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G. halthi n. “sheath” (Category: to Hold)

⚠️G. halthi, n. “sheath” (Category: to Hold)
ᴺS. ^gwael “sheath, case, cover; pod”

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “sheath” and connected to the verb G. hala- “drag, draw, pull” (GL/47), so perhaps “*something drawn from” and thus more specifically a weapon sheath.

Reference ✧ GL/47 ✧ “sheath”

Elements

hal(a)- “to drag, draw, pull” ✧ GL/47 (hala-)
#-thi¹ “noun suffix” ✧ GL/47 (#-thi)