lust

noun. weather; tide; time

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s said to be the equivalent of G. lûm [“time”] or G. olod [“tide”] as well as having the sense “weather” (GL/55). It was probably based on the early root ᴱ√LUHU which had various time-related derivatives (QL/56), since in GL is was grouped with other time-words.

aus(s)aith

noun. avarice

avasaith

noun. avarice, greed of gold

avosaith

noun. avarice, money-greed, greed of gold

The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s has G. aus(s)aith or avosaith “avarice” based on G. avos “wealth” (GL/20). Elsewhere in this document avosaith was translated “money-greed” (GL/50). Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document had avasaith or afasaith “avarice, greed of gold” (PE13/111). A final iteration of this word appeared in N. Cûm-nan-Arasaith “Mound of Avarice” from Silmarillion drafts of the early 1930s (SM/133), but this name was removed from later versions of the narratives.

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”.