ᴱN. gorw n. “oak” (Category: Oak)
A word appearing as ᴱN. {gorm >>} gorw “oak” in Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/145).
Conceptual Development: A possible precursor was G. grôn “oak, oaktree” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1920s (GL/42).
References ✧ PE13/145
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| gorwant | plural | ✧ PE13/145 |
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G. grôn adj. “oak, oaktree” (Category: Oak)
A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s for “oak, oaktree”, also usable for “oakwood (mat)” (GL/42). Its derivation is unclear since it has no obvious Early Qenya cognate, but Tolkien did compare it to G. {gofron >>} govron “acorn” so it might have originally been intended to be a reduction of that word, but Tolkien deleted the entry for govron (GL/42). Given all the elaborations of grôn “oak”, I think it likely that it is an adjective “*oaken” rather than a noun so that (for example) grondrui “oakwood” = “*oaken wood”.
References ✧ GL/42
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