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*Delante: strike down (presumed) | *Delante: strike down (presumed) | ||
*Delante-Vinnos: that which strikes down ignorance | *Delante-Vinnos: that which strikes down ignorance | ||
*Deshaand: helper | |||
*-di (suffix): people | *-di (suffix): people | ||
*Dira: magical (presumed) | *Dira: magical (presumed) | ||
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*Fragarach: final word | *Fragarach: final word | ||
*Ibor: beast (presumed) | *Ibor: beast (presumed) | ||
*Issai: ice | |||
*Keleshe: needle | |||
*Lan: king (presumed) | *Lan: king (presumed) | ||
*Mitrik: salvation (presumed; possibly [[Flan]]) | *Mitrik: salvation (presumed; possibly [[Flan]]) | ||
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*Solnor: birthplace of the sun | *Solnor: birthplace of the sun | ||
*Thalos: fortress | *Thalos: fortress | ||
*Tla: snow (DR#265, 57) | |||
*Vexxin: frigid (DR#265, 57) | |||
*Vinnos: ignorance (presumed) | *Vinnos: ignorance (presumed) | ||
*Waen: road (presumed) | *Waen: road (presumed) | ||
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*Final: fraga (presumed) | *Final: fraga (presumed) | ||
*Fortress: thalos | *Fortress: thalos | ||
*Frigid: vexxin | |||
*Heavens: astra | *Heavens: astra | ||
*Helper: deshaand | |||
*Humble: orz | *Humble: orz | ||
*Ice: issai | |||
*Ignorance: vinnos (presumed) | *Ignorance: vinnos (presumed) | ||
*King: Lan (presumed) | *King: Lan (presumed) | ||
*Magical: dira (presumed) | *Magical: dira (presumed) | ||
*Needle: keleshe | |||
*People: -di | *People: -di | ||
*Road: waen (presumed) | *Road: waen (presumed) | ||
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*Sibilant: ahmon (presumed) | *Sibilant: ahmon (presumed) | ||
*Sky: aer | *Sky: aer | ||
*Snow: tla | |||
*Strike down: delante (presumed) | *Strike down: delante (presumed) | ||
*Sun: sol | *Sun: sol | ||
Revision as of 17:16, 28 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
- Ahmon: sibilant (presumed)
- Ahmon-Ibor: sibilant beast
- Astra: heavens
- Azal: wizard (presumed)
- Azal'lan: wizard-king
- Delante: strike down (presumed)
- Delante-Vinnos: that which strikes down ignorance
- Deshaand: helper
- -di (suffix): people
- Dira: magical (presumed)
- Dirawaen: magical road?
- Dyv: deep, bottomless
- Fraga: final (presumed)
- Fragarach: final word
- Ibor: beast (presumed)
- Issai: ice
- Keleshe: needle
- Lan: king (presumed)
- Mitrik: salvation (presumed; possibly Flan)
- Nehr: lake
- Nor: birthplace
- Nyr: lake
- Nyr Dyv: deep/bottomless lake, "Lake of Unknown Depths"
- Orz: humble
- Rach: word (presumed)
- Rel: city
- Sol: sun
- Solnor: birthplace of the sun
- Thalos: fortress
- Tla: snow (DR#265, 57)
- Vexxin: frigid (DR#265, 57)
- Vinnos: ignorance (presumed)
- Waen: road (presumed)
English to Old Oeridian
- Beast: ibor (presumed)
- Birthplace: nor
- Bottomless: dyv
- City: rel
- Deep: dyv
- Final: fraga (presumed)
- Fortress: thalos
- Frigid: vexxin
- Heavens: astra
- Helper: deshaand
- Humble: orz
- Ice: issai
- Ignorance: vinnos (presumed)
- King: Lan (presumed)
- Magical: dira (presumed)
- Needle: keleshe
- People: -di
- Road: waen (presumed)
- Salvation: mitrik (presumed; possibly Flan)
- Sibilant: ahmon (presumed)
- Sky: aer
- Snow: tla
- Strike down: delante (presumed)
- Sun: sol
- Wizard: Azal (presumed)
- Word: rach (presumed)
Bibliography
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