G. gwar-¹ v. “to watch (all senses), guard” (Category: to Look)

⚠️G. gwar-¹, v. “to watch (all senses), guard” (Category: to Look)

References ✧ GL/25, 46; LT1A/Tinfang; LT2A/Amon Gwareth, Glamhoth; PE15/27

Glosses

• “to watch and to keep by vigilance wherefore” ✧ PE15/27
• “watch” ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth
• “watch (all senses), guard” ✧ GL/46

Variations

• gwar- ✧ GL/46; LT1A/Tinfang; LT2A/Amon Gwareth; LT2A/Glamhoth; PE15/27

Inflections

g(w)ôri	past	✧ GL/46
war	soft-mutation; gw-mutation	✧ GL/25

Element In

• G. cathor “helmet, (lit.) head-ward” ✧ GL/25 (†cathwar)
• G. Gwarbilin “Birdward(en)” ✧ GL/47 (gwarbilin(c)); LT1A/Tinfang; LT2A/Amon Gwareth
• G. Gwarestrin “Tower of Guard, Watchtower” ✧ LT2A/Gwarestrin; PE15/27 (Gwar Estrin)
• G. gwarestrin “watch-tower” ✧ GL/47
• G. gwareth “watch, guard, ward; vigilance” ✧ GL/47; LT2A/Amon Gwareth
• G. gwarieg “watchman, warden” ✧ GL/47
• G. Mindon Gwar ✧ LT2A/Mindon Gwar

Derivations

• < ᴱ√WARA “care for, guard, watch (over)” ✧ GL/46 (u̯ar)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√u̯ar > gwar-

[war-] > [gʷar-]

✧ GL/46