Authors: Carol Marrs Phipps,Tom Phipps
Elven seventh naming day = 99 birthdays (years)
Elves - Elves, Elven (Middle English) (Archaic
Modern Niarg)
Elves -
Homo sapiens ginkgoliberiensis R
., a race of
humans indigenous to the Maidenhair
Woods of the Eternal Mountains of the Eastern
Continent, characterized by ivory colored
skin, eyes with various colors of irises
highlighted with opalescent flashes and sparkles,
pointed ears and hair which is either silky
absolute black, absolute black with varying
degrees of iridescence or metallic shades of
silvery grey, gold or copper or an almost
phosphorescent matte rust red. They are highly
intuitive and are attuned to their natural
surroundings and are predisposed to magical
skills. They have life spans scores of times
as long as those of the rest of mankind.
eruption - bruchtadh (Jutish Elven and Old Gwaelic
Elven)
evil spirit - gnydy (trollish)
eyas - a hawk which has been freshly brought from
the nest
eye - fnanar (trollish)
fart - trefnifyrd (trollish)
farting - scaoil broim asat (Jutish Elven and Old
Gwaelic Elven)
fat hole - veyfnafan nipsnaf n. (trollish)
filth - gyrn (trollish)
Fire Sprites -
Homo sapiens luciferestris L
. a
diminutive and highly luminescent human whose
melanin has been replaced by luciferin.
first - arrdsey (trollish)
First-father - Arrdseyphnyrpheyfne (trollish)
flat - snyrfuynipryoyayi (trollish)
fool - dyyp (trollish)
fringed maidenhair -
Ginkgo fimbriflabella R
., is a
deciduous gymnosperm that lives in waste
and burnt over areas where woods meets
grassland. It seldom grows taller than 35 to 40
feet. Its leaves are deeply lobed with closely
spaced fingers, scarcely broader than one
mm, giving the tree its name. Its wood is almost
white and very soft, and it seldom lives
more than 65 to 75 years. Along with plums,
crabapples and hawthorns, it is amongst the
first woody species of trees to invade after a
section of forest is completely burnt off by
fire.
furlong - 220 yards, 1/8th mile
goat - drfnyrifyrri (trollish)
grass - ntnrof (trollish)
great - -dyr (trollish)
hail - nyrruy (trollish)
halt, stop it - nyrvyrnirrtrad (trollish)
Help me! - Phnyrsyoy adyroorr! (trollish)
Hey! - Nyrruy! (trollish)
Human -
Homo sapiens sapiens R
., in our usage is a
race and therefore is capitalized, just as one
would Indian or White. Here, human, which
means
Homo sapiens R
., includes such races
as Human and Elf and Fairy.
it is filthy - nigspoonfi (trollish)
it is roasted - pyrntey (trollish)
it is ugly - nigspoonfi (trollish)
It's time to eat - fndapffnyjyoyoynf (trollish)
jesses - strips of light but very tough leather, 12"
long which always remain on each leg of a
strike falcon
killers - marfora (Jutish Elven and Old Gwaelic
Elven)
kill him - pirrfey (trollish)
large - -dyr (trollish)
lookout - faire (Jutish Elven)
lyra - precursor of the rebec which was the ancestor
of the fiddle which in turn was the
forerunner of the violin
magick - archaic spelling used here to mean
specifically: a healing spell or conjuration
magicks - archaic spelling used here to mean
specifically: an assemblage of healing spells or
conjurations
maidenhair fern -
Adiantum capillus-veneris R.
maidenhair red deer -
Odocoileus rufi-ginkgus R
.
maidenhair tree -
Ginkgo biloba ingentissima R
. (The
Sacred Maidenhair of Oilean Gairdin is a
G. biloba ingentissima
) are broad leaved
deciduous gymnosperms. These are the tallest
living trees on earth with mature specimens
towering from 375 to over 400 feet. The
largest individual known, living near the bottom
of the slopes of the Pitmaster Gorge in
the Maidenhair Woods, measures 427 feet and is
estimated to be well over 7000 years
old. They are indigenous to the Maidenhair
Woods of the western Eastern Continent
where they are the dominant tree, forming the
canopies in the deep valleys and steep
slopes of the Eternal Mountains up to about 6500
feet. They are amongst the oldest living
things on earth with some trees having nearly
10,000 annual rings, though the record for
age is held by the very much smaller blue
maidenhair,
Ginkgo cyanophyllum R.
