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Gnomish

dafros

noun. bark, skin, peel

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “bark, skin, peel”, related to the verb G. daf- “strip, flay, peel skin” (GL/29). In Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document, Tolkien instead gave {daus >>} dâf “bark” (PE13/112).

Changes

  • daus → dâf ✧ PE13/112

Variations

  • dâf ✧ PE13/112
  • daus ✧ PE13/112 (daus)
Gnomish [GL/29; PE13/112] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dâf

noun. bark

padhwen

noun. bark

A noun for “bark” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/63), apparently based on the early root ᴱ√PARA [PAÐA?] which might mean “peel” (QL/72).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PARA “*peel”