Eldamo : Gnomish : lenu-

G. lenu- v. “to stretch, extend in length, trail; ?to approach” (Category: to Stretch)

⚠️G. lenu-, v. “to stretch, extend in length, trail; ?to approach” (Category: to Stretch): ᴺS. !lad- “to stretch, extend (in length)”

A deleted verb from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “to stretch, extend in length, trail” (GL/53), the equivalent of ᴱQ. lenu- “stretch” under the early root ᴱ√LENE “long” from the contemporaneous Quenya Lexicon (QL/53). In the Gnomish Lexicon, Tolkien also had G. lenu- as a possible equivalent to G. lentha- “approach”, but this second instance of lenu- was marked with a “?” (GL/53).

References ✧ GL/32, 53

Glosses

“to stretch, extend in length, trail” ✧ GL/53 (lenu-)

Variations

‽lenu ✧ GL/53; GL/32 (lenu); GL/53 (lenu-)

elta- “draw, tug, lug” cp. lenu ✧ GL/32

Inflections

lenwi	past	✧ GL/53
lenwi(r)	past	✧ GL/53
lenwin	plural	✧ GL/53

Cognates

ᴱQ. lenu- “to stretch”

Derivations

< ᴱ√LENE¹ “long” ✧ GL/53 (leŋe)