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
Other forms
- veryanen = "I married"
See also
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"