An archaic phonetic contraction of 'going to' found in early recordings of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and in 19th-century literary representations of Black Southern dialect. It reflects a strong vowel reduction and blending process common in fast or casual speech. 'Gwineter' (and variants like 'gwine') appears frequently in period literature, folk songs, and early ethnographic writing. Today it is entirely obsolete in everyday use, surviving mainly in historical texts, academic linguistics, and quoted folk material.
In the old spiritual, the refrain went: 'I'm gwineter lay down my sword and shield.'
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(archaic, AAVE) Contraction of going to.
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