ᴺS. [G.] ^nigren adj. “stealthy, (orig.) mouse-like” (Category: Hidden, Concealed)
Elements
| ^nigol | “mouse, (lit.) small one” |
G. nigrin adj. “stealthy” (Category: Hidden, Concealed)
An adjective in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “stealthy” based on G. nig- “steal, creep, do or go by stealth” (GL/60).
Neo-Sindarin: I don’t recommend using the verb G. nig- “steal, creep”, since in Tolkien’s later writings the root √NIK means “small”. However, I do retain the Gnomish noun G. nig(la) “mouse” adapted as ᴺS. nigol = “small one”, so I retain and adapt this Gnomish adjective as ᴺS. nigren, originally meaning “mouse-like”.
Reference ✧ GL/60 ✧ “stealthy”
Elements
| nig- | “to steal, creep, do or go by stealth” | ✧ GL/60 |