Quenya 

vesta

matrimony

vesta noun "matrimony" (BES, VT49:46)

Noldorin 

bedhwen

proper name. of the Spouses

The Noldorin adjectival formation meaning “of the Spouses” appearing in the name Ar Vedhwen “Day of the Spouses”, appearing only in its lenited form Vedhwen (Ety/LEP). It developed from ancient Bedū+ina; see that entry for further discussion.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. veru “husband and wife, married pair” ✧ Ety/LEP

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶Bedūina “*of Spouses” ✧ Ety/LEP

Element in

  • N. Ar Vedhwen “Day of the Spouses, third day of the Valian week” ✧ Ety/LEP

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶Bedū+ina > Vedhwen[bedū+ina] > [bedwina] > [beðwina] > [beðwena] > [beðwen]✧ Ety/LEP

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Qenya 

vesta

noun. matrimony, matrimony, [ᴱQ.] state of marriage

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “matrimony” derived from the root ᴹ√BES “wed” (Ety/BES). The same word ᴱQ. vesta appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss “state of marriage”, but there it was based on the early root ᴱ√VEŘE [VEÐE] (QL/101). It was also mentioned as a cognate of ᴱN. gwedhw “matrimony” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, but there it was a derivative of ᴱ√wed- (PE13/146).

Cognates

  • ᴺS. best “marriage, matrimony, wedlock, wedding”

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶bestā “matrimony” ✧ Ety/BES
    • ᴹ√BES “wed” ✧ Ety/BES
  • ᴹ√BES “wed” ✧ Ety/WED

Element in

  • ᴺQ. vestaracië “adultery, (lit.) marriage-breaking”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶bestā > vesta[bestā] > [βestā] > [βesta] > [vesta]✧ Ety/BES
ᴹ√BES > vesta[bestā] > [βestā] > [βesta] > [vesta]✧ Ety/WED

Variations

  • vesta ✧ Ety/BES; Ety/WED
Qenya [Ety/BES; Ety/WED] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

bestā

noun. matrimony

Derivations

  • ᴹ√BES “wed” ✧ Ety/BES

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. vesta “matrimony, matrimony, [ᴱQ.] state of marriage” ✧ Ety/BES
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/BES] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

bedhwen

noun. matrimony

Element in

govedhwen

noun. matrimony

Early Noldorin

gwedhw

noun. matrimony

A noun in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s for “matrimony” based on the 1920s root for marriage words: ᴱ√wed- (PE13/146). In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s there was an archaic word G. †bedhwen for “matrimony”, a combination of the 1910s version of the root ᴱ√Beđ- with the noun suffix G. -wen (GL/22). It had a longer (non-archaic) variant G. govedhwen with the prefix G. go- “together”.

Cognates

  • Eq. vesta “state of marriage” ✧ PE13/146

Derivations

Element in

  • En. urwedhw “without mate” ✧ PE13/156
  • En. uwedheb “not married” ✧ PE13/155 (uwedhw)
Early Noldorin [PE13/146; PE13/155; PE13/156] Group: Eldamo. Published by