dai

noun. sky

dai

adverb. very, exceedingly

daimord

masculine name. Shepherd of the Sky

dairon

masculine name. The Fluter

dainoth

collective name. Danes

Gnomish name for the Danes (LT2/306), apparently a phonetic adaptation of that name with a (collective?) suffix.

dair

noun. play, merriment

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dairog

adjective. merry (of persons)

dairtha-

verb. to play, amuse

daimoth

noun. heaven

daira-

verb. to play

dairiol

adjective. merry (of things), funny

dairion

adjective. merry

dairwed

adjective. merry, funny (common)

dairwen

noun. mirth

hetheglon

noun. daisy

danoriol

adjective. daily

annai

adverb. far away

dâ

adjective. high

adrum

noun. hammer

benthi

adjective. pretty

dolm

noun. pit

gwandra

adjective. beautiful

gwanin

adjective. beautiful

hermon

noun. lord

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).

luithon

noun. sky

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

mactha-

verb. to slay, kill

malc

noun. lord

odra

adverb. very

odrum

noun. hammer

saltha-

verb. play

tinfang

masculine name. The Fluter

túrin

masculine name. Lord

ûmi

adjective. large