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

gwent

noun. brook, small river

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as G. gwent “brook, small river” with an apparent variant gwed, both derivatives ᴱ√gu̯et (GL/46).

gwent

adjective. big, large; fine

gwen(n)

adjective. big, large; fine

The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. gwen “large, big; fine” under an early root ᴱ√gwene-, while on another page it had variants gwent, gwenn “big, large; fine” (GL/45).

nern

noun. brook

A noun glossed “brook” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a derivative of ᴱ√nere (GL/60).