (GL/60), probably related to ᴱQ. nessele “pasture” and thus derived from the same early root: ᴱ√NESE (QL/66).

tinwelint

masculine name. Tinwelint

glisca-

verb. to have a sweet tooth, like sweet things

glindwil

noun. swallow

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s for the bird “swallow” with variants glindwil and lindwil, a combination of G. glin “sound” and the suffixal form -wil of G. bil bird (GL/39, 54).

-lim

suffix. many

duilin

masculine name. Swallow

duilin(g)

noun. swallow

dólin

noun. song

-(a)vlid

suffix. -less

clidhron

noun. [unglossed]

climbol

noun. [unglossed]

glib

noun. drop of water

gling

noun. music

glis

adjective. sweet

glisc

adjective. fond of sweets; fond of saying sweet or flattering things, suave, flattering

neglis

noun. honey

puthli

noun. baby

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “baby” (GL/64), probably derived from the early root ᴱ√PU(HU) “generate” (QL/75).

cuilin

adjective. golden

duilinc

noun. swallow

eilin

noun. pool

glingrin

adjective. musical

liriluith

proper name. Liriluith

tess(il)

noun. little flower; †maiden

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with forms tess and tessil and glossed “little flower”, also with an archaic or poetic sense “†maiden” (GL/70). In its “flower” sense it may be related to G. teth “bud” appearing below it on the same page. In its “maiden” sense it may be related to ᴱQ. tessa “a maid, maiden” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/91). It may also appear as a mutated element in the (deleted) phrase G. gontha li dessa “boy and girl” (GL/54).

cail

noun. lip

A noun for “lip” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/24), related to ᴱQ. kíla and hence clearly derived from the same early root ᴱ√KILI “edge” (QL/46).

cuilogri

noun. liveliness

A word for “liveliness” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with variants cuilogri and [cuilo]gwi, both noun forms of G. cuilog “lively” (GL/27).

cuith

noun. life, the vital principle; living body

A word appearing as G. cuith in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with glosses “life, the vital principle” and “a living body”; Tolkien specified that it was never used for “a lifetime”, which was instead G. cuil (GL/27). It was likely based on the early root ᴱ√KOẎO “have life” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Koivië-néni).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I’d retain ᴺS. cuith as “life, the vital principle” in reference to the biological process of life and being alive. For “life” in its more ordinary sense I’d use [N.] cuil.

cuithos

noun. life (period of life); living, livelihood

A word appearing as G. cuithos “life (period of life); living, livelihood” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a noun form of G. cuitha- “am alive” (GL/27).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I’d update this word to ᴺS. cuithas using the later abstraction noun suffix -as, and would assume it is an abstraction based on ᴺS. cuith “[biological process of] life”. I would use it to refer both to the means of providing for one’s life (= “livelihood”) as well as a period of time within one’s life, as opposed to one’s entire lifetime which would be ᴺS. cuilvorn.

gaithrin

adjective. like steel

A word appearing as G. gaithrin “like steel” in the Gnomish Lexicon, an adjectival form of the noun G. gais “steel” (GL/37).

Neo-Sindarin: Since I adapt the Gnomish noun as ᴺS. gaes “steel” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would adapt the adjective as ᴺS. gaethren “of steel”, with sr becoming thr.

rôn

noun. liver

The word G. rôn⁽⁾ “liver” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, but its etymology is unclear (GL/65). Q. rāna “moon” was written in pencil nearby, but this seems to be from an earlier layer of the lexicon, and may be unrelated.

