otorno

brother, sworn brother, [male] associate

otorno noun "brother, sworn brother, [male] associate" (TOR, WŌ). Cf. osellë.

gwador

noun. (sworn) brother, associate

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “brother” that was “especially used of those not brothers by blood, but sworn brothers or associates”, a combination of prefix N. gwa- “together” with the root ᴹ√TOR “brother” (Ety/TOR).

gwador

sworn brother

gwador (i **wador), pl. gwedyr (in gwedyr). In ”N”, the pl. was gwedeir** (LR:394 s.v. TOR)

gwador

sworn brother

gwador (i **wador), pl. gwedyr (in gwedyr). In ”Noldorin”, the pl. was gwedeir** (LR:394 s.v. TOR)

gwador

sworn brother

(i ’wador), pl. gwedyr (in gwedyr). In ”N”, the pl. was gwedeir (LR:394 s.v. TOR)

gwador

sworn brother

(i ’wador), pl. gwedyr (in gwedyr). In ”Noldorin”, the pl. was gwedeir (LR:394 s.v. TOR)

gwachon

noun. (sworn) brother, associate

A neologism for “(sworn) brother, associate” coined by Elaran in 2022 as a replacement for [N.] gwador of the same meaning. It is a combination of gwa- “together” and hawn “brother” (a later word for N. tôr “brother”) with *au* > *o* as usual in compounds. I personally prefer to retain gwador and the root ᴹ√TOR for non-blood-related brothers; see the entry on the root ᴹ√TOR for further discussion.