THE ANCIENT LANGUAGE
adurna - water
äenora - broad
Agaetí Blödhren - Blood-oath Celebration
Aí varden abr du Shur'tugals gata vanta.- A warden of the Riders lacks passage.
Aiedail
- the morning star
älfr ach thornessa - he does this
älfrinn ero aí koma ramrsja - she was a strong-looking
woman
arget - silver
Argetlam - Silver Hand
Atra esterní ono thelduin/Mor'ranr lífa unin hjarta onr/Un du evarínya ono varda. - May good
fortune rule over you/Peace live in your heart/And the stars watch over you.
Atra gülai un ilian
taught ono un atra ono waíse skölir frá rauthr. - Let luck and happiness follow you and may you be a
shield from misfortune.
Atra gülai un ilian taught ono un atra ono waíse sköliro frá
rauthr. - Let luck and happiness follow you and may you be shielded from misfortune.
Atranosu waíse vardo fra eld hórnya. - Let us be warded from listeners.
Bjartskular - Brightscales
Blöthr - halt; stop.
Böetq istalri! - Broad fire!
Brakka du vanyalí sem huildar Saphira un eka! - Reduce the magic that holds Saphira and me!
breoal - family; house
brisingr - fire
dagshelgr - Hallowed Day
Deloi moi! - Earth, change!
delois -
a green-leafed plant with purple flowers
Domia abr Wydra - Dominance of Fate (book)
dras - city
draumr
kópa - dream stare
Du Fells Nángoröth - The Blasted Mountains
Du Fyrn Skulblaka - The Dragon War
Du grind huildr! - Hold the gate!
"Du Silbena Datia" - "The Sighing Mists" (a poem or a song)
Du Súndavar Freohr - Death
of the Shadows
Du Völlar Eldrvarya - The Burning Plains
Du Vrang Gata - The Wandering Path
Du
Weldenvarden - The Guarding Forest
dvergar - dwarves
ebrithil - master
Edoc'sil - Unconquerable
edur - a tor or prominence
eitha - go; leave
Eka aí friai un Shur'tugal!
- I am a Rider and a friend!
ethgri - invoke
fairth - a picture taken by magical means
Fethrblaka, eka weohnata néiat haina
ono. Blaka eom let lam. - Bird, I will not harm you. Flap to my hand.
finiarel - an honorific for a young man of great promise
Fricai Anglát - death friend
Gala O Wyrda brunhvitr/Abr Berundal vandr-fodhr/Burthro lausblädar eja undir/Eom kona dauthleikr...
- Sing O white-browed Fate/Of ill-marked Berundal/Born under oaken leaves/To mortal woman...
gánga aptr - to go backward
gánga fram - to go forward
garjzla - light
Gath sem oro un lam iet - Unite that arrow with my hand.
gath un reisa du rakr!
- Unite and raise the mist!
gedwëy ignasia - shining palm
Gëuloth du knífr! - Dull the Knife!
haldthin - thornapple
Helgrind - The Gates of Death
hlaupa - run
hljödhr - silent
hvitr - white
iet - my (informal)
jierda
- break; hit
Jierda theirra kalfis! - Break their calves!
kodthr - catch
Kvetha Fricai - Greetings, friend.
lethrblaka - a bat
letta - stop
Letta orya thorna! - Stop those arrows!
Liduen Kvaedhí - Poetic Script
Losna kalfya iet - Release my calves.
malthinae - to bind or hold in place; confine
Manin! Wyrda! Hugin! - Memory!
Fate! Thought!
Moi stenr! - Stone, change!
Nagz reisa! - Blanket, rise!
nalgask - a mixture of beeswax and hazelnut oil used to moisten the skin
Osthato
Chetowä - the Mourning Sage
pömnuria - my (formal)
Reisa du adurna. - Raise/Lift the water.
rïsa - rise
Ristvak'baen - Place of Sorrow (baen--used here in Urû'baen, the capital of the Empire--is always pronounced
baen and is an expression of great sadness/grief)
Sé mor'ranr ono finna - May you find peace.
Sé onr sverdar sitja hvass! - May your swords stay sharp!
Sé orúm thornessa hávr sharjalví lífs. - May this serpent have life's movement.
seithr
- witch
Shur'tugal - Dragon Rider
skölir - shield
skölir nosu fra brisingr! - Shield us from fire!
sköliro - shielded
skulblaka - dragon
Skulblaka, eka celöbra ono un malabra ono un onr Shur'tugal
né haina. Atra nosu waíse fricai. - Dragon, I honor you and mean you and your Rider no harm. Let us be friends.
slytha
- sleep
Stenr reisa! - Raise stone!
Stydja unin mor'ranr, Hrothgar Könungr. - Rest in peace, King Hrothgar.
svit-kona - a formal honorific for an elf woman of great wisdom
thrysta -
thrust; compress
thrysta vindr - Compress the air.
Thrysta deloi - Compress the earth.
Thverr
stenr un atra eka hórna! - Traverse stone and let me hear!
Togira Ikonoka - The Cripple Who Is
Whole
tuatha du orothrim - tempering the fool's wisdom (level in riders' training)
vanyali
- elf
Varden - the Warders
Vel eïnradhin iet ai Shur'tugal. - Upon my word as a rider.
Vinr Älfakyn - Elf Friend
vodhr - a male honorific of middling praise
vöndr - a think, straight stick
vor - a male honorific for a close friend
Waíse heill! - Be healed!
Wiol
ono. - For you.
Wiol pömnuria ilian. - For my happiness
wyrda - fate
Wyrdfell - elven name for the Forsworn
yawë - a bond of trust
Zar'roc - misery