Eldamo : Middle Quenya : ser-

ᴹQ. ser- v. (basic-verb) “to rest, repose; to stay, tarry, stop, be for a while, at the moment” (Category: to Stay, Wait, Remain)

ᴹQ. ser-, v. (basic-verb) “to rest, repose; to stay, tarry, stop, be for a while, at the moment” (Category: to Stay, Wait, Remain)

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as serin “I rest” under the root ᴹ√SED of the same meaning (Ety/SED). It appeared as sére “resteth” in the contemporaneous Fíriel’s Song (LR/72). In the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of 1948 Tolkien said that ᴹQ. ser- properly meant “to rest, repose”, but it was frequently used to mean “stay, tarry, stop, be for a while, at the moment” (PE22/125). The example he gave was ᴹQ. sinan Elessar Aran séra Arkimbelesse “at present King Elessar is [staying for a while] at Rivendell”.

References ✧ Ety/SED; LR/72; PE22/102, 125

Glosses

“to rest, repose; to stay, tarry, stop, be for a while, at the moment” ✧ PE22/125

Variations

ser- ✧ PE22/125

sere “rest” similarly [formed past] ware “err” ✧ PE22/102

Inflections

sere	aorist	“rest”	✧ PE22/102
serin	aorist 1st-sg	“I rest”	✧ Ety/SED
sére	past		✧ PE22/102
esérie	perfect		✧ PE22/102
séra	present	“is”	✧ PE22/125
sére	present	“resteth”	✧ LR/72

Element In

ᴹQ. nan úye sére indo-ninya símen, ullume “but my heart resteth not here for ever” ✧ LR/72
ᴹQ. sinan Elessar Aran séra Arkimbelesse “at present King Elessar is at Rivendell” ✧ PE22/125

Derivations

< ᴹ√SED “rest” ✧ Ety/SED; PE22/102; PE22/125

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√SED > serin	[sedin] > [seðin] > [serin]	✧ Ety/SED
ᴹ√SED > sere	[sedi] > [sede] > [seðe] > [sere]	✧ PE22/102