ᴺS. !gwirthar n. “shuttle, (lit.) weave-across” (Category: Loom)
Elements
| ^gwir- | “to weave” |
| S. thar | “across, athwart, over” |
G. gwithadr n. “shuttle” (Category: Loom)
The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. gwithadr and gwithant “shuttle” based on the early root ᴱ√gu̯iđ (GL/46).
Neo-Sindarin: Tolkien had a later root √WIR for “weave”, so I’d update these Gnomish words to ᴺS. gwirthar “shuttle” = √WIR + √THAR, (lit.) “weave-across”.
References ✧ GL/46
Glosses
Variations
Elements
| ᴱ√GWIÐI | “*plait, weave” | ✧ GL/46 (gu̯iđ) |
| adr(a) | “lying athwart; situated on far side” | ✧ GL/46 (#adr) |