Neo-Sindarin: I’d retain ᴺS. rôn “liver” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, perhaps as a derivative of the later root √RON “solid, firm”, since (a) there are no later words for “liver” and (b) the word rôn does not appear with any other meaning in later writings.

cuil

noun. life, lifetime

elfrin(iol)

masculine name. Littleheart

elfrith

proper name. Littleheart

faith

noun. liberty

fel

preposition/adverb. like; (as av.) as, like

fûr

noun. lie

gwilbriniol

adjective. like a butterfly

hist

noun. listening, attention

hith

interjection. listen! hark!

ilfrin

masculine name. Littleheart

inc

adjective. little

lothengriol

place name. Lily of the Valley, Flower of the Plain

mib

noun. little kiss, peck

migin

adjective. little

rau

noun. lion

telt

noun. lid

timpi

noun. little bell

bridhweg

noun. liege (m.)

bridhwig

noun. liege (f.)

cuilborn

noun. lifetime

celebriol

adjective. like silver

cuilogwi

noun. liveliness

fairthos

noun. liberty

faithir

noun. liberator, Saviour

gaul

noun. light

glaur

adjective. light, bright

miginthi

noun. littleness

tambrin

adjective. like copper

cintha-

verb. to light, set alight

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “to light, set alight” with past form canthi (GL/26), probably based on the early root ᴱ√KṆŘṆ [KṆÐṆ] “shine” (QL/47) since ancient short ṇ became in but long ṇ̄ became an and ð became th before a consonant.

cuid

noun. animal, living creature

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “living creature, animal” (GL/27), probably the cognate of a ᴱQ. koite “living thing, being, animal” from the early root ᴱ√KOẎO “have life” (QL/48). Cuid “animal” was also mentioned in the Gnomish Grammar (GG/9).

cuilog

adjective. alive, lively

A word appearing as G. cuilog “alive, lively” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of G. cuil “life” (GL/27). Tolkien specified that this word was “usually metaph[oric]”, so probably “lively” was a better translation than “alive”.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I’d update this word to ᴺS. cuileb “lively” using the later adjective suffix -eb, but for “alive” I’d use [N.] cuin.

cum-

verb. to lie (down)

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “lie (down)” (GL/27), probably related to the early root ᴱ√KAMA of the same meaning (QL/44).

dantha-

verb. to illuminate, light up, illustrate

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “illuminate, light up, illustrate”, likely related to G. dant “lamp”, though this word was rejected (GL/29).

gad(a)

noun. joint, link; small lane, track; isthmus

A noun appearing as gad or gada in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based the early root ᴱ√yat- [ẎATA], having several meanings: “joint, link; small lane, track; isthmus” (GL/36).

gadr

noun. joint, link of chain

A noun appearing as G. {gôd >>} gadr “joint, link of chain” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, based the early root ᴱ√yat- [ẎATA] (GL/36).

hau-

verb. to lie

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as G. hau- “lie” based on primitive ᴱ✶haw- (GL/48).

Neo-Sindarin: The root ᴹ√KHAW “rest, lie at ease” appears in Tolkien’s later writings, so I would retain ᴺS. haw- “to lie” as a derivative of this later root, conjugated like S. caw- “taste”: hewin vi chaust “I lie in bed”. I would assume it has the connotation of lying for the purpose of rest and relaxation (“lie at ease”), as opposed to more semantically neutral ᴺS. caeda- “to lie”.

siriol

adjective. flowing, fluent, liquid, mellifluous

An adjective appearing as G. siriol “flowing, fluent, liquid, mellifluous” in the Gnomish Lexicon, related to G. sîr “river” (GL/67-68).

Neo-Sindarin: I think ᴺS. siriol “flowing, fluent, liquid, mellifluous” can be retained for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, reconceived as an active participle of the later verb [N.] siria- “flow”.

tug-

verb. to hit, reach mark; to light on, chance on, find; to arrive; to chance, occur; to suit, fit, be convenient, ‘do’

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with numerous glosses: “1) hit, reach mark; 2) light on, chance on, find; 3) arrive; 4) chance, occur; 5) suit, fit, be convenient”, the last with the looser sense “do” (GL/71). It is clearly based on the early root ᴱ√TUKU from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon with the derived verb ᴱQ. tuku- “go in search of, look for, fetch” (QL/95).

amrod

adjective. wandering, living in wilds

An adjective in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “wandering, living in the wilds” based on G. amra- “go up and down = wander” (GL/19).

cuibri

noun. vitality

A word for “vitality” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a noun form of G. cuib “alive” (GL/27).

Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word as ᴺS. cuinas “vitality, liveliness”, based on the later adjective [N.] cuin “alive”.

glôriol

adjective. golden, like gold

tultha-

verb. to lift, carry

amra-

verb. to go up and down; live in the mountains; roam, wander

celegrin

adjective. glassy, like glass

cuib

adjective. alive

cuilwarthon

place name. Dead That Live Again

cuitha-

verb. to live, be alive

elfel

adjective. different, like something else

falos

noun. sea-marge, surf, coast, line, beach; margin, fringe, edge

feltha

adjective. similar, like

fur-

verb. to conceal; to lie

gal(a)

noun. daylight, light

glarw(ed)

adjective. bright, light

gofeltha

adjective. *similar, like

gomod

noun. companionship, living together; community, fellowship

hitha-

verb. to listen, hearken, listen to

lav-

verb. to lick

lemp

noun. crooked finger; little finger

mav-

verb. to like

pinig

adjective. tiny, little

rib

noun. shore; stripe, line; border, fringe

rim

noun. stripe, line; border, fringe

tê

noun. mark, line; track; path

tî

noun/adjective. straight; line

gimra-

verb. to hearken to, listen to

gwamod

noun. companionship, living together; community, fellowship

hista-

verb. to listen, hearken, listen to

agla

noun. flash

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as G. agla “flash” (GL/42); Tolkien made a point that it was not connected to G. augla “ray of sunlight, sunbeam” (GL/20), and thus it was likely derived from the early root ᴱ√KALA (QL/44). In the Gnomish Lexicon Slips it was revised from {aglan or agl >>} aglen “a flash” (PE13/108). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s this became {aglen >>} ᴱN. aglann “ray of light” (PE13/136, 158).

Neo-Sindarin: I think this word can be adapted to Neo-Sindarin as ᴺS. agol “flash”, where the -ol is the usual result of a syllabified final l: ✱agl(a) > agḷ > agol. I would adapt the pre-revision Gnomish form because I think the Early Noldorin form is better as ᴺS. aglan “ray of light”, and agol also happens to compatible with early 1950s ✶ak’la- “shine out, flash” (PE18/87).

asc

noun. water

A noun glossed “water” appearing in the Official Name List for the Lost Tales of the 1910s, probably based on the early root ᴱ√ASAKA which was used for words meaning “waterfall” (PE13/101).

gogail

noun. mouth

A noun appearing as G. gogel “mouth” in The Gnomish Grammar (GG/8) and as {gogel >} gogíl or gogail “mouth” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/40). In the latter document, Tolkien said it was a combination of G. go- “together” and G. cail “lip”, from more archaic forms gwa-caíl, gwa-cil. An unrelated word G. mem “mouth” also appeared in Gnomish Lexicon (GL/57), perhaps related to G. beg “chin” which Tolkien connected to ᴱQ. pé “(closed) mouth” = “the two lips” (GL/57; QL/72).

Neo-Sindarin: I’ve used these Gnomish words as the inspiration for a neologism ᴺS. gobem “mouth”, based on the (neologism) ᴺS. pemp “lip”, where the reduction of -mp to -m finally is an irregular assimilation to the preceding voiced b: -mp > -mb > -m.

gwadh-

verb. to dwell

A verb appearing as G. gwadh- “dwell” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with a (deleted) primitive form gu̯ađ (GL/46), likely an allusion to the early root ᴱ√ẆAÐA from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/102). In that document, Tolkien gave the Gnomish form as {gwath- >>} gwar-, however, which might align with the deleted primitive form ᴱ✶gu̯ara- “dwell” from the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/38).

