ᴺS. !maenor n. “craftsman” (Category: Artisan, Craftsman)
A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo, a combination of [N.] maen “skilled” and the agental suffix -or. It is for someone of physical skills, as opposed to curunír for one of mental prowess.
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| N. maen | “skilled, clever” |
| S. #-or | “agental suffix” |
G. finweg n. “craftsman, man of skill” (Category: Artisan, Craftsman)
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “craftsman, man of skill”, a combination of G. fim “clever, right hand” and the masculine suffix G. -weg (GL/35), so probably originally meaning something like “*handyman”.
References ✧ GL/35; LT1A/Finwë
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| fim | “clever, right hand” | ✧ GL/35; LT1A/Finwë |
| -weg | “masculine suffix” | ✧ LT1A/Finwë |