, of the
mountain tops and tree line.
man - dyrney (trollish)
manure - ganf (trollish)
meat - adpyrfn (trollish)
mom - fmoo (trollish)
mother tree - see silver maidenhair
my people - phnyrfndyrney (trollish)
naming day - see Elven naming day
no - duda (trollish)
oh - jyga (trollish)
outlaw - phnyrphaf (trollish)
Phororhacos longissimus R
. - see 'strike falcon'
picture catcher unicorns - a breed of unicorn derived
from the short robust Douglas unicorn by
the Elves of the Maidenhair Woods on the
Eastern Continent more than a thousand years
ago. At first they were known as terraing pictiur
(Jutish Elven or Old Gwaelic Elven)
because of their ability to receive and respond to
mental images projected by certain
gifted Elves. Though about the same height at
the withers as the Douglas, these terraing
pictiur were quite gracile, almost deer-like,
instead of having the Douglas's robust build,
yet were still capable of being ridden for short
distances. None made it across the ocean
with the exodus of King Neron. By time of the
reign of Queen Spitemorta, they had
become known as tayreyder jalloo (Gwaelic
Elven) and had been reduced by breeding to
the size of a greyhound, no longer capable of
bearing a rider, but very good at delivering
messages over long distances upon the giving of
wordless commands.
plant - gnyrr (trollish)
professor - olloo (Gwaelic Elven)
prostitute - fnarryirrny n. (trollish)
purple-rib -
Caprimulgus noctivociferus-profundus
R.
, a pigeon sized nightjar of the Maidenhair
Forest with a call like that of a whip-poor-will
only very much more deep and sonorous
Quiet! - Yafn fynf! (trollish)
rectum - fnayirgy (trollish)
red maidenhair -
Ginkgo erythrofolium R
. is a
deciduous broadleaved gymnosperm living
throughout the Maidenhair Woods in the Eternal
Mountains of the Eastern Continent
where it overwhelmingly predominates at
elevations below 8000 feet. It ranges in height
from sixty to ninety feet, the taller trees
occurring in low places. It has the interesting
ability to thrive under the canopy of the
maidenhair trees,
Ginko biloba ingentissima R.
where the two species overlap. The red bottom
surfaces of its leaves are thought to enable
it to thrive in low light conditions. Its dried
leaves bear alkaloids, which when chewed by
the Elves like tobacco, steady their nerves.
rescue flax - lion tarrthail (Jutish Elven) originally,
lhieen livreys (Gwaelic Elven) in later times,
also Strah flax,
Phormium tenax R
., is not any
sort of true flax at all, but a succulent
monocot, distantly related to yucca and agave,
and having the same general appearance
except that its inflorescences are made up of
brilliant red flowers.
rock - carraig (Jutish Elven and Old Gwaelic Elven)
rod - (perch, pole) 5 1/2yds.
rot - lobhadh (Jutish Elven and Old Gwaelic Elven)
rufter hood - hood used for training strike falcons
rump - fnadirrfanf (trollish)
seed - fnanar (trollish)
seventh naming day - see Elven seventh naming day
shirt for a man or shift for a woman - leine (Jutish
Elven and Old Gwaelic Elven)
shit - cac (Jutish Elven and Old Gwaelic Elven)
shit - vyrgan (trollish)
shivering owl -
Otus asio-ploratus R
.