mal

adjective. mal

mal

noun. paved way, road

mal-

verb. to chew

A verb appearing as G. mal- “to chew” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/56), perhaps based on the early root ᴱ√MALA “crush” (QL/58).

Neo-Sindarin: The root became ᴹ√MBAL in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/MBAL), whose Sindarin derivatives would start with bal- conflicting with later forms like S. bal- “✱to have [divine] power” (PE17/131). For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would use ᴺS. nadh- “to chew, gnaw” from ᴹ√NYAD “gnaw” (Ety/NYAD).

malc

adjective. rich, powerful

An adjective for “rich, powerful” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶malkĭ- (GL/56), clearly related to ᴱQ. malke (malki-) “rich” under the early root ᴱ√MḶKḶ “possess” (QL/62).

maloglin

noun. yellow song, daffodil

A noun appearing as G. maloglin or maloglin “daffodil, [lit.] yellow song” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/56). Its initial element is clearly G. malon “yellow”, and its second element is probably derived from the early root ᴱ√LIŘI [LIÐI] “sing” (QL/54).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would update this word’s elements to [N.] malen “yellow” (< ✱malina) and lind “song”. If we assume it is the result of an ancient compound, the i in ✱malina would not undergo a-affection because the element was non-final. As a result, the surviving i would induce i-affection on the a in the first syllable, changing it to e so that end result would be ᴺS. melillin “daffodil, (orig.) yellow song”: ✱malina-linde > ✱melin(a)-lind(e) > melillin.

malthin

noun. cream

A noun for “cream” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s apparently based on G. maltha “golden yellow, rich, mellow” (GL/56).

malthos

noun. butter cup

A noun appearing as G. malthos “buttercup” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of G. maltha “golden yellow” (GL/56).

Neo-Sindarin: I would retain this word as ᴺS. malthos for purposes of Neo-Sindarin as an elaboration of S. malt “gold”.

malmaurien

place name. Way of Dreams

malc

noun. lord

malcos

noun. lordship, power, a province or principality

malcrin

adjective. lordly, noble, mighty

malon

adjective. yellow

maltha

adjective. golden yellow, rich, mellow

malcwed

adjective. lordly, noble, mighty

malogrintha

adjective. orange, tawny

gwegwed

adjective. male

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “male”, an adjectival form of G. gweg “man” (GL/44).

gwegweth

noun. male sex, manhood (state)

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “male sex, manhood (state)”, an elaboration of G. gweg “man” (GL/44).

gwalon

noun. male god

gwalion

noun. male god

man

masculine name. Man

gweg

noun. man, male of the Elda

bal

noun. anguish, pain; evilness

hû

noun. dog

martaglos

masculine name. Smith of the World

maurelant

place name. Way of Dreams

aith

noun. sword

aithi

noun. sword

aithwen

noun. sword

alm(oth)

noun. forest

alos

noun. forest

A noun for “forest” the Gnomish Lexicon with an archaic variant †aloth, apparently an elaboration of G. âl “wood” (GL/19). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s it appeared as ᴱN. aulos “forest”, but this word was deleted (PE13/137).

alwen

noun. tree

arn

noun. son

baldrin

adjective. mighty

beb

adverb. [unglossed]

bo(n)

noun. son

brid-

verb. [unglossed]

clidhron

noun. [unglossed]

climbol

noun. [unglossed]

cuilin

adjective. golden

culu

noun. gold

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).

cwithri

noun. whisper

cwîr

noun. cream

A noun appearing as G. cwîr “cream” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/28), clearly related to ᴱQ. qirme “cream” and thus derived from the early root ᴱ√QIŘI (QL/77).

Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word as ᴺS. pîr “cream” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin from a Neo-Root ᴺ√KWIR “stir”, with ancient kw becoming p as was usual in Sindarin.

dos

adverb. when

dôn

?. [unglossed]

ectha

noun. sword

fufril

noun. moth

A noun appearing as G. fufril “moth” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/36).

Neo-Sindarin: The etymology of G. fufril isn’t clear, but could be derived from an early root ✱ᴱ√FUVU. I prefer to adapt this as a Neo-Root ᴺ√PHUM rather than ᴺ√PHUV/PHUB, since derivatives of ᴺ√PHUM would preserve the base vowel u. Thus I would adapt this word as ᴺS. fyvril “moth” < ✱phumril with i-affection; perhaps the final element is a feminine suffix as seen in N. thlingril “spider”. Admittedly this is all a very loose adaptation.

fî

noun. [unglossed]

galdon

noun. tree

gatha

?. [unglossed]

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

gawlas

noun. forest

glôr

noun. gold

goloth

noun. forest

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “forest”, derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋgua-aloþ- (GL/41). This is likely a combination of ᴱ✶ŋu̯a “together” and some elaboration of the root ᴱ√ALA “spread”, the basis of “tree” words, so probably originally “✱together spread(ing)”. In The Gnomish Grammar it had the form gôloth (GG/8) and in Gnomish Lexicon Slips the form gawlas derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋgwa-alassa (PE13/114).

guira-

verb. to possess

hermon

noun. lord

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).

los’lóriol

proper name. Golden Flower

lôs

noun. flower

maien

adjective. better

main

adverb. better

mairien

adjective. better

maroglin

noun. yellow song, daffodil

mô

noun. hand

orn

noun. tree

pad

noun. [unglossed]

polodrin

adjective. mighty

A word appearing as G. polodrin “mighty” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjective form of G. polod “power, might, authority” (GL/64). It had an archaic variant {poldurin >>} †polurin or polorin which was sometimes used as a sobriquet for Tulcus.

Neo-Sindarin: Since ᴹ√POL(OD) still had to do with “strength” in Tolkien’s later writings, I’d adapt this word as ᴺS. polodhren “mighty, ✱powerful” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin using the later Sindarin adjective -ren. Given the meanings of its base noun (including authority), I’d assume this adjective has a connotation of political power. I’d constrast it with S. belaith which I’d use for “mighty” in general (independent of authority).

praust

noun. [unglossed]

prog

noun. [unglossed]

rab-

verb. [unglossed]

redhos

noun. land

rui

noun. whisper

rô

noun. [unglossed]

sind

noun. [unglossed]

sinthi

pronoun. [unglossed]

thail

noun. [unglossed]

thel

noun. [unglossed]

thelg

noun. [unglossed]

thil

noun. [unglossed]

thion

noun. [unglossed]

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.

thrim

?. [unglossed]

thug

noun. [unglossed]

thû-

verb. [unglossed]

trum

?. [unglossed]

túrin

masculine name. Lord

tûn

noun. [unglossed]

ulthanc

noun. [unglossed]

umeg

?. [unglossed]

’ôs

noun. [unglossed]