Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Gnomish

ring

adjective. cool, cold

Gnomish [GL/65; LT1A/Ringil] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ringli

place name. the arctic colds, the North Pole

Gnomish [GL/65; LT1A/Ringil] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lemfarilt

noun. ring

crithos

noun. circle, ring

Gnomish [GL/27; PE13/111] Group: Eldamo. Published by

culugrithnir

proper name. ring of gold

grail

noun. ring, circle, circlet

corm

noun. ring, circle, disc

drinn

noun. ring, disc

lang-

verb. to blare, clang, ring

lemfadrin

noun/adjective. of the finger; ring

timpa-

verb. to ring, jingle, tinkle

Gnomish [GL/70; LT1A/Tinfang] Group: Eldamo. Published by

timpintha-

verb. to ring, jingle, tinkle

grileg

adjective. ringed, hooped shape

nelu-

verb. ring (tr. & intr.)

drim

noun. dew

A word for “dew” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/30), probably related to the early root ᴱ√RIŊI given its derivative ᴱQ. rin (ring-) “dew” (QL/80).

leptha

noun. finger

Gnomish [GG/13; GL/53] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cilt

noun. jerk

danuin

masculine name. Day

Gnomish [LT1/217; LT1/222; LT1A/Danuin; LT1I/Danuin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dos

adverb. when

dân

noun. day

finc

noun. trick

finig

noun. trick

folorin

noun. winter

gilim

noun. winter

Gnomish [GG/08; GL/35; GL/38; LBI/Gilim; LT1A/Melko; LT2/068; LT2I/Gilim] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwalir

noun. rime

hess

noun. winter

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

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).