gwirfin

noun. braid, pigtail, (lit.) woven-tress

A neologism for “braid, pigtail” coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo, a combination of [ᴺS.] gwir- “weave” and find “tress”, so literally “woven tress”. It is inspired by G. cingrafindl of similar meaning.

Elements

Word	Gloss
gwir-	“to weave”
find	“tress; single hair, tress, [ON.] lock of hair; [ᴱN.] hair (in general); [S.] single hair”