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| {{Greyhawk Language
| | '''Old Oeridian''' |
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| |name=Old Oeridian
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| |location=Former [[Great Kingdom]]
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| |people=[[Oeridian]]s
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| |script=
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| |family=Oeridian
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| }}
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| '''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 tongue|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]]. | |
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| ==Selected glossary==
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| ===Old Oeridian to English===
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| *Aer: sky
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| *Aerdi: sky people
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| *Ahmon: sibilant (presumed)
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| *Ahmon-Ibor: sibilant beast
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| *Astra: heavens
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| *Azal: wizard (presumed)
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| *Azal'lan: wizard-king
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| *Bardinar: glaive of victory (Dra293, 93)
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| *Col: with (presumed)
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| *Delante: strike down (presumed)
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| *Delante-Vinnos: that which strikes down ignorance
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| *Deshaand: helper
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| *Deshaun: fury (presumed)
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| *-di (suffix): people
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| *Dira: magical (presumed)
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| *[[Dirawaen]]: magical road?
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| *Dyv: deep, bottomless
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| *Fraga: final (presumed)
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| *Fragarach: final word
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| *Hakul: fire (presumed)
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| *Harak: He who comes (presumed)
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| *Harak col Hakul Deshaun: He who comes with fire and fury
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| *Her: great (presumed)
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| *Herzog: great prince (LGG, 24)
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| *Ibor: beast (presumed)
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| *Issai: ice
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| *Keleshe: needle
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| *Lan: king (presumed)
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| *Mitrik: salvation (presumed; possibly [[Flan]])
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| *Nehr: lake
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| *Nor: birthplace
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| *Nyr: lake
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| *Nyr Dyv: deep/bottomless lake, "Lake of Unknown Depths"
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| *Orz: humble
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| *Rach: word (presumed)
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| *Rel: city
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| *Sol: sun
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| *Solnor: birthplace of the sun
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| *Thalos: fortress
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| *Tla: snow (DR#265, 57)
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| *Vexxin: frigid (DR#265, 57)
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| *Vinnos: ignorance (presumed)
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| *Waen: road (presumed)
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| *Zog: prince (presumed)
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| ===English to Old Oeridian===
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| *Beast: ibor (presumed)
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| *Birthplace: nor
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| *Bottomless: dyv
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| *City: rel
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| *Col: with (presumed)
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| *Deep: dyv
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| *Final: fraga (presumed)
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| *Fire: hakul (presumed)
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| *Fortress: thalos
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| *Frigid: vexxin
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| *Fury: deshaun (presumed)
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| *Great: her (presumed)
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| *Heavens: astra
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| *Helper: deshaand
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| *Humble: orz
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| *Ice: issai
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| *Ignorance: vinnos (presumed)
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| *King: Lan (presumed)
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| *Magical: dira (presumed)
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| *Needle: keleshe
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| *People: -di
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| *Prince: zog (presumed)
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| *Road: waen (presumed)
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| *Salvation: mitrik (presumed; possibly Flan)
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| *Sibilant: ahmon (presumed)
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| *Sky: aer
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| *Snow: tla
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| *Strike down: delante (presumed)
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| *Sun: sol
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| *Wizard: Azal (presumed)
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| *Word: rach (presumed)
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| ==Bibliography==
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| *[[Gary Gygax|Gygax, Gary]]. ''Unearthed Arcana''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1985.
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| *-----. ''[[World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
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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.
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| *[[Stuart Kerrigan|Kerrigan, Stuart]]. "A Splintered Sun." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #293. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2002.
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| *[[Moore, Roger E]]. ''[[The Adventure Begins]]''. Renton, WA: TSR, 1998.
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| *[[Robert S. Mullin|Mullin, Robert S.]] "Arcane Lore: Greyhawk Grimoires II." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #241. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999. Page 78.
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| *[[Sean K. Reynolds|Reynolds, Sean K.]] ''[[The Scarlet Brotherhood]]''. Renton, WA: TSR, 1999.
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| *[[Sargent, Carl]]. ''Ivid the Undying''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, unpublished. Available online: [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads]
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| [[Category:Greyhawk languages]]
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