A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “craftsman, man of skill”, a combination of G. fim “clever, right hand” and the masculine suffix G. -weg (GL/35), so probably originally meaning something like “✱handyman”.
Gnomish
man
masculine name. Man
anos
noun. man (fullgrown), warrior
finweg
noun. craftsman, man of skill
modron
adjective. rich man
A noun appearing as modron or [mod]rog “rich man” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, based on G. mod “a number, figure” (GL/57).
golweg
noun. *Gnomish man
gulweg
noun. *Gnomish man
gwega nert
*strength of man
idhril
noun. *Man (f.)
idhrog
noun. *Man (m.)
idhweg
noun. *Man (m.)
idhwin
noun. *Man (f.)
i·weg fof
*man is a fool
i·weg na an fofrin
man is a foolish creature
modrog
adjective. rich man
ufedhron
noun. lawless man
nîr
noun. woman
gwegwed
adjective. male
A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “male”, an adjectival form of G. gweg “man” (GL/44).
gwaith
noun. people
aithrog
noun. warrior
aithweg
noun. warrior
curug
noun. wizard
don
pronoun. who
er
adjective. one
ermabwed
masculine name. One-handed
gothweg
noun. warrior
gweith
noun. people
mad-
verb. to eat
mawr
adjective. good
mora
adjective. good
mô
noun. hand
ontha
pronoun. his
redhos
noun. land
thothweg
noun. wizard
ûmi
adjective. large
The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. ûmi “large” (GL/75). It was clearly related to ᴱQ. ūmea “large” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/97), though neither word had a well-defined root.
A word for “man (fullgrown), warrior” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a masculinized form of G. an “person” (GL/19).