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

faigli

noun. hair, long tresses

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “hair, long tresses”, a term Tolkien said was used especially of women (GL/33). Its primitive form appearing on another page as ᴱ✶fīđ’lī (GL/35). Its form illustrates a number of Gnomish sound changes, notably how long ī became ai and how ðl became gl; these sound changes were abandoned in later Sindarin.

Gnomish [GL/33; GL/35; LT2A/Faiglindra] Group: Eldamo. Published by

faiglim

proper name. Faiglim

Gnomish [GL/20; GL/33; PE13/114] Group: Eldamo. Published by

faiglim

adjective. having long hair

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “having long hair”, an adjectival form of G. faigli “hair” (GL/33). Tolkien said it was used especially as a proper name, Faiglim, for the Sun at Noon.

Gnomish [GL/33; LT2A/Faiglindra] Group: Eldamo. Published by

faiglion

adjective. having long hair

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “having long hair”, an adjectival form of G. faigli “hair” (GL/33).

Gnomish [GL/33; LT2A/Faiglindra] Group: Eldamo. Published by

faiglindra

feminine name. Long-tressed

Gnomish [GL/33; LT2/093; LT2A/Faiglindra; LT2I/Airin; LT2I/Faiglindra] Group: Eldamo. Published by