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

blectha

noun. a flame

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a flame” derived from the early root ᴱ√(M)BELEKE (GL/22). Tolkien marked this word as “Q”, but the editors pointed out this is almost certainly a slip for “G”.

blectha-

verb. to flash

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “flash” with variant forms blectha- and blencha- (GL/23), probably derived from the early root ᴱ√(M)BELEKE “✱flame” (GL/22) since it appeared near G. bleg “a flame”.

blencha-

verb. to flash

bleg

noun. a flame

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a flame” (GL/23), probably derived from the early root ᴱ√(M)BELEKE (GL/22).