G. drib- [nd-] v. “to rot, decay, wear out” (Category: to Spoil)
A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s translated “rot, decay, wear out” based on the early root ᴱ√nṛq- (GL/30). This root was glossed “to wither, fade, shrivel” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/68).
References ✧ GL/30
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| draibi | past | ✧ GL/30: analogical pret. |
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| ᴱ√nṛq- > drib- | [nṛkʷ-] > [nṛp-] > [nrip-] > [ndrip-] > [ndrib-] > [drib-] | ✧ GL/30 |