gwaith

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gwaith is a Sindarin word meaning "'people' associated by place and occupation". The forms -weith and waith are often used of "regions in proper names or peoples".^[1]

Examples

denoting people
- Danwaith
- Forodwaith = "People of the North"
- Gaurwaith
- Gwaith-i-Mírdain = "Brotherhood of Jewel-smiths"
- Tawarwaith

denoting region or land
- Drúwaith Iaur
- Enedwaith
- Forodwaith
- Haradwaith

See also

Sindarin rim
Quenya nóre
Noldorin: gweith

References

↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 190

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Sindarin nouns