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

trantha-

verb. to cross (tr. & intr.); to mark with a cross

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s meaning either “to cross, tr. & intr.” or “to mark with a cross” (GL/71), probably based on the early root ᴱ√TARA having to do with crossing (QL/89).