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S. thîr n. “face” (Category: Face)

S. thîr, n. “face, [N.] look, expression, countenance” (Category: Face)
G. gwirith “expression, look (on face); look, regard, fixed look; countenance”

A word appearing as an element in the name Caranthir “Red-face”, derived from primitive ✶stīrē (VT41/10), which was likely tied to the root √TIR “watch”.

Conceptual Development: The same noun N. thîr appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the glosses “look, face, expression, countenance”, but there it was derived from the root ᴹ√THĒ “look (see or seem)” (Ety/THĒ). Earlier “face” words include G. gwint from the 1910s (GL/46) and ᴱN. ant from the 1920s with more elaborate form ᴱN. annas (PE13/137, 160).

Reference ✧ VT41/10 ✧ þîr “face”

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stīrē > þîr [stīrē] > [stīre] > [sθīre] > [θīre] > [θīr] ✧ VT41/10

N. thîr n. “look, face, expression, countenance” (Category: Face)

Reference ✧ Ety/THĒ ✧ “look, face, expression, countenance”

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ᴹ✶thērē > thîr [tʰērē] > [tʰīrē] > [tʰīre] > [θīre] > [θīr] ✧ Ety/THĒ

ᴱN. annas n. “face, countenance” (Category: Face)

A word for “face, countenance” in Early Noldorin Word-lists, an elaboration of ᴱN. ant “face, front” (PE13/137, 160).

References ✧ PE13/137, 160

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ennais plural ✧ PE13/137; PE13/160

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ant “face, front, forward surface” ✧ PE13/137; PE13/160

G. gwint n. “face” (Category: Face)

A noun for “face” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, related to the verb G. gwinta- “to see” (GL/46); see that entry for possible etymologies.

References ✧ GL/46, 65; LT1A/Ilwë

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wint soft-mutation; gw-mutation ✧ GL/65

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