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G. mabinos n. “plane tree” (Category: Tree (other))

⚠️G. mabinos, n. “plane tree” (Category: Tree (other))
ᴺS. ^mablanthos “sycamore”

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “plane tree” [perhaps Genus Platanus], apparently an elaboration of the plural mabin of G. mô/mab “hand” (GL/55). Tolkien said it was “usually + aj. fathwed [tasselled]”, presumably *mabinos fathwed “tasseled plane tree”. He also said that m. gwilbriniol, presumably G. *mabinos gwilbriniol, was another word for “sycamore” and was equivalent to G. mavlantos.

Reference ✧ GL/55 ✧ “plane tree”

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mab “hand(s)” ✧ GL/55

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