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**''[[Gaurwaith]]''
**''[[Gaurwaith]]''
**''[[Gwaith-i-Mírdain]]'' = "Brotherhood of Jewel-smiths"
**''[[Gwaith-i-Mírdain]]'' = "Brotherhood of Jewel-smiths"
**''[[Tawarwaith]]''
**''[[Silvan Elves#Names|Tawarwaith]]''


*denoting region or land
*denoting region or land

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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

See also

References

  1. 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