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Early Primitive Elvish

hiþi Speculative

root. *listen

A hypothetical early root explaining words in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s such as G. hist “listening, attention” and hitha- “listen, hearken, listen to” (GL/49). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

Derivatives

  • G. hitha- “to listen, hearken, listen to”
  • G. hist “listening, attention”
  • G. hith “listen! hark!”
Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by