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