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Gnomish

amlad

noun. surface

A word for “surface” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, apparently a combination of G. am “up” and G. lad “a level” (GL/19). The same form and gloss appeared in Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document, along with a primitive form ᴱ✶ambalatā (PE13/109).

Gnomish [GL/19; GL/52; PE13/109] Group: Eldamo. Published by