ᴱN. urwedhw adj. “without mate” (Category: Husband)
A term for “without mate” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, a combination of ᴱN. gwedhw “matrimony” with the privative prefix ᴱN. ur- (PE13/155-6). It had a deleted variant N. uwedheb or uwedhw “not married” that instead used the (rejected) privative prefix ᴱN. u(m)- (PE13/155).
Reference ✧ PE13/156 ✧ “without mate”
Elements
ur- | “privative prefix, without, -less” | ✧ PE13/155 (†ur-) | |
gwedhw | “matrimony” | soft-mutation | ✧ PE13/156 (#wedhw) |