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*Dira: magical (presumed) | *Dira: magical (presumed) | ||
*[[Dirawaen]]: magical road? | *[[Dirawaen]]: magical road? | ||
*Dyv: deep, bottomless | |||
*Nehr: lake | |||
*Nor: birthplace | *Nor: birthplace | ||
*Nyr: lake | |||
*Nyr Dyv: deep/bottomless lake, "Lake of Unknown Depths" | |||
*Orz: humble | *Orz: humble | ||
*Rel: city | *Rel: city | ||
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===English to Old Oeridian=== | ===English to Old Oeridian=== | ||
*Birthplace: nor | *Birthplace: nor | ||
*Bottomless: dyv | |||
*City: rel | *City: rel | ||
*Deep: dyv | |||
*Heavens: astra | *Heavens: astra | ||
*Humble: orz | *Humble: orz | ||
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*[[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K. Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. | *[[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K. Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. | ||
*[[Moore, Roger E]]. ''[[The Adventure Begins]]''. Renton, WA: TSR, 1998. | |||
*[[Sean K. Reynolds|Reynolds, Sean K.]] ''[[The Scarlet Brotherhood]]''. Renton, WA: TSR, 1999. | *[[Sean K. Reynolds|Reynolds, Sean K.]] ''[[The Scarlet Brotherhood]]''. Renton, WA: TSR, 1999. | ||
Revision as of 13:39, 25 October 2009
Template:Greyhawk Language Old Oeridian is the language of the Oeridian people. It was completely free of outside influences until the Great Migrations. Its grammar is thus unique and it is almost impossible to translate it into any language other than Common. Many of the books, records, and holy texts of the Aerdi were written in Old Oeridian, and it is still widely known in the lands of the former Great Kingdom.
Selected glossary
Old Oeridian to English
- Aer: sky
- Aerdi: sky people
- Astra: heavens
- -di (suffix): people
- Dira: magical (presumed)
- Dirawaen: magical road?
- Dyv: deep, bottomless
- Nehr: lake
- Nor: birthplace
- Nyr: lake
- Nyr Dyv: deep/bottomless lake, "Lake of Unknown Depths"
- Orz: humble
- Rel: city
- Sol: sun
- Solnor: birthplace of the sun
- Waen: road (presumed)
English to Old Oeridian
- Birthplace: nor
- Bottomless: dyv
- City: rel
- Deep: dyv
- Heavens: astra
- Humble: orz
- Magical: dira (presumed)
- People: -di
- Road: waen (presumed)
- Sky: aer
- Sun: sol
Bibliography
- Gygax, Gary. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K. Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Moore, Roger E. The Adventure Begins. Renton, WA: TSR, 1998.
- Reynolds, Sean K. The Scarlet Brotherhood. Renton, WA: TSR, 1999.
- Sargent, Carl. Ivid the Undying. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, unpublished. Available online: [1]