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