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Ancient Language

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This is the Ancient Language.  It is a powerful language that identifies the true nature of things.  while speaking it, you cannot lie.  despite this, the elves speak it.  words from the ancient language are used in spells, blessings, and other things.

here is a list of words that Eragon has learned.  Some are from ERAGON, others are from ELDEST. 

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

These word took me forever to write down.  It was like 3 hours before i finished it.  They are all from Eldest and Eragon.