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Originally Posted by Urwen
Or maybe 'codwalion', gnomish word for chestnut. Chest could be the box, and nut does grow on trees.
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"Oh my God!" I hear them cry
(or perhaps my ears deceive me):
ormagod n. “a (Spanish) chestnut”
All the gnomes, I think, and sigh,
Yell "Codswallop!" when they see me.
codwalion n. “walnut, chestnut”
I am the front that grows on the trees,
Chest - the front part of the torso. Nut - a thing that grows on trees.
The box that makes some wheezy.
Chest - a box. Nut - something that many people are allergic to.
Am I for beasts or am I quite sweet?
Horse chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum. Sweet chestnut - Castanea sativa. The two 'chestnuts' of the British Isles.
Not sure - but I'm certainly easy!
"This he thought a dreadfully easy chestnut, though he had not asked it in the usual words." ~The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
The answer is indeed CHESTNUT. Over to you.
hS
(PS:
Eldamo gives over 3000 Gnomish words, including seven meaning 'chestnut'.)