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'''verya''' "dare" | '''''verya-''''' is a [[Quenya]] verb for "to marry (of husband and wife), be joined to".<ref name=Vinyar>{{VT|49b}}, p. 45</ref> In earlier Quenya, the term for "to marry" was ''vesta-'',<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "BES"</ref> while ''verya-'' meant "to dare".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "[[BER]]"</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
* | * [[Root]] BER ("to mate, be mated, joined in marriage")<ref name=Vinyar/> | ||
==Other forms== | ==Other forms== | ||
*''veryanen'' "I married" | *''veryanen'' = "I married" | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*''[[ | *''[[veryanwë]]'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:18, 29 September 2022
verya- is a Quenya verb for "to marry (of husband and wife), be joined to".[1] In earlier Quenya, the term for "to marry" was vesta-,[2] while verya- meant "to dare".[3]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Other forms[edit | edit source]
- veryanen = "I married"
See also[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Five Late Quenya Volitive Inscriptions" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, p. 45
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry "BES"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry "BER"
