"it is necessary, one must, one is compelled to". ✱Boe ammen maethad "it compels [is necessary] for us to fight" = we must fight. (Boe is a suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” bui, LR:372 s.v.
Sindarin
boe
verb (impersonal). to need
boe
must
boe
must
boe
verb. I must
baur
need
1) baur (i maur, o mbaur), pl. boer (i mboer), 2) thang (compulsion, duress, oppression, tyranny), pl. theng if there is a pl.
baur
need
(i maur, o mbaur), pl. boer (i mboer)
thang
need
(compulsion, duress, oppression, tyranny), pl. theng if there is a pl.
may be rendered by the impersonal verb boe "it is necessary, one must, one is compelled to". *Boe ammen maethad "it compels [is necessary] for us to fight" = we must fight. (Boe is a suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” bui, LR:372 s.v. MBAW)