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Gnomish

im

pronoun. I

im

noun. fairy

Gnomish [GL/32; GL/51; LT1A/Inwir; PE13/099; PE14/009] Group: Eldamo. Published by

im(b)

masculine name. Im(b)

Gnomish [GL/39; GL/51; LT1A/Inwithiel; PE13/103; PE13/105; PE15/28] Group: Eldamo. Published by

imbelca

place name. Hell (house of Melko)

Gnomish [GL/51; LT2A/Ulmonan] Group: Eldamo. Published by

im len

I have come or am come

niogrim

noun. swarm

A word appearing as niogrim or nigrim “smarm” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a collective form of G. nio “bee” with a suffix G. grim “host” (GL/60). It is not clear why the suffix did not become -rim as in other collective words.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would adapt this words as ᴺS. niwrim “swarm”, a class plural of ᴺS. nîw “bee”.

bâl

adjective. worthy, important; great, mighty

An adjective appearing as G. {bald >>} bâl “worthy, important; great, mighty” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√vḷd (GL/21).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would adapt this as ᴺS. ball “worthy, important” to be equivalent ᴱQ. valda, as originally suggested by Elaran in a 2018-08-03 post to the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS). I would not use this word for “great, might”, however.

Gnomish [GL/21; GL/23] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gaibra-

verb. to impregnate

A verb appearing as G. gaibra- “to impregnate” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a verb form of G. gaib “pregnant” (GL/37), likely related to primitive ᴱ√giu̯i (GL/39). Elsewhere in this document there was another verb G. gwectha- based on G. gweg “man”, which meant “impregnate” when used with the allative and “generate” when used with the accusative.

Neo-Sindarin: I posit the existence of Neo-Root ᴺ√GIW to serve as the basis for pregnancy words, so I would adapt the above verbs as causative ᴺS. gýda- “to impregnate, make pregnant” < ✱giu̯-tā-, with iu &gt; ȳ as usual in Sindarin.

gwectha-

verb. to impregnate, generate

unathriol

adjective. unreal; impossible

in-

prefix. house of

Gnomish [GL/51; LT2A/Ulmonan] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gofel

adverb/adjective. exactly alike

Gnomish [GL/40; GL/43; GL/44] Group: Eldamo. Published by

i

article. the

Gnomish [GG/07; GG/09; GG/11; GG/12; GG/15; GL/17; GL/34; GL/44; GL/49; GL/50; GL/59; GL/64; GL/65; LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; PE13/093; PE13/095; PE13/117] Group: Eldamo. Published by

(be)bilfir

noun. conscience

-in

suffix. plural suffix

-th

suffix. plural suffix

ba

preposition. in

balrog

proper name. (Evil) Demon

Gnomish [GG/08; GL/21; GL/42; LT1A/Balrog; LT2A/Balcmeg; LT2I/Balrog; PE13/099; PE15/21; QL/032; QL/060; QL/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bi

preposition. in

Gnomish [GL/20; GL/22] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dolc

adjective. deep

engriol

adjective. vale like, of the vale

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “vale like, of the vale”, an adjectival form of G. enga “plain, vale” (GL/32). It also appeared in the Name-list to The Fall of Gondolin from the same period, where it was described as “that which liveth or dwelleth therein” referring to dwelling in an eng = “plain or vale” (PE15/24).

Gnomish [GL/32; LT2A/Lósengriol; PE15/24] Group: Eldamo. Published by

er

adjective. one

Gnomish [GL/32; LT1A/Tol Eressëa] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fech

adjective. bad

fing

adjective. narrow

glint

noun. crystal

Gnomish [GL/27; GL/39; LT1A/Ilinsor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gobli

noun. dell

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “dell” (GL/40), an elaboration on G. gob “hollow of hand” so perhaps originally meaning “✱hollowness”.

Gnomish [GL/40; LT1A/Kópas] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gofil

adverb/adjective. exactly alike

gwafel

adverb/adjective. exactly alike

idhru

place name. the world

Gnomish [GL/50; LT2A/Idril] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ithrin

adjective. of any kind

ithriol

adjective. of any kind

niost

noun. hive

A word appearing as G. niost “hive” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based on G. nio(s) “bee” (GL/60). The second element might be G. ost “enclosure; town”.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would adapt this words as ᴺS. níwost “hive”, a combination of ᴺS. nîw “bee” and S. ost “city, town”.

o-

conjunction. he

olch

adjective. bad

on

pronoun. he

Gnomish [GL/51; GL/53; GL/62] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ost

pronoun. yourselves

sincli

noun. crystal

Gnomish [GL/39; GL/67] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tûm

noun. valley

Gnomish [GL/71; LT1A/Tombo] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ulch

adjective. bad

unc

pronoun. ourselves

Gnomish [GL/74; GL/75] Group: Eldamo. Published by