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

clib-

verb. to uphold, support; to lean

Gnomish [GL/26; GL/69] Group: Eldamo. Published by

clidhron

noun. [unglossed]

climbol

noun. [unglossed]

climli

noun. heaven, sky

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “heaven, sky”, derived from the root ᴱ√tel- (GL/26). It is likely related to ᴱQ. telimbo “canopy, often used = sky” (QL/90), where the initial tel- became tl- and then tl- became cl-.

cli Reconstructed

adjective. ?attractive

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

falchos

noun. cliffs

A noun for “cliffs” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with variants {falcos >> falcor >>} falchos or falchor, an elaboration of G. falc (GL/33).

falchor

noun. cliffs

ôla

noun. cliff, seaward precipice

falc

noun. cleft, gash; cleft, ravine, cliffs

Gnomish [GL/33; GL/35; LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth; LT2A/Glorfalc; PE15/21; PE15/24] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hadha-

verb. to cling, cleave to; to wait on, wait for, abide with patience

beb

adverb. [unglossed]

brid-

verb. [unglossed]

dai

noun. sky

Gnomish [GL/29; LT1A/Telimektar; PE13/112] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dôn

?. [unglossed]

noun. [unglossed]

gatha

?. [unglossed]

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

ilon

noun. sky

A word for “sky” in an early name list from the 1910s and appearing in a couple early names: G. Thlim Quing Ilon “✱Folk of the Heavenly Arc” and G. Cris o Teld Quing Ilon “Gully of the Rainbow Roof” (PE13/101, 104), the latter revised to G. Cris Ilbranteloth (LT2/202). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, however, G. Ilon was the name of Ilúvatar (GL/50).

Gnomish [LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon; PE13/104; PE15/27] Group: Eldamo. Published by

luithon

noun. sky

A word for “sky” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of G. lui “blueness” (GL/55).

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]

ulthanc

noun. [unglossed]

umeg

?. [unglossed]

’ôs

noun. [unglossed]