Gnomish
niogrim
noun. swarm
Derivations
- ᴱ√NEHE “*honey” ✧ GL/59
Elements
Word Gloss nio(s) “bee” grim “host, folk” Variations
- nigrim ✧ GL/60
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niogrim
noun. swarm
Derivations
- ᴱ√NEHE “*honey” ✧ GL/59
Elements
Word Gloss nio(s) “bee” grim “host, folk” Variations
- nigrim ✧ GL/60
A word appearing as niogrim or nigrim “smarm” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a collective form of G. nio “bee” with a suffix G. grim “host” (GL/60). It is not clear why the suffix did not become -rim as in other collective words.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would adapt this words as ᴺS. niwrim “swarm”, a class plural of ᴺS. nîw “bee”.