gwî

place name. Gwî

gwîl

noun. cessation, quiescence, leaving off; quiet, rest, peace

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s said to be used like gwilm “quiet, rest, peace”, but also meaning “cessation, quiescence, leaving off” (GL/45). It was derived from primitive ᴱ✶gu̯ild- base on the early root ᴱ√gwil-.

gwîs

noun. entertainment

gwil-

verb. to sail, float, fly

A verb appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as G. gwil- “sail, float, fly” derived from ᴱ√gu̯il (GL/45). It was cognate to ᴱQ. vil- or ’wili- “sail, fly, float” (QL/104).

Neo-Sindarin: Since [ᴹQ.] vil- or wil- “fly” survived in Tolkien’s later writings (Ety/WIL), I would retain ᴺS. gwil- as well, but only for the sense “to fly”. For “float” and “sail” I would use other verbs like ᴺS. loda- “float” [N. lhoda-] and ᴺS. renia- “sail” [N. rhenia-].

gwith

noun. net

gwioth

noun. youth

gwiw

adjective. young

gwinn

noun. net

gwiog

adjective. young

gwion

adjective. young

gwaidhin

noun. web

A word for “web” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√gu̯iđ and related to G. gwidh- “weave” (GL/46). It had a deleted variant gwaith².

gwer-

verb. to wind, turn, bend (tr.); to weave

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).

ganos

noun. youth

gwed-

verb. to wind, turn, bend (intr.)

A verb appearing as {gwedh- >>} gwed- “wind, turn, bend (intr.)” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based on the early root {ᴱ√gu̯eđ >>} ᴱ√gu̯et (GL/46).

gwel-

verb. to boil; to bubble (intr.)

A verb appearing as G. gwel- in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with the glosses “boil” and “bubble (intr.)” (GL/44). It is clearly based on the early root {ᴱ√WELE >>} ᴱ√GWELE from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/103).

Neo-Sindarin: Since we have no better “boil” words, I retain ᴺS. gwel- “to boil, bubble” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, but assume it is derived from a Neo-Root ᴺ√WEL so that it retains the same form.

gwes-

verb. to greet, welcome

gwest

noun. entertainment

gân

adjective. young

man

masculine name. Man

mathwen

noun. evening

miros

noun. wine

mîr

noun. wine

The words for “wine” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s were (archaic) G. †mîr and (ordinary) G. miros (GL/57), both related to ᴱQ. miru “wine” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/61).

Neo-Sindarin: In Tolkien’s later writing, S. mîr was “jewel” and S. miruvor was a loan word from Q. miruvórë, where the initial element was based on Val. mirub “wine” (PE17/37-38; WJ/399). I use ᴺS. miru for “wine” as a loan word from Quenya and an element in S. miruvor. This allows us to salvage various wine-related Gnomish words like ᴺS. mirybin “grape” (G. mirobin). However, a Sindarin word herw “wine” was published in 2024, which can be used if you want to avoid using words from the 1910s.