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