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

thlim salum

collective name. *Host of the Harp

Name for the people of Salgant in an early name list (PE13/104), a combination of thlim “race” and otherwise unattested salum “harp”. Salgant’s people were called the “host of the Harp” on LT2/173.

Cognates

Variations

  • thlim salum ✧ PE13/104

thlim quing ilon

collective name. *Folk of the Heavenly Arc

Name for the people of Egalmoth in an early name list (PE13/104), a combination of thlim “race”, cwing “bow” [arc] and ilon “sky”, with quing ilon “sky bow” = “rainbow” as in Cris a Teld Quing Ilon “Gully of the Rainbow Roof”. Egalmoth’s people were called the “they of the Heavenly Arc” on LT2/173.

Cognates