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

lind

noun. twine

Gnomish [GL/54; LT1A/Ungwë Lianti] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lindwil

noun. lindwil

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).

Gnomish [GL/31; GL/39; GL/54] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lir-

verb. to sing

Gnomish [GL/39; GL/54; LT1A/Lindelos] Group: Eldamo. Published by

duilin

masculine name. Swallow

Gnomish [LBI/Duilin; LBI/Fuilin; LT2/203; LT2A/Duilin; LT2I/bo-Dhuilin; LT2I/Dhuilon; LT2I/Duilin; PE13/104; PE15/22] Group: Eldamo. Published by

duilin(g)

noun. swallow

Gnomish [GL/23; GL/31; GL/39; GL/54; LT2A/Duilin; QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-lim

suffix. many

Gnomish [GG/15; LT2A/Balcmeg; LT2A/Gondothlim; PE15/26; QL/053] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cwenn

noun. Elf

Gnomish [GL/28; GL/32; PE13/099; PE14/009] Group: Eldamo. Published by

duil

noun. swallow

duilinc

noun. swallow

dólin

noun. song

Gnomish [GL/29; LT1A/Gondolin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

eilin

noun. pool

gling

noun. music

gwail

noun. air

lim

adjective. many

Gnomish [GG/15; GL/17; GL/54] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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

sîr

noun. river

Gnomish [GL/67; LT1A/Sirion] Group: Eldamo. Published by