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| Ancient Language | English |
|---|---|
| abr | of |
| ach | do |
| adurna | water |
| äenora | broad |
| agaetí | celebration |
| agaetí blödhren | blood-oath celebration (held once a century to honor the original pact between elves and dragons) |
| agaetra | celebratory |
| aí | a, an |
| aiedail | the morning star |
| akr | wet, moist, mist, damp (see also rakr) |
| alalëa | a melencholy dream of great beauty, also the elves’ homeland |
| aldanarí | create (v.) |
| älfa | elf |
| älfakyn | the race of elves |
| älfinn | she (f. elf) |
| älfr | he (m. elf) |
| algara | intend |
| allr | all (may be shortened to al when used as a prefix, as in albitr) |
| andask | die |
| andlát | death |
| aptr | back adv. (you go back) |
| ár | early |
| arget | silver |
| argetlam | silver hand |
| artos | bear |
| arúnd | over |
| ástar | love |
| astorí | welcome |
| äthalvard | an organization of elves dedicated to the preservation of their songs and poems |
| äthr | on, onto |
| atra | let |
| audr | up |
| auga | eye |
| aurboda | banish |
| baní | death |
| bak | back n. |
| beor | bear |
| bidja | cry (to beg/ask) |
| bita | bite |
| bitr | biter |
| bjartr | bright |
| bjartskular | brightscales |
| bjartstál | brightsteel |
| blädr | blade |
| blaka | flapper |
| blanda | mix |
| blautr | soft from being cooked with liquid |
| bleikr | shining, white |
| blinkna | become pale |
| blödh | blood |
| blödhgarm | bloodwolf |
| blödhren | a blood-oath |
| blöthr | halt; stop |
| blunda | shut ones eyes |
| boetk | broad |
| böllr | a round object; an orb |
| brakka | reduce |
| breoal | family; house |
| brisingr | fire (see also: istalrí) |
| brun | brow |
| burthr | birth |
| celöbra | honor |
| chetowä | sage, wise man |
| daéda | lord |
| daert | a dart, spear |
| dag | day |
| dagshelgr | hallowed day |
| darmthrell | brother |
| datia | mists |
| daufr | deaf |
| dauthdaert | death spear: name given to the lances the elves made for killing dragons |
| dauthí | death |
| dautr | daughter |
| dauthleikr | mortal |
| delling | scintillating |
| deloi | soil, earth |
| delois | a green-leafed plant with purple flowers |
| deyja | die |
| domia abr wyrda | dominance of fate (book) |
| domia | dominance |
| drahtr | pulling |
| dras | city |
| draumr | dream |
| dreyma | illusion |
| drjugr | lasting, strong |
| dröttning | queen |
| dröttningu | princess (roughly; it’s not an exact translation) |
| drukna | be drowned |
| du | the |
| du fells nángoröth | the blasted mountains |
| du fyrn skulblaka | the dragon war |
| du namar aurboda | the banishing of the names |
| “du silbena datia” | “the sighing mists” (a poem song) |
| du sundavar freohr | the death of the shadows |
| du völlar eldrvarya | the burning plains |
| du weldenvarden | the guarding forest |
| dúmbr | dumb |
| dvelja | delay |
| dvergr | dwarf |
| dwerva | night |
| dwerva thindr | night pine; the trees that grow in the beor mountains |
| ebrithil | master |
| eddyr | am |
| edtha | me |
| edoc’sil | unconquerable |
| edur | a tor or prominence |
| eïnradhin | oath or word |
| eitha | go; leave |
| eka | i |
| ekar | oak |
| elda | a gender-neutral honorific of great praise, suffix attached with a hyphen |
| eldhrimner | grow |
| eldrvarí | burn |
| eldunarí | the heart of hearts; the gem-like stone wherein the dragons can store their consciousness |
| ellesméra | splendor |
| elrun | thank |
| elthrimórno | pardon |
| ementyr | ladies |
| eom | to |
| er | is |
| erisdar | the flameless lanterns both the elves and the dwarves use (named after the elf who invented them) |
| ero | was |
| erní | were |
| eru | are |
| esterní | good fortune |
| ethgrí | invoke |
| ethilnadras | brush scrub |
| evarína | star |
| eyddr | empty |
| eyra | ear |
| faelnirv | elven liqueur |
