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Gnomish

ol

noun. cliff, seaward precipice

A noun for “cliff, seaward precipice” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with variants ol and {ôl >>} ôla, derived from primitive ᴱ✶oldō (GL/62).

Gnomish [GL/62; LT1A/Eriol] Group: Eldamo. Published by

olfanthor

masculine name. Olfanthor

Gnomish [GL/34; GL/62; PE14/012] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oloth

noun. dream, apparition, vision

Gnomish [GL/62; LT1A/Lórien] Group: Eldamo. Published by

olf(in)

noun. branch, wand, stick

Gnomish [GL/62; LT2A/Gurtholfin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ol-

verb. to appear, seem

Gnomish [GL/62; GL/74] Group: Eldamo. Published by

olm

noun. dream

Gnomish [GL/62; LT1A/Lórien] Group: Eldamo. Published by

olma-

verb. to dream

olod

noun. tide, motion of the sea

Gnomish [GL/53; GL/55; GL/62] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oltha-

verb. to appear as an apparition; to dream

Gnomish [GL/62; LT1A/Lórien] Group: Eldamo. Published by

olaud

noun. tide, motion of the sea

olch

adjective. bad

olfin(g)

noun. branch, wand, stick

olor

noun. dream, apparition, vision

climbol

noun. [unglossed]

golog

adjective. stinking

golw

adjective. stinking

hôr

adjective. old, aged, ancient

Gnomish [GL/49; LT1/248; LT1A/Vailimo] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dimborn

noun. the past, past days, olden times

Gnomish [GL/23; GL/30; PE13/112] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gîrin

adjective. bygone, old, belonging to former days, olden, former, ancient

horoth

adjective. age, eld, oldness

Gnomish [GL/49; LT1A/Vailimo] Group: Eldamo. Published by

horweg

noun. an ancient, old man

Gnomish [GL/49; LT1A/Vailimo] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lorc

adjective. drowsy, dreamy, lazy

An adjective appearing as G. lorc “drowsy, dreamy, lazy” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/54), based on the early root ᴱ√LORO “doze, slumber” (QL/56).

Neo-Sindarin: I would update this word to ᴺS. olost “drowsy, dreamy, lazy” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, based on the later word Q. olosta “dreamy” (UT/396). I would assume it refers to a state of being drowsy or allowing one’s mind to drift without any particular focus.

usgwi

masculine name. Usgwi

-lim

suffix. many

Gnomish [GG/15; LT2A/Balcmeg; LT2A/Gondothlim; PE15/26; QL/053] Group: Eldamo. Published by

brid-

verb. [unglossed]

laib

adjective. green

Gnomish [GL/39; GL/52; LT1A/Tári-Laisi; PE15/28] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lim

adjective. many

Gnomish [GG/15; GL/17; GL/54] Group: Eldamo. Published by

na-

verb. to be

Gnomish [GG/09; GL/58] Group: Eldamo. Published by

narth

noun. odour

nôl

noun. head

ulc

adjective. bad, evil, wicked

Gnomish [GL/20; GL/74; PE13/115] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ôla

masculine name. God of Crafts

Gnomish [GL/18; GL/56; GL/62; LT1A/Aulë; PE13/104; PE14/012; PE15/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ôla mar

masculine name. Ôla Mar

Gnomish [GL/18; PE15/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

amoth

noun. breast

beb

adverb. [unglossed]

bedhril

noun. wife

A noun appearing as (archaic) G. †bedhril “wife” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, replaced in ordinary speech by G. bess (GL/22). It is a combination of the early root ᴱ√Beđ that was the basis for marriage words and the feminine agental suffix G. -(r)il (GL/22).

Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this into Neo-Sindarin as ᴺS. bethril “spouse (f.)”, a combination of the later root ᴹ√BES “wed” and the same agental suffix, where sr became thr.

bess

noun. wife

Gnomish [GG/09; GG/15; GL/22] Group: Eldamo. Published by

brog

noun. horse

Gnomish [GG/09; GL/24; GL/64] Group: Eldamo. Published by

clann

noun. branch

clidhron

noun. [unglossed]

crig

noun. elbow

A noun appearing as G. crig “elbow” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s and related to G. carc “fang” (GL/25, 27) and so probably derived from the early root ᴱ√KṚKṚ from which Qenya “fang” words were derived (QL/48).

Neo-Sindarin: I think it is worth retaining ᴺS. crig “elbow” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, but reimagined as an elaboration on √RIK “twist” (VT39/7).

Gnomish [GL/25; GL/27] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dôn

?. [unglossed]

eilian

noun. branch

faug

adjective. stinking

fech

adjective. bad

fost

noun. odour

Gnomish [GL/34; GL/36] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fweg

noun. broom

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

Neo-Sindarin: The fw- in G. fweg is likely the result of ancient sw-, so I would adapt this word as ᴺS. hweg “broom” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin since sw- became hw- in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s.

noun. [unglossed]

noun. snow

A noun for “snow” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/35). It was first glossed “a hoard”, probably a cognate of ᴱQ. foa “hoard” under the root the early root ᴱ√FOƷO (QL/38), but its gloss was revised and it was given an new Qenya cognate ᴱQ. fáwe. This change in gloss probably reflects a new root, but nothing in the Qenya Lexicon seems appropriate.

gaid

adverb. more

gantha

adverb. more

gatha

?. [unglossed]

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

glib

adjective. liquid

An adjective in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed {“dripping wet” >>} “liquid” (GL/39), probably derivatives of the early root ᴱ√LIQI which had derivatives like ᴱQ. liqin(a) “wet” (QL/54).

glui

noun. snow

hethir

noun. sister

A word for “sister” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a feminized form of G. heth “brother or sister, ✱sibling”, along with several (archaic) variant forms hethwin, hestril, and hethril (GL/48). It was ultimately derived from the early root ᴱ√HESE [HEÞE?] (QL/40).

hôs

proper name. Eld

Gnomish [GL/49; LT1A/Vailimo] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mair

noun. horse

An (archaic) word for “horse” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as {mairog >>} mair, cognate to ᴱQ. mairo (GL/56), which appeared as ᴱQ. mairu in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MAẎA (QL/60).

maur

noun. dream, vision

A noun for “a dream, vision” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/57), based on the early root ᴱ√MURU “slumber” (QL/63).

Gnomish [GL/57; LT1A/Murmuran] Group: Eldamo. Published by

murtha-

verb. to dream

A verb for “dream” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/58), based on the early root ᴱ√MURU “slumber” (QL/63).

odra

adverb. very

ontha

pronoun. his

Gnomish [GG/11; GL/62] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pad

noun. [unglossed]

praust

noun. [unglossed]

prog

noun. [unglossed]

rab-

verb. [unglossed]

noun. [unglossed]

sind

noun. [unglossed]

sinthi

pronoun. [unglossed]

thail

noun. [unglossed]

thel

noun. [unglossed]

thelg

noun. [unglossed]

thil

noun. [unglossed]

thion

noun. [unglossed]

thrim

?. [unglossed]

thû-

verb. [unglossed]

trum

?. [unglossed]

tûn

noun. [unglossed]

ulch

adjective. bad

ulin

noun/adjective. liquid

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as G. ulin “liquid” (GL/74), clearly a derivative of the early root ᴱ√ULU “pour, flow fast” (QL/97).

Neo-Sindarin: If adapted to (Neo) Sindarin, this word would be ᴺS. ylin with i-affection, probably originally an adjective formation: ✱ulin(a).

ulna-

verb. to ooze

ulthanc

noun. [unglossed]

umeg

?. [unglossed]

uvin

noun. eight

ôla

noun. cliff, seaward precipice

’ôs

noun. [unglossed]