Eldamo : Gnomish : gwilb

G. gwilb adj. “quiet, peaceful, full of peace” (Category: Quiet)

⚠️G. gwilb, adj. “quiet, peaceful, full of peace” (Category: Quiet): ᴺS. !sídheb “peaceful, full of peace”

An adjective appearing as gwilb or gwilw “quiet, peaceful” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√gwil-² (GL/45). An alternate (mutated) form wilma appeared in the Name-list to the Fall of Gondolin (PE15/24), where gwilb was said to mean “full of peace” (PE15/27).

References ✧ GL/45; LT2A/Falasquil; PE15/24, 27

Glosses

“full of peace” ✧ LT2A/Falasquil; PE15/27
“quiet, peaceful” ✧ GL/45; LT2A/Falasquil

Variations

gwilb ✧ GL/45; LT2A/Falasquil; LT2A/Falasquil; PE15/27
gwilw ✧ GL/45

Inflections

Wilma

soft-mutation; gw-mutation

✧ PE15/24

Element In

G. Falas-a-’Wilb “Beach of Peace” ✧ LT2A/Falasquil

Derivations

< ᴱ√GWILI² “*peace, quiet” ✧ GL/45 (gwil-²)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√gwil-² > gwilb

[wilw] > [gʷilw] > [gʷilb]

✧ GL/45