Eldamo : Gnomish : gwer-

G. gwer- v. “to wind, turn, bend (tr.); to weave” (Category: to Turn Around)

⚠️G. gwer-, v. “to wind, turn, bend (tr.); to weave” (Category: to Turn Around): ᴺS. ^gwir- “to weave”; ᴺS. ^loetha- “to curl, bend, wind, twine, ⚠️tie knot, tangle”

In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien had the verb G. gwer- “wind, turn, bend” based on the early root ᴱ√gu̯er, but Tolkien noted it was “often also used = plait or weave”, most notably as an element in the name G. Gwerlum “Gloomweaver” (GL/46). In the Name-list to the Fall of Gondolin from this period, Tolkien specified that gwere- “signifieth to weave or wind” (PE15/27).

References ✧ GL/46; LT1A/Gwerlum; PE15/27

Glosses

“to weave or wind” ✧ PE15/27 (Gwere-)
“wind, turn, bend” ✧ LT1A/Gwerlum
“wind, turn, bend (tr.)” ✧ GL/46

Variations

gwer- ✧ GL/46; LT1A/Gwerlum
Gwere- ✧ PE15/27

Inflections

gwîri

past

✧ GL/46

Element In

G. gwerb(e)lin “top, whirligig, *(lit.) wind-unwind” ✧ GL/46
G. Gwerlum “Gloomweaver” ✧ LT1A/Gwerlum; PE15/27
G. gweron “spun, rounded, cylindrical” ✧ GL/46

Derivations

< ᴱ√GWERE “whirl, twirl, twist” ✧ GL/46 (gu̯er); GL/46 (gu̯er); LT1A/Gwerlum

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√gu̯er > gwer-	[gwer-]	✧ GL/46
ᴱ√gu̯er > gwîri	[gʷērī] > [gʷīrī] > [gʷīri]	✧ GL/46