hethir

noun. sister

A word for “sister” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a feminized form of G. heth “brother or sister, ✱sibling”, along with several (archaic) variant forms hethwin, hestril, and hethril (GL/48). It was ultimately derived from the early root ᴱ√HESE [HEÞE?] (QL/40).

hethos

noun. brother

A word for “brother” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a masculinized form of G. heth “brother or sister, ✱sibling”, along with several (archaic?) variant forms {hethweg >>} hethwig, hestron, and hethron (GL/48-49). It was ultimately derived from the early root ᴱ√HESE [HEÞE?] (QL/40).

lalt

noun. dance

A noun appearing as G. lalt “a dance” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/52), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√LḶTḶ “dance” (QL/55), probably with [[g|long syllabic [ḹ] becoming [al]]].

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would adapt this word as ᴺS. lilt for better compatibility with the later root ᴹ√LILT “dance”, as suggested by Fiona Jallings.

laltha-

verb. to dance

A word appearing as G. laltha- “to dance” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a verb form of G. lalt “a dance” (GL/52).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would adapt this word as ᴺS. liltha- for better compatibility with the later root ᴹ√LILT “dance”.

marol

noun. sand

A noun with variants marol and mara in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “sand”, probably a derivative of the root ᴱ√MARA (GL/56); see the entry on the root for further discussion. In later writings, Tolkien used N. lith for “sand”.

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). I use ᴺS. miru for “wine” as a loan word from Quenya and an element in S. miruvor. This allows us to salvage various wine-related Gnomish words like ᴺS. mirybin “grape” (G. mirobin). However, a Sindarin word herw “wine” was published in 2024, which can be used if you want to avoid using words from the 1910s.

thith

noun. dust

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “dust”, appearing below other forms like G. thisin “parched, withered” (GL/73). The latter is clearly a cognate of ᴱQ. sisin from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon, and hence is derived from the root ᴱ√SISI as it appeared in that document (QL/84), though its Gnomish derivatives make it clear the actual root was ✱ᴱ√ÞISI.

bâb

noun. father

A word for “father” in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips (PE13/111). In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s itself, G. babi or baba was “mummy, mamma” (GL/21, 57). As pointed out by Gilson, Welden, Hostetter and Wynne, there is a complementary change of {nân “father” >>} G. nân “mother” elsewhere in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips (PE13/115).

celeb

noun. silver

celebrin

adjective. of silver

culu

noun. gold

glîr

noun. song, poem

glôr

noun. gold

lôs

noun. flower

ador

noun. father

aina

adjective. small

amil

noun. mother

amrint

noun. lark

ba

preposition. in

beb

adverb. [unglossed]

bi

preposition. in

brag

adjective. fresh

brid-

verb. [unglossed]

celchwed

adjective. glassy

cing(win)

noun. spider

A noun for “spider” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with variants cing and cingwin (GL/26). Tolkien indicated this word was related to G. cang “tangled” (GL/25), which was probably based on the early root ᴱ√KAŊA “weave, twine” (QL/45, 98). The i in cing indicates the primitive form was probably kŋ̣g-, since short syllabic nasals became in in Gnomish.

culwin

adjective. golden

A word appearing as culwin or culuin “golden” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of G. culu “gold” (GL/27).

cwenn

noun. Elf

cwivros

noun. awakening

dant

noun. lamp

duif

noun. stream

duil

noun. swallow

dôn

?. [unglossed]

faidwen

noun. freedom

faroth

noun. boundary

feleg

adjective. equal

fenlug

noun. snake

fent

noun. snake

A word for “snake” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, along with a deleted variant fenlug (fenlog-) (GL/34), the latter probably a combination with G. lûg “snake”. It was clearly a cognate of ᴱQ. fent “serpent” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/38).

gail

noun. star

galtha-

verb. to kindle

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as {galta- >>} galtha- “kindle”, apparently a transitive or causative variant of G. gal- “shine (golden)” (GL/37).