| fairth | a picture taken by magical means on a shingle of slate |
| fell | mountain |
| fëon | flowers |
| fethr | feather |
| finiarel | an honorific for a young man of great promise, suffix attached with a hyphen |
| finna | find |
| fjandí | enemy |
| flauga | fly (v.) |
| flautja | float |
| flautr | floater |
| flutningr | report, carry |
| fódhr | marked |
| förn | gift (n.) |
| fortha | to put forth |
| fra | from |
| fram | forward |
| framvír | before, in front of |
| frëma | more |
| freohr | death |
| frethya | hide (v.) |
| fricai | friend |
| fricai andlát | death friend (a poisonous mushroom) |
| fuin | ??? |
| fyrn | war |
| gala | sing, chant |
| galba | big |
| galbatorix | big king |
| galdr | spell, enchantment |
| gánga | go |
| garm | hound (n.) |
| garjzla | light |
| gata | path, passage |
| gath | bring together, unite |
| gedwëy | palm |
| gedwëy ignasia | shining palm |
| gëuloth | dull, to dull something |
| grathr | hunger |
| grind | gate |
| guliä | luck |
| haedh | height |
| hafr | goat |
| hafrí | oats |
| haina | harm |
| hald | apple |
| haldthin | thornapple |
| hamarr | stone crag, hammer |
| harmr | sorrow |
| hávr | have, posses |
| heill | healed, heal |
| helgrind | the gates of death |
| herdtha | harden |
| hernskja | armor |
| hjall | hall |
| hjarta | heart |
| hlaupa | run |
| hljödhr | silent |
| hórna | hear, listen |
| hröslvalhr | walrus |
| hrúthr | crust |
| hrygr | back (n.) |
| hügin | thought |
| hugr | mind |
| huildr | hold |
| hurdh | door |
| hvass | sharp |
| hvat | what |
| hvitr | white |
| hwal | whale |
| iet | my (informal) |
| ietdar | myself (only form) |
| ignasia | shine |
| ikonoka | is whole |
| ilia | happy |
| ília | palace (n.) |
| ilian | happiness |
| illa | badly |
| illr | bad |
| íllgrathr | bad hunger, burrow grubs |
| ilumaro | true |
| ilumëo | truth |
| indlvarn | a rider and dragon where the dragon has suffered body death but continues to live on in their heart of hearts |
| islingr | light-bringer, illuminator |
| istalrí | fire (see also brisingr) |
| jierda | break; hit |
| kalfí | calf of the leg |
| karst | chest, casket |
| kausta | come |
| kenna | know |
| keppr | stick |
| knífr | knife |
| kodthr | catch |
| kona | woman |
| könungr | king |
| kópa | stare |
| kremja | pinch, squeeze |
| kuldr | gold |
| kvaedhí | poetic |
| kverst | cut |
| kvetha | greetings |
| kveykva | lightning |
| kvïstr | branch |
| kynn | race of people |
| ládrin | open |
| laesa | lock |
| lam | hand |
| lámarae | a fabric made by cross-weaving wool and nettle threads (similar in construction to linsey-woolsey, but of higher quality) |
| lauf | leaf |
| laufsblädr | leaf’s-blade |
| laust | without |
| lethrblaka | a bat; the ra’zac’s mounts (literally, “leather-flapper”) |
| lethr | leather |
| letta | stop |
| lianí | a vine |
| liduen | script, writing (n.) |
| liduen kvaedhí | poetic script |
| líf | life |
| lífa | live |
| litil | little |
| loivissa | a blue, deep-throated lily that grows in the empire |
| losna | release |
| lotha | sky |
| lunaea | smooth |
| mäe | a fragment of a word that eragon never finished saying |
| maela | quiet |
| malmr | metal |
| malthinae | to bind or hold in place; confine |
| manin | memory |
| mar | but |
| medh | with |
| menoa | mother |
| midhring | humble |
| mïnen | injury, harm, disease |
| moi | change |
| mor’ranr | peace |
| mulabra | mean |
| nagz | blanket, cloth |
| naina | make bright |
| nalgask | a mixture of beeswax and hazelnut oil used to moisten the skin |
| nangoröth | blasted, withered |
| nam | name |
| namar | names |
| né | no |
| néiat | not |
| nen | as |
| nïdhwal | dragon-like creatures that live in the sea, related to the fanghur |
| niernen | orchid |
| nosu | us |
| nuanen | beautiful |
| o | the negative prefix un- (see also u) |
| ono | you |
| onr | your |
