Elder Speech is predominantly an elven language but technically it refers to all languages which originated prior to the Conjunction of the Spheres . As it is one of the oldest languages still in use, it is referred to as the "Old" or "Elder" Speech and the lingua franca is "Common Speech ". It is mainly used by the Ξωτικά and dryads , though mages , scientists and the more educated people also know it. The sung version of Elder Speech is used by sirens and nereids. Nilfgaardian and the Skellige Islands dialects both derive from Elder Speech.
Old Speech - Polish original text on Andrzej Sapkowski Zone
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a'baeth
kiss
aard, ard
mountain
aark, aark
phonetic presentation of the sound ravens/crows make
abb
escape
addan, adan
dance; dancer; dancing
aedd
shard
aefder
later
aen
of; for
aen'drean
enter?
aenye
fire
aesledde
ride on a sledge/sled
aespar
shoot (verb.)
aevon
river
aep
of; appears to be just general genitive, not marking solely hereditary ties
aép
in, to
aine
light (possibly enlightened )
an
small, minor, vague
an'givare
informer, spy
a'taeghane
today
ard
mountain, upper, or "the highest"
arse
arse (UK), ass (US), butt
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ban
white
beanna
woman
beann'shie
banshee
blath
flower
blathan
garland; flowers
blathanna
Genitive: flowers', of flowers
blathe
the fifth savaed in the elven calendar ; possibly 'flowering'?
bleidd
wolf
bloed
blood
bloede
bloody
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caed
forest; grove
cáelm
calm, peaceful, quiet; slowly, quietly; calm, quieten
cáemm
come, go
caen
can (verb)
cáerme
fate, destiny
Cáerme
Destiny
carn
kurgan, barrow, burial mound
ceádmil
greet (in game appears as caed'mil; also as caedmill ), greetings
cerbin
raven
cinerea
Ilyocoris
col
?
craag
?
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dearme
sleep; good night (phrase)
deireádh
end (noun)
deith
flame
deithwen
white flame
dh'oine
human (in game also in form dh'oinne )
dhu
black
dice
say
d'yaebl
devil (in game both a sword and a wolf bear this name)
dol
dale, dell, vale, valley
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eate
summer
elaine
fair, beautiful
en
indefinite article (a/an)
enid
daisy
ess
be
esse
will be
essea
I am
esseath
you are
evall
horse
evellienn
every, all
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feainn
sun; also the sixth savaed in the elven calendar
feainnewedd
Sun-Child, Child of the Sun
fen
fen (a low marshy/frequently flooded area), wetlands
foilé
frantic
folie
frenzy
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gar'ean
note; consider
geas
curse; geis is a magical obligation/prohibition
gláeddyv
sword
glean
bottom, low
gleanna
valley
glosse
look, observe?
gwen, gwyn
white (also -wen )
gvalch'ca
falconess
gynvael
ice
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hael
greeting; health, safety, cure?
haela
medicine; drug?
hanse
Unit; group of friends
hav'caaren
hawker (s); based on Elder Speech word for 'rapacious'
hen
old, oldest
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ichaer
blood
inis
island
invaerne
winter
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kelpie
kelpie
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laeke
lake
lara
seagull
lionors
lioness
llamas
maturing
luned
daughter / young girl
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naev'de
nine
neén
not
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pavienn
ape
pest
pestilence, plague, blight
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que
that
quirk, quirk
phonetic representation of the sound sparrows make
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raenn
run
rhena
queen
Roethainne
Redanian
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saov
spirit, soul, ghost?
savaed
One eighth of the year in the elven calendar
scoia'tael
squirrel(s)
seidhe
elf
Ξωτικό
shaent
sing
sidh
elven?
sledd
sled
sor'ca
little sister
spar
shoot (verb)
spar'le
(order) fire; attack
squaess
excuse (squass'me - I apologize); forgive
straede
road, path
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taedh
bard, poet
tearth
fear
tedd
time, age, season
thaesse
shut up
tirth
wild boar
tor
tower
tvedeane
twelve, dozen
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va
go
va faill
goodbye, farewell
vara
ware; goods?
vatt'ghern
Μάγιστρος
veloë
fast, quick; quickly
voe'rle
stop, halt?
vort
further, away (from oneself), still
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wedd
child
weddin
diminutive form of 'wedd', child; kiddo
wen
white (also as -wen)
woed, woéd, woedd
wood; forest
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yeá
so
yghern
Giant centipede
yn
on, over, upon
ys
downward
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zirael / zireael
swallow (bird)
zvaere
swear (to take an oath)