Quenya 

verya-

to dare

verya- (1) vb. "to dare"; also adj. verya "bold" (BER, VT45:7)

verya-

verb. to marry (of husband and wife), be joined to

Derivations

  • BER “to mate, be mated, joined in marriage” ✧ VT49/45

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
BER > verya[berja-] > [βerja-] > [verja-]✧ VT49/45

Variations

  • verya ✧ VT49/45

Noldorin 

bertha-

verb. to dare

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. verya- “to dare” ✧ Ety/BER

Derivations

  • On. bertha- “to be bold” ✧ Ety/BER
    • ᴹ√BER “valiant” ✧ Ety/BER

Element in

  • ᴺS. berthas “adventure, bold undertaking”
  • ᴺS. berthian “challenge; daring, audacity”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. bértha- > bertho[berθa-]✧ Ety/BER

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Qenya 

verya-

verb. to dare

Cognates

  • On. bertha- “to be bold” ✧ Ety/BER
  • N. bertha- “to dare” ✧ Ety/BER

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶bérya- “to dare” ✧ Ety/BER
    • ᴹ√BER “valiant” ✧ Ety/BER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶bérya- > verya-[berja-] > [βerja-] > [verja-]✧ Ety/BER

Middle Primitive Elvish

bérya-

verb. to dare

Derivations

  • ᴹ√BER “valiant” ✧ Ety/BER

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. verya- “to dare” ✧ Ety/BER
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kan

root. dare

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶kandā “bold” ✧ Ety/KAN
    • ᴹQ. kanda “[unglossed]” ✧ PE19/060; PE19/060
    • N. cann “bold” ✧ Ety/KAN
  • ᴹQ. káno “chief” ✧ Ety/KAN
  • ᴹQ. káne “valour” ✧ Ety/KAN
  • ᴹQ. kanya “bold; wise” ✧ Ety/KAN
  • N. caun “valour” ✧ Ety/KAN

Element in

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KAN; Ety/PHIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

nolo

root. dare

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “dare”, with derivatives like ᴱQ. nolme “audacity” and ᴱQ. nolwa “bold, brave” (QL/67). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

Derivatives

  • Eq. nolme “audacity” ✧ QL/067
  • Eq. nolo- “to dare” ✧ QL/067
  • Eq. nolwa “bold, brave” ✧ QL/067
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/067] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

nolo-

verb. to dare

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NOLO “dare” ✧ QL/067

Element in

  • Eq. noloite “daring” ✧ QL/067

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NOLO > nolo-[nolo-]✧ QL/067
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