Inheritance Cycle/Culture/Ancient Language/Vocabulary
English to Ancient Language
editArticles, conjunctions, auxiliary verbs, prepositions
editEnglish | Ancient Language |
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a | aí |
am | eddyr |
and | un |
are | eru |
backward | aptr |
be | waíse |
did | achí |
do | ach |
does | ach (the same as "do") |
for | wiol |
forward | fram |
from | fra |
have | hávr |
in | unin |
is | er |
let | atra |
may | sé |
not | néiat |
of | abr |
that | sem |
the | du |
this | thornessa |
those | orya |
to | eom |
under | undir |
up | audr |
upon | vel |
was | ero |
were | erní |
will | weohnata |
with | medh |
Pronouns
editEnglish | Ancient Language |
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All | allr |
I | eka |
he | älfr |
his | älfrs |
me | eka |
my (formal) | pömnuria (Informal: iet) |
who | iknol |
she | älfrinn |
their | theirra |
they | therr |
those | thorna |
us | nosu |
you | ono |
your | onr |
Nouns
editEnglish | Ancient Language |
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air | vindr |
arrow | oro |
banishing | aurboda |
bat | lethrblaka, literally "leather flapper" |
bird | fethrblaka, literally "feather flapper" |
blanket | nagz |
blood | blödh |
blue, deep-throated lily that grows in the Empire | loivissa |
bond of trust | yawë |
Brightscales | Bjartskular (honorific title for dragons) |
brow | brun |
cactus found near Helgrind | talos |
calves (as in cow) | kalfya |
calves (as in leg) | kalvis |
celebration | agaetí |
city | dras |
cripple | togira |
daughter | dautr |
day | dag |
death | anglát, freohr, dauth |
dominance | domia |
Dominance of Fate (book) | Domia abr Wyrda |
dragon | skulblaka, literally "scale flapper" |
Dragon Rider | Shur'tugal |
dream | draumr |
dwarves | dvergar |
ears | eyreya |
earth | deloi |
elf | älfa |
elf-kind | älfakyn |
elf-woman | älfa-kona |
fabric made by cross-weaving wool and nettle threads | lámarae |
family or house | breoal |
fate | wyrda |
feather | fethr |
flame | istalrí |
flower | fëon |
fire | brisingr |
fool's wisdom | orothrim |
forest | welden |
Forsworn | Wyrdfell |
friend | fricai, vinr |
gate | grind |
gold | kuldr |
good fortune | esterní |
greetings | Kvetha |
Hallowed Day | dagshelgr |
hand | lam |
harm | haina |
happiness | ilian |
heart | hjarta |
heart of hearts | Eldunarí |
hell | hel |
ill | vandr |
king | könungr |
knife | knifr |
leaf | laufsbläd |
leather | lethr |
life | líf |
life's (as a genetive noun) | lifs |
light | garjzla |
lightning | kveykva |
elven liqueur | faelnirv |
luck | guliä |
magic | vanyali, gramarye |
master | ebrithil |
memory | manin |
misery | zar'roc |
misfortune | rauthr |
mist | rakr, datia |
mixture of beeswax and hazelnut used to moisten the skin | nalgask |
mourning | Chetowä |
Morning Star | Aiedail |
mortal | dauthleikr |
mountain | fell |
movement | sharjalví |
name | nama |
oath | ren |
orb | böllr |
palm | ignasia |
path | gata |
peace | mor'ranr |
picture created through magic | fairth |
Place of Sorrow | Ristvak’baen |
plains | völlar |
poison | eitrum |
princess | drötningu |
purple-flowered plant | delois |
rain | thringa |
sage | osthato |
scale | skul |
script | kvaedhi |
serpent | orúm |
shadow | súndav |
shield | skölir |
silver | arget |
Silver hand | Argetlam |
sorrow | baen |
Spine | Carthungavë |
Spring | vara |
stars | evarínya |
stick | vöndr |
stone | stenr |
sun | solus |
sword | sverd |
The Burning Plains | Du Völlar Eldrvarya |
The Dragon War | Du Fyrn Skulblaka |
The Guarding Forest | Du Weldenvarden |
the morning star | Aiedail |
The Sighing Mists (a poem song) | Du Silbena Datia |
The Wandering Path | Du Vrangr Gata |
The Warders | Varden |
thornapple | haldthin |
thought | hugin |
tree | traevam |
truth | thorta |
type of bonding between a dragon and Rider | indlvarn |
prominence | edur |
war | fyrn |
warden | varden |
water | adurna |
witch | seithr |
wolf | garm |
word | eïnradhin |
woman | kona |
Verbs and Adjectives
editEnglish | Ancient Language |
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awaken | vakna |
beautiful | nuanen |
bind | malthinae |
blasted (as in cursed) | nángoröth |
baby | burthr |
born | burthro |
break, hit | jierda |
bright | bjart |
brighten | naina |
broad | böetq |
burn | eldrvarya |
catch | kodthr |
change | moi |
die | deyja |
dull | gëuloth |
empty | eyddr |
find | finna |
flap | blaka |
fly | flauga |
follow | tauthr |
go | gánga |
hallowed | shelgr |
halt | blöthr |
happy | ilia |
harm | haina |
healed | heill |
hear | hóna |
hide | frethya |
hold | huildr |
honour | celöbra |
ill | vandr |
invoke | ethgrí |
lack | vanta |
leave | eitha |
live | lífa |
marked | fodhr |
mean | malabra |
mourning | osthato |
need | vanta |
oaken | ekar |
poetic | liduen |
quiet | maela |
raise | reisa |
red | raudhr |
reduce | brakka |
release | losna |
rest | stydja |
rise | rïsa |
rule | thelduin |
run | hlaupa |
scale | skul |
see | sjon |
sharp | hvass |
shining | Gedwëy |
sighing | silbena |
silent | hljödhr |
sing | gala |
sleep | slytha |
smooth | lunaea |
speak | ilerneo |
stare | kópa |
stay | sitja |
steal | äftaka |
stop | letta |
strong | ramr |
take | taka |
temper | tuatha |
thank | elrun |
thicken | thaefathan |
thrust | thrysta |
traverse | thverr |
unconquerable | edoc'sil |
under | undir |
unite | gath |
unlock | ma'mor |
wandering | vrangr |
ward | vard |
warded | vardo |
warders | varden |
watch | varda |
white | hvitr |
whole | ikonoka |
Prefixes and suffixes
editAncient Language | English |
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Alfa-kona | elf woman (may be used as a suffix) |
Elda | a gender-neutral honorific suffix of great praise, attached with a hyphen. |
Finiarel | an honorific suffix for a young man of great promise, attached with a hyphen. |
Svit-kona | a formal honorific for an “alfa-kona” of great wisdom. |
Vodhr | a male honorific suffix of middling praise, attached with a hyphen. |
Vor | a male honorific for a close friend |
Other
editEnglish | Ancient Language |
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put forth | fortha |