Gnomish
gwint
noun. face
Derivations
- ᴱ√DYĒ “*gaze”
Element in
- G. gwinta- “to see” ✧ GL/46
- G. gwintha- “to face” ✧ GL/46
- G. ilwint “sky, heavens; (lit.) face of god”
- G. riga i·wint “*twist the face” ✧ GL/65
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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.