ᴱN. drim n. “host, countless number” (Category: Crowd, Multitude)

⚠️ᴱN. drim, n. “host, countless number” (Category: Crowd, Multitude)

S. rim “host, great number, people (of one kind or origin), [N.] crowd”

Reference ✧ PE13/142 ✧ “a host, countless number”

G. grim n. “host, folk” (Category: Crowd, Multitude)

References ✧ GL/54; LT2A/Gondothlim; QL/32

Glosses

• “folk, host” ✧ QL/32
• “host” ✧ GL/54; LT2A/Gondothlim

Related

• lim “many” is confused with grim “host” ✧ LT2A/Gondothlim
• lim¹ “many” hence great confusion with grim “host” ✧ GL/54

Element In

• G. niogrim “swarm”

Cognates

• ᴱQ. arma “flock of sheep” ✧ QL/32

Derivations

• < *ᴱ√ƷṚMṚ “*gather” ✧ QL/32 (‘ṚMṚ)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√‘ṚMṚ > grim

[ɣṛm] > [gṛm] > [grim]

✧ QL/32

G. lim¹ adj. “many” (Category: Much, Many)

References ✧ GG/15; GL/17, 54

Glosses

• “many” ✧ GG/15; GL/54

Related

• lim¹ “many” in singular it = English “many a”, as golda·lim ✧ GL/54
• lim¹ “many” hence great confusion with grim “host” ✧ GL/54
• lim¹ “many” hence great confusion with thlim “race” ✧ GL/54
• -lim cp. lim “many” ✧ GG/15

Element In

• G. Goldothrim “People of the Gnomes” ✧ GL/54 (golda·lim); GL/54
• G. Tol Withernon (ar lim gardhin arthi) “*island of Withernon and many places besides” ✧ GL/17

Cognates

• ᴱQ. limba “many”
• ᴱQ. limbe “a number” ✧ GG/15; GL/54

Derivations

• < ᴱ√LĪ “*many”