veryanwë

wedding

veryanwë "wedding"; veryanwesto "of your (dual) wedding" (VT49:44, 45)

veryanwë

noun. wedding

A word for “wedding” in notes from 1968, a combination of the root √BER “man/wife” and Q. yanwë “joining” (VT49/44-45).

Conceptual Development: The earliest precursor of this word was ᴱQ. vestale “wedding” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a noun form of vesta- “to wed” under the early root ᴱ√VEŘE [VEÐE] (QL/101). ᴹQ. vestale “wedding” reappeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s, also related to vesta- “to wed”, but under the 1930s root ᴹ√BES (Ety/BES).

Neo-Quenya: For purpose of Neo-Eldarin, I prefer to retain the 1930s form of the root ᴹ√BES in order to keep attested Sindarin/Noldorin forms. However, veryanwe could still be derived form this root, from ✱bes+yanwē, since s > z > r before y. Thus veryanwë “wedding” is compatible with my preferred “marriage” root and I recommend its use. ᴹQ. vestale “wedding” might also remain valid as a variant.

Element in

• Q. nai elen atta siluvat aurenna veryanwesto “*may two stars shine upon the day of your wedding” ✧ VT49/45; VT49/45

Variations

• veryanwe ✧ VT49/45

vestalë

wedding

vestalë noun "wedding" (BES, VT49:46) (under WED the word was defined as "oath", but this was struck out)

ertië

noun. union

Elements

Word	Gloss
erta-	“to unite”

erthad

gerund noun. union, uniting

best

wiF1 noun. marriage, matrimony, wedding

bestad

noun. wedding, (lit.) a marrying

A neologism for “wedding” coined by Fiona Jallings in the VQP (VQP), the gerund of the neologism ᴺS. besta- “to wed, marry” and thus more literally “a marrying”.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. vestale “wedding”

Elements

Word	Gloss
besta-	“to wed, marry”

best

noun. marriage, matrimony, wedlock, wedding

A neologism coined by Fiona Jallings in the VQP (VQP), the equivalent of ᴹQ. vesta “matrimony”. Fiona proposed that this word could meaning either “marriage” or “wedding”, but I prefer ᴺS. bestad for “wedding” and would reserve ᴺS. best for “marriage, matrimony, wedlock” = “the state of marriage”.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. vesta “matrimony, matrimony, [ᴱQ.] state of marriage”

Derivations

• ᴺ✶. BES “to wed”

erthad

union

(pl. erthaid)

besta-

wiF1`C verb. to wed, marry