| orgetorix | king of killers |
| oro | arrow |
| orothrim | fools’ wisdom |
| orpinn | warped |
| orpin | warp |
| orr | mad |
| orúm | serpent, wyrm |
| osthato | mourning |
| osthato chetowä | the mourning sage |
| oth | with |
| otherúm | swear |
| pömnuria | my (formal) |
| raehta | right (n.) |
| rakr | wet, moist, mist, damp (see also akr) |
| ramr | strong |
| raudhr | red |
| rauthr | misfortune |
| reisa | raise |
| ren | oath |
| rextugenos | son of justice |
| rïsa | rise |
| ristvak’baen | place of sorrow (baen—used here and in urû’baen, the capital of the empire—is always pronounced bane and is an expression of great sadness/grief) |
| rune | poem, song |
| sé | may |
| seithr | witch |
| sem | that |
| sharjalví | move, movement |
| shur’tugal | dragon rider |
| silbena | sigh |
| sitja | stay, remain |
| sja | look |
| sjon | see |
| skaga | project, stick out |
| skagí | promintory |
| skal | bowl, drinking cup |
| skald | poet |
| skálpr | sheath, shell |
| skilna bragh | a deadly poison |
| skölir | shield |
| sköliro | shielded |
| skul | scale |
| skulblaka | dragon (literally, “scale-flapper”) |
| skuta | taunt |
| skyrta | shirt |
| sláegr | clever |
| slauta | slauta is difficult to translate; it is a sharp, cleaving sound, like that of cracking stone, but it can also mean to make such a sound |
| slytha | sleep |
| snal | snail |
| snalglí | a race of giant snails that live on vroengard |
| solus | sun |
| söngr | song |
| stál | steel |
| stenr | stone, rock |
| stjarna | star |
| stydja | rest |
| sund | sound |
| sundavr | shadow |
| sundavrblaka | a bird native to vroengard island (literally “shadow-flapper”) |
| svartr | black |
| svell | ice |
| sven | sight |
| sverd | sword |
| svit | wise |
| svit-kona | a formal honorific for a woman of great wisdom |
| taelda | entrap |
| taka | take possession of |
| talos | a cactus found near helgrind |
| tauthr | follow |
| thae | then |
| thaefathan | thicken |
| thar | there |
| thäet | it |
| theirra | their |
| thelduin | rule over |
| therr | they |
| theyna | be silent |
| thin | thorn |
| thindr | pine tree |
| thön | than |
| thorna | those |
| thornessa | this |
| thorta | speak |
| thrautha | throw |
| threyja | desire |
| thrífa | grasp, seize |
| thrífask | grasp for oneself |
| thringa | rain |
| thrysta | thrust; compress |
| thurra | dry (v.) |
| thverr | traverse |
| titlingr | sparrow |
| togira | cripple |
| togira ikonoka | the cripple who is whole |
| traevam | tree |
| tuatha | temper, tempering |
| tuatha du orothrim | tempering the fool’s wisdom (level in riders’ training) |
| u | the negative prefix for in-, un-, dis. (see also o) |
| un | and |
| und | nothingness, the void |
| undir | under |
| unin | in |
| vae | we |
| vaengr | wing |
| vaer | sea |
| vaer ethilnadras | a brown, free-floating seaweed with gas-filled bladders along the joints of its branching stem |
| vaetna | scatter, dispel |
| vakna | awaken |
| vald | rule |
| valdr | ruler |
| vandr | bad |
| vanta | is lacking |
| vanyalí | magic |
| vara | spring (the season) |
| vard | guard, ward |
| varda | watch over |
| varden | warders, guardians |
| vardi | protect |
| vaupna | arm |
| vel | upon |
| vëoht | slow |
| vér | its |
| vercingetorix | great king of warriors |
| verda | become |
| vergandí | killer |
| vergarí | kill |
| vergathos | forgetfulness |
| verkr | pain |
| verma | heat (n.) |
| verrunsmal | fight (v.) |
| vervada | storm-cleaver |
| vindr | air, wind |
| vinr | friend |
| vinr älfakyn | elf friend |
| vodhr | a male honorific of middling praise, suffix attached with a hyphen |
| vök | hole in ice |
| völlr | field |
| vöndr | a thin, straight stick |
| vor | a male honorific for a close friend, suffix attached with a hyphen |
| vrangr | awry; wandering |
| waíse | be |
| welden | forest |
| weohnata | will |
| weohnataí | would |
