#sahta- (þ) vb. "induce", apparently primarily in negative sense: *"tempt, seduce". Compare the gerund or abstract noun sahtië (þ) "pressure or force (to do something against one's will or conscience)" (VT43:22-23; also compare úsahtië.)
Quenya
sahtië
noun. pressure or force (to do something against one’s will or conscience)
Cognates
- ᴺS. thaes “attraction, temptation”
Derivations
Element in
- Q. álamë tulya úsahtienna “[and] lead us not into temptation” ✧ VT43/22
- Q. úsahtië “inducement to do wrong, *temptation”
Elements
Word Gloss sahta- “to induce” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶thakta- > þahtie > sahtie [tʰaktie] > [θaktie] > [θaxtie] > [saxtie] ✧ VT43/22 Variations
- sahtie ✧ VT43/22
úsahtië
inducement to do wrong
sahta-
induce
úsahtië (þ) noun "inducement to do wrong" (VT43:23); allative úsahtienna attested (the alternative form úsahtíenna with a long í must be erroneous, as pointed out by the editors [ibid.]). Compare sahta-, sahtië.