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Early Primitive Elvish

gweðe

root. GWEÐE

Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

gweðe

root. *bend, loop

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with Qenya and Gnomish derivatives having to do with “bending” and “looping” (QL/103; GL/46). There are no signs of it in Tolkien’s later writing.

Changes

  • gu̯eđ → gu̯et ✧ GL/46
  • WEÐE → GWEÐE ✧ QL/103

Derivatives

  • Eq. wenda “brook” ✧ QL/103
  • G. gwed- “to wind, turn, bend (intr.)” ✧ GL/46
  • G. gwedhwin “bend, loop” ✧ GL/46
  • G. gwegla “crooked” ✧ GL/46

Element in

  • G. gwedhwion “bending, looping” ✧ GL/46
  • G. gwedhweg “meandering, twisting, winding, intricate” ✧ GL/46

Variations

  • gu̯eđ ✧ GL/46 (gu̯eđ)
  • gwedh-¹ ✧ GL/46
  • GWEÐE ✧ QL/103
  • WEÐE ✧ QL/103 (WEÐE)
  • WEŘE ✧ QL/103
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/46; QL/103] Group: Eldamo. Published by