gantha

adverb. more

glais

noun. sweetness

glen(d)rin

adjective. slender

gung

noun. spider

gwail

noun. air

gwaith

noun. people

gwidh-a-ging

noun. cobweb

A word for “cobweb” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/46). Its initial element seems to be G. gwidh- “weave”, and its final element might be a variant of G. gung “spider” (though this word was deleted).

gwilbrin

noun. butterfly

gwiw

adjective. young

gân

adjective. young

gûri

adjective. sweet

helfingl

noun. icicle

ilfrith

masculine name. Dear Heart

ing

noun. fish

inig

adjective. small

leptha

noun. finger

luib

adjective. thirsty

lunta

noun. ship

lî

noun. folk, many people, ‘they’, a crowd of folk

lûg

noun. snake

mab(a)

noun. mother

mabrin(d)

noun. wrist

man

masculine name. Man

mang

noun. butter

A word appearing as G. mang “butter” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/28), clearly related to ᴱQ. manya “butter” and thus derived from the early root ᴱ√MṆGṆ (QL/62).

Neo-Sindarin: I’d retain ᴺS. mang “butter” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin from a Neo-Root ᴺ√MANGYA, where ngy became ng in (Old) Sindarin (PE19/23).

mara-

verb. to dwell

mem

noun. mouth

miros

noun. wine

nathon

noun. father

ninconin

noun. snowdrop

nith

noun. wax

A noun for “wax” in Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶nēgittĕ (GL/60).

nân

noun. mother

níniel

feminine name. Child of Tears

nîn

noun. pool

An archaic noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “pool” (GL/60), almost certainly derived from the early root ᴱ√NENE (QL/65).

nîr

noun. woman

pad

noun. [unglossed]

puim

noun. soap

rô

noun. [unglossed]

sinthi

pronoun. [unglossed]

sîr

noun. river

tam

noun. copper

tant

noun. a number

tathn

noun. number

teld

noun. roof

teltha-

verb. cover in

thail

noun. [unglossed]

thas

pronoun. thy

thil

noun. [unglossed]

tholos

noun. sea-marge

thribin

adjective. lean

tinta-

verb. to dance

A noun glossed “dance” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/70), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√TṆTṆ (QL/93), probably with [[g|short syllabic [ṇ] becoming [in]]]. It had a past form {tinti >>} tanti showing the development of [[g|long syllabic [ṇ̄] to [an]]].

turwin

noun. queen

târ

noun. horn

ulug

noun. dragon

ungwi

noun. spider

ûmi

adjective. large

’ôs

noun. [unglossed]

(m)bara-

verb. to dwell

-rim

suffix. *many

aglen

noun. flash

amaith

noun. mother

brinc

adjective. clear, transparent

dori

noun. queen

fî

noun. [unglossed]

gaid

adverb. more

gatha

?. [unglossed]

@@@ form does not appear elsewhere and similar forms are not relevant

ging

noun. spider

gledhrin

adjective. slender

gogel

noun. mouth

gogìl

noun. mouth

gur

adjective. sweet

gweith

noun. people

gwilvrin

noun. butterfly

gwiog

adjective. young

gwion

adjective. young

helfin(n)

noun. icicle

ineg

adjective. small

le

preposition. and

mabir

noun. mother

mara

noun. sand

musc

adjective. grey

nanwin

noun. mother

praust

noun. [unglossed]

prog

noun. [unglossed]

rab-

verb. [unglossed]

redhos

noun. land

rôl

noun. a song

sind

noun. [unglossed]

telthon

noun. roof

thel

noun. [unglossed]

thelg

noun. [unglossed]

thion

noun. [unglossed]

thrim

?. [unglossed]

thug

noun. [unglossed]

thû-

verb. [unglossed]

trum

?. [unglossed]

tûn

noun. [unglossed]

ulthanc

noun. [unglossed]

umeg

?. [unglossed]