Ancient Language

[Summer]

The Ancient Language:

*Adurna – water
*Adurna Rïsa – Water, rise.
*Agaetí Blödhren – Blood-oath Celebration
*Aí Varden abr du Shur’tugalar gata vanta. – A warden of the Riders lacks passage.
*Aiedail – the morning star
*Älfakyn – the race of elves
*Älfa-kona – elf woman
*Arget – silver
*Argetlam – Silver Hand
*Äthalvard – an organization of elves dedicated to the preservation of their songs and poems.
*Atra du evarínya ono varda. – May the stars watch over you.
*Atra du evarínya ono varda, Däthedr-vodhr. – May the stars watch over you, honored Däthedr.
*Atra esterní ono thelduin, Eragon. - May good fortune rule over you, Eragon.
*Atra esterní ono thelduin, Eragon Shur’turgal. – May good fortune rule over you, Eragon Dragon Rider.
*Atra esterní ono thelduin/Mor’ranr lífa unin hjarta onr/Un da evarínya ono varda. – May good fortune rule over you/Peace live in your heart/And the stars watch over you.
*Atra gülai un ilian tauthr ono un atra ono waíse skölir frá rauthr. - May luck and happiness follow you and may you be a shield from misfortune. (Eragon's mis-translated blessing)
*Atra gülai un ilian tauthr ono un atra ono waíse sköliro frá rauthr. – Let luck and happiness follow you and may you be shielded from misfortune.
*Audr - up

*Bjartskular – Brightscales
*Blödhgarm - Bloodwolf
*Blöthr – halt; stop
*Böllr – a round object; an orb
*Brakka du vanyalí sem huildar Saphira un eka! – Reduce the magic that holds Saphira and me!
*Breual – family; house
*Brisingr – fire (see also istalrí)
*Brisingr, iet tauthr. – Fire, follow me.
*Brisingr raudhr! – Red Fire!

*Dagshelgr – Hallowed Day
*Dauthdaert – Death Spear: name given to the lances the elves made for killing dragons
*Deloi moi! – Earth, change!
*Deloi sharjalví! – Earth, move!
*Delois – a green-leafed plant with purple flowers
*Deyja - die
*Domia abr Wyrda – Dominance of Fate (book)
*Dras – city
*Draumr kópa – dream stare
*Dröttning - queen
*Dröttningu – princess
*Du – the
*Du deloi lunaea. –Smooth the earth/dirt.
*Du grind huildr! – Hold the gate!
*Du Fells Nángoröth – The Blasted Mountains
*Du Fyrn Skulblaka – The Dragon War
*Du Namar Aurboda – The Banishing of the Names
*“Du Silbena Datia” – “The Singing Mists” (a poem song)
*Du Sundavar Freohr – Death of the Shadows
*Du Völlar Eldrvarya – The Burning Plains
*Du Vrangr Gata – The Wandering Path
*Du Weldenvarden – The Guarding Forest
*Dvergar – dwarves

*Ebrithil(ar) – master(s)
*Edoc’sil – Unconquerable
*Edur – a tor or prominence
*Eitha – go; leave
*Eka aí fricai un Shur’tugal! – I am a Rider and friend!
*Eka eddyr aí Shur’tugal...Shur’tugal...Argetlam. – I am a Dragon Rider...Dragon Rider..Silver Hand.
*Eka elrun ono. – I thank you.
*Eka elrun ono, älfya, wiol förn thornessa. – I thank you, elves, for this gift.
*Elda – a gender-neutral honorific of great praise, attached with a hyphen
*Eldhrimner O Loivissa nuanen, dautr abr deloi/Eldhrimner nen ono weohnataí mdh solus un thringa/Eldhrimner un fortha onr fëon vara/Wiol allr sjon. – Grow, O beautiful Loivissa, daughter of the earth/Grow as you would with sun and rain/Grow and put forth your flower of spring/For all to see.
*Eldunarí – the heart of hearts
*Elrun ono. – Thank you.
*Erisdar – the flameless lanterns both the elves and the dwarves use (names after the elf who invented them)
*Ethgrí – invoke
*Eyddr eyreya onr! – Empty your ears!

*Faelnirv – elven liqueur
*Fairth – a picture taken by magical means on a shingle of slate
*Fell - mountain
*Fethrblaka, eka weohnata néiat haina ono. Blaka eom iet lam. – Bird, I will not harm you. Flap to my hand.
*Finiarel – an honorific for a young man of great praise or promise, attached with a hypen.
*Flauga – fly
*Fram – forward
*Frethya - hide
*Fricai Andlát – death friend (a poisonous mushroom)
*Fricai onr eka eddyr. – I am your friend.

*Gala O Wryda brunhvitir/Abr Berundal vandr-fódhr/Burthro laufsblädar ekar undir/Eom kona dauthleikr... – Sing O white-browed Fate/Of ill-marked Berundal/Born under oaken leaves/To mortal woman...
*Gánga - go
*Gánga aptr – to go backward
*Gánga fram – to go forward
*Gánga raehta – go right
*Garjzla – light
*Garjzla, letta! – Light, stop!
*Gath sem oro un lam iet. – Unite that arrow with my hand.
*Gath un reisa du rakr! – Unite and raise the mist!
*Gedwëy ignasia – shining palm
*Gëuloth du knífr! – Dull the knife!
*Guliä waíse medh ono, Argetlam. – Luck be with you, Silverhand.

