Eldamo : Noldorin : gowest

N. gowest n. “contract, compact, treaty” (Category: Surety, Security)

N. gowest, n. “contract, compact, treaty” (Category: Surety, Security)

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “contract, compact, treaty” under the root ᴹ√WED “bind”, a combination of N. go- “together” and N. gwest “oath” (Ety/WED).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. fedhir “law” more properly meaning “bond, convention, agreement”, along with G. fedhwen of similar sense but particularly used for “treaty” (GL/34).

References ✧ Ety/WED, WŌ

Glosses

“contract, compact, treaty” ✧ Ety/WED

Elements

go-	“together”		✧ Ety/WŌ
gwest	“oath”	soft-mutation	✧ Ety/WED (#west)

ᴹ√WO	“together”		✧ Ety/WED (WŌ̆)
ᴹ√WED	“bind”		✧ Ety/WŌ

Cognates

ᴹQ. ovesta “contract, compact, treaty” ✧ Ety/WED (ovesta)

G. fedhir n. “law; (properly) bond, convention, agreement” (Category: General Law)

See N. gowest for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/34 ✧ “(law) properly bond, convention, agreement”

fedhwen “treaty” = fedhir “(law) properly bond, convention, agreement” ✧ GL/34

Element In

G. fedhirweg “lawman, lawyer” ✧ GL/34

Derivations

< ?ᴱ√FEDE “*law, bond”

G. fedhwen n. “treaty” (Category: Surety, Security)

See N. gowest for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/34 ✧ “treaty”

fedhwen “treaty” = fedhir “(law) properly bond, convention, agreement” ✧ GL/34

Elements

?ᴱ√FEDE	“*law, bond”
#-wen¹	“noun suffix”