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| English | Dwarf Language |
|---|---|
| accompanying, bring | ignh |
| act | estvarn |
| all who | volfild |
| also | wharn |
| and | oen |
| are | oc |
| arranger of the house | grimstcarvlorss |
| as | wharn |
| assail | marrv |
| at the same time | ienmîf |
| bald, shiny | egraz |
| banished, clanless | vargrimst |
| be | dom |
| bear (n.) | beor (elf word) |
| bear (v.); carry | môgh |
| beard | dûnost |
| beardless, unbearded | mendûnost |
| beware | länok |
| bless | arûna |
| blood | edaris |
| boar, giant; native to the beor mountains | nagra |
| bright | gáld |
| bright, shining head | gáldhiem |
| bring, accompany | ignh |
| by | vor |
| call, summon | estver |
| carry; bear (v.) | môgh |
| cave bear, giant; native to the beor mountains | urzhad |
| cave lore | mahl |
| change | dem |
| chief, arbitrator | borith |
| city | kyth |
| clan (literally, “our hall,” or “our home”) | dûrgrimst |
| clan of artisans | dûrgrimst gedthrall |
| clan of dragonnets (see also fanghur) | dûrgrimst fanghur |
| clan of kílf’s necklace (see also ledwonnû) | dûrgrimst ledwonnû |
| clan of metalworkers (see also knurlcarathn) | dûrgrimst ingeitum |
| clan of scholars | dûrgrimst ebardac |
| clan of stoneworkers (see also knurlcarathn) | dûrgrimst knurlcarathn |
| clan of the bearded mountain goat (see also feldûnost) | dûrgrimst feldûnost |
| clan of the cave bear (see also urzhad) | dûrgrimst urzhad |
| clan of the giant boar (see also nagra) | dûrgrimst nagra |
| clan of the river guard (see also ragni and hefthyn) | dûrgrimst ragni hefthyn |
| clan of the tears of anhûin | dûrgrimst az sweldn rak anhûin |
| clan of the war wolves (see also vrenshrrgn) | dûrgrimst vrenshrrgn |
| clan; religious order | dûrgrimst quan |
| clan chief (literally, “hall chief”) | grimstborith |
| clan war | dûrgrimstvren |
| clanless, banished | vargrimst |
| counterfeit; something that appears other than it actually is; a fake or a sham | thardsvergûndnzmal |
| country of the dwarves; all clans’ lands | grimstnzhadn |
| coward | sheilve |
| create | fûthmér |
| curse (n.) | barzûlegûr |
| curse someone with ill fate | barzûl |
| curse someone with multiple misfortunes | barzûln |
| danger | carkna |
| daughter | mezzintar |
| destroy | hrestvog |
| disloyal, feckless, un-faith | menotho |
| do | is |
| double-bladed staff weapon used by dûrgrimst quan | hûthvír |
| dragon | jurgen |
| dragon rider | jurgencarmeitder |
| dragon-like creatures that are smaller and less intelligent than their cousins, the dragons; related to the nïdhwal (native to the beor mountains) | fanghur |
| dragonwar | jurgenvren |
| dwarf (literally, “one of stone”) | knurla |
| eagle | orn |
| eagle eye, eye of the eagle | ornthrond |
| earth | erôth |
| earthen stone, stone of earth | erôthknurl |
| ecstasy | nzdorrim |
| elders, sages, wise men | urû |
| elf (the dwarves borrowed this word from the ancient language, wherein it means magic.) | vanyali |
| endearment, an; also the dwarves’ name for a form of gold nodules indigenous to the beor mountains, which they prize greatly | delva |
| endless, eternal | vol |
| enemy | mensagh |
| enough | vronn |
| enter | god |
| eternal fighter | volund |
| eye of the eagle, eagle eye | ornthrond |
| faith | otho |
| fake; something that appears other than it actually is; a counterfeit or a sham | thardsvergûndnzmal |
| family | sartos |
| family story, story of family, saga | sartosvrenht |
| father | farthen |
| father of frost, winter | felfarthen |
| feckless, disloyal, un-faith | menotho |
| frostbeard (a species of goat native to the beor mountains) | feldûnost |
| fire workers; smiths | ingeitum |
| fish, small, red, found mainly in the ragni darmn river | darm |
| fists of steel | ascûdgamln |
| flesh | thargen |
| flicker | sigt |
| food | voth |
| fool | brak |
| foot | kóstha |
| foot-pool | kóstha-mérna |
| for | akh |
| forget | warrev |
| friend | sagh |
| from | tor |
| frost pass | felrast |
| frost | fel |
| gem | narrvel |
| giant | tronj |
| god of air | urûr |
| god of all under the surface | gûntera |
| god of fire (black beard) | morgothal |
| god of stone; said to have seven fingers on each hand | helzvog |
| goddess of earth | sindri |
| goddess of water | kílf |
| gold nodules indigenous to the beor mountains, which the dwarves prize greatly; also an endearment | delva |
