Eldamo : Gnomish : marol

G. marol n. “sand” (Category: Sand, Grit)

⚠️G. marol, n. “sand” (Category: Sand, Grit): S. lith “ash; [N.] sand”

A noun with variants marol and mara in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “sand”, probably a derivative of the root ᴱ√MARA² (GL/56); see the entry on the root for further discussion. In later writings, Tolkien used N. lith for “sand”.

References ✧ GL/56

Glosses

“sand” ✧ GL/56

Variations

marol ✧ GL/56
mara ✧ GL/56

Derivations

< ᴱ√MARA² “*sand, soil” ✧ GL/56 (mar)