molif (i volif), no distinct pl. form except when article precedes (i molif), coll. pl. molivath
Sindarin
molif
noun. wrist, (lit.) hand-link
molif
noun. wrist
molif
wrist
molif
noun. wrist, (lit.) hand-link
molif
noun. wrist
molif
wrist
molif (i volif), no distinct pl. form except when article precedes (i molif), coll. pl. molivath
A word for “wrist” in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s, a combination of (archaic) †maw “hand” and lîf “link”, hence “(lit.) hand-link” (VT47/6).
Conceptual Development: There was a similar word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s: G. {mabrid >>} mabrin(d) “wrist”, a combination of G. mab “hand(s)” and G. grinn “ankle, wrist” (GL/42, 55).