| endearment | delva |
| great | brâgha |
| greeting | derûndân |
| guard | hefthyn |
| guest (literally, “hall guest” | grimstbelard |
| guest | belard |
| hail (v.) | nal |
| hammer | korda |
| hand | gaml |
| happen, take place | vond |
| has | nos |
| hawk, a species of | trangnarn |
| he, him, man | knurlag |
| head | hiem |
| heart | nien |
| heart of stone | knurlnien |
| helm | heim |
| helm of giants | tronjheim |
| her, she, woman | knurlaf |
| him, he, man | knurlag |
| holiest | encesti |
| holy | sesti |
| honor | zeitmen |
| house, hall | grimst |
| how | harng |
| i | narho |
| in | bahst |
| is | ana |
| it | dar |
| it is | ilf |
| kílf’s necklace; also used as a general term for necklace | ledwonnû |
| kill | ach |
| kind | alfrell |
| king | grimstnzborith |
| kneel | beogh |
| lake, pool | mérna |
| land | had |
| lands of a clan | grimsthadn |
| leave | athrid |
| let | os |
| likeness; statue | hírna |
| listen | hwatum |
| love, adoration | dorzada |
| make | irânû |
| man, he, him | knurlag |
| manage, to arrange | vlorss |
| may | jordn |
| me | skilf |
| memory, remember | menwarrev |
| men | kurlagn |
| message | harûg |
| messenger | carharûg |
| mine | skilfz |
| moment | hort |
| mortal | wôno |
| neck | led |
| no | eta |
| not | etal |
| obligation, fate, something unavoidable | orodûm |
| of | rak |
| one | carn |
| our | dûr |
| our father | farthen dûr |
| pass | rast |
| pine trees native to the beor mountains | farthen dûr |
| place | goroth |
| play | dweirv |
| pledge | belgond |
| pool, lake | mérna |
| queen | grimstnzborith |
| remember, memory | menwarrev |
| ride | meitder |
| ring | wonnû |
| river | ragni |
| rose | isidar |
| ruler of the dwarves, whether king or queen (literally, “halls’ chief”) | grimstnzborith |
| saga, family story, story of family | sartosvrenht |
| sages, elders, wise men | urû |
| scratch (n.) | vik |
| serve | smer |
| shade, shadow | hreth |
| sham; something that appears other than it actually is; a counterfeit or a fake | thardsvergûndnzmal |
| shadeslayer | hrethcarach |
| she, her, woman | knurlaf |
| shield | thorv |
| sight | astim |
| simultaneously, at the same time | ienmîf |
| sindri’s gem | sindriznarrvel |
| smiths, fire workers | ingeitum |
| something that appears other than it actually is; a fake or counterfeit; a sham | thardsvergûndnzmal |
| son | menthiv |
| sorrow | vrem |
| speak | roth |
| spear-throwing contest akin to jousting and fought on the backs of feldûnost | ghastgar |
| speck, mote | hûtt |
| star | mithrim |
| star rose (the star sapphire) | isidar mithrim |
| statue; likeness | hírna |
| steel | ascûd |
| step, stairs | turin |
| stone; rock | knurl |
| stone of earth (literally, “earthstone”) | erôthknurl |
| stonehead | knurlhiem |
| stoneworkers; masons | knurlcarathn |
| stop | etzil |
| story | vrenht |
| straddle | ganaht |
| summon, call | estver |
| take place, happen | vond |
| tall | mann |
| tear (as in crying) | sweld |
| temper line on the blade of a differentially tempered weapon | thriknzdal |
| that | isû |
| the | az |
| the lands of a clan | grimsthadn |
| them, they | knurlar |
| then | azt |
| there | nithgech |
| these | formvn |
| they, them | knurlar |
| this | formv |
| thus | ûn |
| time | gar |
| time: about thirteen minutes | ûtgav |
| to | il |
| to arrange, manage | vlorss |
| tree | drâth |
| trees of stone | knurldrâthn |
| ugh, dwarvish equivalent, (used humorously in the place name werghadn; werghadn translates as either “the land of ugh” or, more liberally, “the ugly land”) | werg |
| un-faith, feckless, disloyal | menotho |
| unbearded, beardless | mendûnost |
| unstone ones, those who are not, or are without, stone (the worst insult in dwarvish; cannot be directly translated into english) | menknurlan |
| us, we | né |
| want | frekk |
| war | vren |
| war wolves, wolves of war | vrenshrrgn |
| warrior | und |
| was | qena |
| we, us | né |
| weak | dômar |
| what | hert |
| when | hrenth |
| white | arn |
| who | fild |
| will | ûdim |
| winter (literally, “frost father”) | felfarthen |
| wise men, elders, sages | urû |
| without | var |
| wolf, giant; native to the beor mountains | shrrg |
| wolves of war, war wolves | vrenshrrgn |
| woman, she, her | knurlaf |
| women | knurlafn |
| word | gerdûm |
| work | rath |
| wound given by a jealous lover or spouse | eowynthir |
| yes; affirmative | oeí |
| you | jok |
