Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : gwir-

ᴺS. [G.] ^gwir- v. “to weave” (Category: to Weave)

ᴺS. [G.] ^gwir-, v. “to weave” [created by Paul Strack] (Category: to Weave): G. gwer- “to wind, turn, bend (tr.); to weave”; G. gwidhon “woven”

See G. gwidh- for discussion.

Element In

ᴺS. !gwirfin “braid, pigtail, (lit.) woven-tress”
ᴺS. !gwirthar “shuttle, (lit.) weave-across”

Derivations

< √WIR “weave, twine, weaving with cross-threads or withes”

G. gwidh- v. “to weave (tr.)” (Category: to Weave)

The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had the verb G. gwidh- “weave (tr.)” based on the early root ᴱ√gu̯iđ (GL/46).

Neo-Sindarin: I’d update this verb to ᴺS. gwir- “to weave” based on the later weaving root √WIR (PE17/191; VT39/10). Fiona Jallings previously suggested ᴺS. gwer- “to weave, wind, spin, twist” based on √WER “weave” (PE17/33) and inspired by G. gwer- “weave, wind” (PE15/27), but √WER is from around 1957 and is not compatible with Q. Vairë “Weaver”, so I prefer the 1959-60 form of the root: √WIR.

References ✧ GL/46; LT1A/Gwerlum

Glosses

“plait, weave” ✧ LT1A/Gwerlum
“weave (tr.)” ✧ GL/46

Variations

gwidh- ✧ GL/46; LT1A/Gwerlum

Inflections

gwaidhi	past	✧ GL/46
†gwinni	past	✧ GL/46

Element In

G. gwidh-a-ging “cobweb” ✧ GL/46
G. gwidhon “woven” ✧ GL/46

Derivations

< ᴱ√GWIÐI “*plait, weave” ✧ GL/46 (gu̯iđ); LT1A/Gwerlum

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√gu̯iđ > gwidh-

[gwið-]

✧ GL/46