lost

noun. blossom, bloom

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “blossom, bloom” (GL/54), probably based on the early root ᴱ√LOHO [loχo] (GL/52; QL/55). A form loss appeared next to (etymologically unrelated) G. lôs “flower” that might be a variant of lost (GL/52).

loss

noun. blossom, bloom

laith

adjective. *lost

An adjective for “lost” appearing in its plural form laithi in Gnomish translations of the name of The Book of Lost Tales: G. i·band a·gwentin laithi or i band cwention laithi from The Gnomish Grammar (GG/11-12). It is clearly related to the verb G. laitha- “let slip, lose” from the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/52).

bandra

adverb. away, gone, departed, lost

haithin

adjective. gone, departed, lost

haim

adjective. gone, departed, lost

luitha-

verb. to bloom, blossom

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “bloom” and “blossom” (GL/55), probably based on the early root ᴱ√LOHO [loχo] (GL/52; QL/55).

nil

adjective. empty