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

noun. dwelling, house

A word for “dwelling, house” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/66), likely related to ᴱQ. “dwelling, village” derived from the early root ᴱ√RU’U (QL/80).

noun. mystery

rûs

noun. endurance, long suffering, patience

Gnomish [GL/66; LT2A/Rúsitaurion] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rûm

place name. Rome

Gnomish [LT2/203; LT2I/Rûm; PE13/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rûm

noun. secret, mystery

Gnomish [GL/66; LT1/248; LT1A/Rúmil] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rûtha-

verb. to dwell, remain

A verb glossed “dwell, remain” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s listed below G. “dwelling, house” (GL/66), thus likely related to ᴱQ. “dwelling, village” derived from the early root ᴱ√RU’U (QL/80).

grûd

noun. cavern

Gnomish [GL/42; GL/66] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ruf-

verb. to tear

rûdin

adjective. hollow, cavernous

rô-

verb. to remain, stay, stand; to endure

Gnomish [GL/66; LT2A/Rúsitaurion] Group: Eldamo. Published by

târ

noun. horn

Gnomish [GL/68; GL/69; LT2A/Taruithorn] Group: Eldamo. Published by

(m)bara-

verb. to dwell

-vran

suffix. dwelling

A suffixal form of G. brann (GL/24); see S. barthan for discussion.

-vron

suffix. dwelling

auba

noun. shout

Gnomish [GL/20; GL/75] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cafol

adjective. bald

cub

adjective. hollow

cwist

noun. secret

dûl

adjective. hollow

Gnomish [GL/30; GL/31] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gam

noun. shout

gwadh-

verb. to dwell

A verb appearing as G. gwadh- “dwell” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with a (deleted) primitive form gu̯ađ (GL/46), likely an allusion to the early root ᴱ√ẆAÐA from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/102). In that document, Tolkien gave the Gnomish form as {gwath- >>} gwar-, however, which might align with the deleted primitive form ᴱ✶gu̯ara- “dwell” from the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/38).

Gnomish [GL/46; QL/102] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwast

noun. dwelling

A noun for “dwelling” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√[[ep|ŋwa[ð]-]] (GL/47).

lin

noun. sound

Gnomish [LT1A/Lindelos] Group: Eldamo. Published by

magbar

place name. Rome

Gnomish [LT2I/Magbar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mara-

verb. to dwell

mugwen

adjective. secret

rodos

noun. cavern

A noun for “cavern” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√roto (GL/65). In early editions of the Gnomish Lexicon as published, the form was incorrectly given as rodrin, but errata confirmed that word actually meant “cylindrical” and the word for “cavern” was properly rodos (PEE for issue 11), as reported by Christopher Tolkien (LTA2/Rothwarin).

Gnomish [LT2A/Rothwarin; PEE/11] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rothrin

adjective. hollow

Gnomish [GL/65; LT2A/Rothwarin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tum

noun. hollow

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