*Haldthin - thornapple
*Helgind – The Gates of Death
*Hlaupa – run
*Hljödhr – silent
*Hvitr - white

*Iet - my (informal)
*Íllgrathr – bad hunger
*Indlvarn – a certain type of pairing between a Rider and Dragon
*Islingr – light-bringer/illuminator
*Istalrí – fire (see also brisingr)
*Istalrí boetk! – Broad fire!

*Jierda – break; hit
*Jierda theirra kalfis! – Break their calves!

*Kausta – come
*Kodthr – catch
*Kuldr, rïsa lam iet un malthinae unin böllr. – Gold, rise to my hand and bind into an orb.
*Kverst – cut
*Kverst malmr du huildrs edtha, mar frëma né thön eka threyja! – Cut the metal holding me, but no more than I desire!
*Kvetha Fricai. – Greeting, Friend.
*Kvetha Fricaya. - Greetings, Friends.
*Kveykva - lightning

*Ládrin - open
*Lámarae – a fabric made by cross-weaving wool and nettle threads (similar in construction to linsey-woolsey, but of higher quality)
*Lethrblaka – a bat; the Ra’zac’s mounts (literally, leather-flapper)
*Letta – stop
*Letta orya thorna! – Stop those arrows!
*Liduen Kvaedhí – Poetic Script
*Loivissa – a blue, deep-throated lily that grows in the Empire
*Losna kalfya iet. – Release my calves.

*Mäe – a fragment of a word that Eragon never finished saying
*Maela - quiet
*Malthinae – to bind or hold in place; confine
*Manin! Wyrda! Hügin! – Memory! Fate! Thought!
*Moi stenr! – Stone, change!

*Naina – make bright
*Naina hvitr un böllr. – Make round white light.
*Nalgask – a mixture of beeswax and hazelnut oil used to moisten the skin
*Nagz reisa! – Blanket, rise!
*Nam iet er Eragon Sundavar-Vergandí, sönr abr Brom. – My name is Eragon Shadeslayer, son of Brom.
*Nen ono weohnata, Arya Dröttningu. – As you will, Princess Arya.
*Nïdhwal – dragon-like creatures that live in the sea, related to the Fanghur
*Niernen - orchid

*Ono ach néiat threyja eom verrunsmal edtha, O snalglí. – You do not want to fight me, O snalglí.
*Osthato Chetowä – the Mourning Sage

*Pömnuria – my (formal)

*Reisa du adurna. – Raise/Lift the water.
*Rïsa - rise
*Ristak’baen – Place of Sorrow (baen is always pronounced bane and is an expression of great sadness/grief)

*Seithr – witch
*Sé mor’ranr ono finna. – May you find peace
*Sé onr sverdar sitja hvass! – May your swords stay sharp!
*Sé ono waíse ilia. – May you be happy.
*Sé onr sverdar sitja hvass. – May your swords stay sharp.
*Sé orúm thornessa hávr sharjalví lífs. – May this serpent have life’s movement.
*Shur’tugal – Dragon Rider
*Skölir – shield
*Skölir nosu fra brisingir! – Shield us from fire!
*Sköliro – shielded
*Skulblaka – dragon (literally, scale-flapper)
*Skulblaka, eke celöbra ono un mulabra ono un onr Shur’tugal né haina. Atra nosu waíse fricaya. – Dragon, I honor you and mean you and your Rider no harm. Let us be friends.
*Slytha – sleep
*Snalglí – a race of giant snails
*Stenr reisa! – Raise stone!
*Stenr rïsa! – Stone, rise!
*Stenr slauta! – Stone reverberate (sound)! (slauta is difficult to translate; it is sharp, cleaving sound, like that of a cracking stone, but it can also mean to make such a sound)
*Stydja unin mor’ranr. - Rest in peace.
*Stydja unin mor’ranr, Hrothgar Könungr. – Rest in peace, King Hrothgar.
*Sundavrblaka – shadow-flapper
*Svit-kona – a formal honorific for an elf woman of great wisdom

*Talos – a cactus found near Helgrind
*Thaefathan – thicken
*Thelduin – rule over
*Theyna – be silent
*Thorta du ilumëo! – Speak the truth!
*Thrautha - throw
*Thrysta – thrust; compress
*Thrysta deloi – Compress the earth.
*Thrysta vendor. – Compress the air.
*Thrysta vindor. – Compress the air.
*Thurra - dry
*Thverr stenr un atra eka hórna! – Traverse stone and let me hear!
*Togira Ikonoka – the Cripple Who Is Whole
*Tuatha du orothrim – tempering the fool’s wisdom (level in Riders’ training)

*Un - and

*Vae weohnata ono verger, eka thäet otherúm. – We will kill you, I swear it.
*Vaer Ethilnadras – a brown, free-floating seaweed with gas-filled bladders along the joints of its branching stem
*Vaetna – scatter/dispel
*Valdr - ruler
*Varden – the Warders
*Vakna - awaken
*Vel eïnradhin iet ai Shur’tugal. – Upon my word as a Rider.
*Veöht – slow
*Verma - heat
*Vinr Älfakyn – Elf Friend
*Vodhr – a male honorific of middling praise
*Vöndr – a thin, straight stick
*Vor – a male honorific for a close friend
*Vrangr – awry; wandering

*Waíse heill! – Be healed!
*Waíse néiat! – Be not!
*Wiol ono. – For you.
*Wiol pömnuria ilian. – For my happiness.
*Wyrda – fate
*Wyrdfell – elven name for the Forsworn.

*yawë – a bond of trust

*zar’roc - misery