gwin

noun. woman, female

gwiniol

adjective. feminine

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as {gwindiol >>} gwiniol “feminine”, an adjectival form of G. gwin “woman, female” (GL/45).

gwinlaith

noun. womanhood (time)

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as {gwindri >>} gwinlaith “womanhood” referring only to it as a time of life (GL/45), a combination G. gwin “woman” and G. laith “time”.

gwindod

noun. elder tree; elderberry

A word appearing as G. gwindod “elder tree; elderberry” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of G. gwin “woman” and G. dod “berry”, hence more literally “✱woman berry” (GL/45).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would update this word to ᴺS. gwendod “elder tree; elderberry, ✱(lit.) maiden berry” using the later word S. gwend “maiden”.

gwinios

noun. womanhood (time or state)

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “womanhood” referring to either “time or state”, an abstract noun formation based on G. gwin “woman, female” (GL/45).

gwinweth

noun. female sex, womanhood (state)

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “female sex, womanhood (state)”, an abstract noun formation based on G. gwin “woman, female” (GL/45).

gwingli

noun. loom

The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. {gwindel, gwingl >>} gwingli and (archaic) †gwidhr for “loom” based on the early root ᴱ√gu̯iđ (GL/46).

Neo-Sindarin: This early root fell out of use in Tolkien’s later writings. The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. lanwa “loom” under the root ᴹ√LAN “weave” (Ety/LAN), so I’d coin a word ᴺS. lanu “loom” to replace the probably-abandoned Gnomish words.

gwint

noun. 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.

gwinc

noun. spark, flash

gwing

noun. wave-crest, crest, foam

gwingalos

proper name. Foamflower

gwintha-

verb. to face

gwineth

adjective. female

gwingil

noun. foam maiden, mermaid

gwiniel

noun. lady

gwinn

noun. net

gwinta-

verb. to see

gwinwed

adjective. female

gwinwen

noun. youth, freshness

gwenedh

adjective. womanly?

An unglossed feminine adjective appearing in Gnomish Lexicon Slips from the 1910s as {gwinedh >>} gwenedh with pl. gwinidh; it is of unclear meaning, perhaps “✱womanly” (PE13/118).

gwidh-a-ging

noun. cobweb

A word for “cobweb” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/46). Its initial element seems to be G. gwidh- “weave”, and its final element might be a variant of G. gung “spider” (though this word was deleted).

gwith

noun. net

cwenn

noun. Elf

ganos

noun. youth

ganothrin

adjective. youthful

gethli

noun. friendship

gwidh-

verb. to weave (tr.)

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.

gwioth

noun. youth

mathwen

noun. evening

nîr

noun. woman

osp(a)

noun. foam

A noun “foam” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with variants osp and ospa (GL/63), probably derived from the root ᴱ√Palas (QL/72).

puthli

noun. baby

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “baby” (GL/64), probably derived from the early root ᴱ√PU(HU) “generate” (QL/75).

sint

noun. spark

thê-

verb. to see