ᴺS. [G.] ^olla- v. “to ooze, *trickle” (Category: to Flow)
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G. ulna- v. “to ooze” (Category: to Flow)
A verb appearing as G. ulna- “ooze” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/74), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√ULU “pour, flow fast” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/97). A rejected verb G. gul- “ooze, trickle” from earlier in GL is probably a precursor reflecting a different conception of the root: *ᴱ√ƷULU (GL/43).
Neo-Sindarin: Since √UL “pour” survives in Tolkien’s later writings, I retain but adapt this verb as ᴺS. olla- “ooze, trickle”, the likeliest result of Sindarin phonetic development from primitive *ulna-.
Reference ✧ GL/74 ✧ “ooze”
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