The Stone of Farewell (120 page)

Battle of Huhinka Valley
—battle between trolls and Rimmersmen

Battle of the Lakelands
—pivotal battle of Thrithings War, fought at Lake Clodu

Boar and Spears
—emblem of Guthwulf of Utanyeat

Bright-
Nail-sword of Prester John, containing nail from the Tree and finger bone of Saint Eahlstan Fiskerne

Children of Hem
—dwarrow name for Hernystiri

Cintis-piece
—Nabbanai coin—one hundredth of a gold Imperator

Citril
—sour, aromatic root for chewing

Conqueror
—dicing game, popular with soldiers

Conqueror Star, The
—a book of occult fact, in Nabbanai: “Sa Asdridan Condiquilles”

Crook
—star (possibly same as Sithi's “Luyasa's Staff”)

Day of Weighing-Out
—Aedonite day of final justice and end of the mortal world

Days of Fire
—possibly very ancient era of Osten Ard (obscure reference by Geloë)

Du Svardenvyrd
—near-mythical prophetical book by Nisses

Eadne Cloud
—Aspitis Preves' ship

Elysia Chapel
—famous chapel in Saint Sutrin's church in Erchester

En Semblis Aedonitis
—famous religious book about the philosophical underpinnings of Aedonite religion and life of Usires

Fifty Families—Nabbanai
noble houses

Great Table
—King John's assemblage of knights and heroes

House of Year-Dancing
—Westerling translation of Jiriki's family name

Hunt-wine
—Qanuc liquor (for special occasions, and mostly for women only)

Ice House
—Qanuc holy spot, where rituals are performed to insure coming of Spring

Ilenite—a
costly, shimmery metal

Indreju—
Jiriki's witchwood sword

Kangkang
—Qanuc liquor

Kraile
—Sithi name for “sunfruits”

Kvalnir
—Isgrimnur's sword

Lamp
—star (possibly same as Sithi's Reniku)

Leavetaking Stone
—Hernystiri song about the Stone of Farewell

Loon, Otter—
Wrannamen names for stars

Luyasa's Staff
—Sithi name for line of three stars in the sky's northeast quadrant in early Yuven-month

Lutegrass
—a long grass

Mansa Connoyis
—“prayer of joining”: wedding prayer

Mezumiiru's Net
—star cluster; to Qanuc: Sedda's Blanket

Minneyar—iron
sword of King Fingil, inherited through line of Elvrit

Minog
—edible plant with wide leaves, native to Wran

Mist Lamp
—a Witness from Tumet' ai

Mockfoil—a
flowering herb

Naidel—
Josua's sword

Navigator's Children
—Tinukeda'ya's name for themselves

Oinduth
—Hern's black spear

Pillar and Tree
—emblem of Mother Church

Pool
—apparently the Witness in old Asu'a

Quickweed
—a spice

Reniku, the Summer-Lantern-Sithi
name for star that signals ending of summer

Rhynn's Cauldron—
Hernystiri battle-summoner

Rite of Quickening
—Qanuc ritual performed at Ice House to insure coming of Spring

River-apple
-marsh fruit

Sand-palm—
marsh tree

Shard
—the Witness in Mezutu'a

Shent
—Sithi game, reportedly brought from Venyha Do'sae

Silverwood
—a wood favored by Sithi builders

Singing Harp
—the Witness in Nakkiga, in Great Well

Six Songs of Respectful Request
—a Sithi ritual

Sorrow
—sword of iron and witchwood smithied by Ineluki, gift to Elias. To Sithi: “Jingizu”

Sotfengsel
—Elvrit's famous ship, buried at Skipphavven

Speakfire
—the Witness in Hikehikayo

Starblooms
—small white flowers

Thorn
-star-sword of Camaris

Ti-tuno
—famed Sithi horn

Traveler's Reward
—popular brand of ale

Tree
—the Execution Tree, on which Usires was hung upside down before temple of Yuvenis in Nabban, now sacred symbol of Aedonite religion

Wind Festival
—Wrannaman celebration

Winter Lastday
—day in Yiqanuc when Rite of Quickening is performed

Yellowroot
—a common herb used for tea in Wran (and elsewhere in south)

 

 

Knuckle Bones
—Binabik's auguring tools. Patterns include:

 

Jonever, Feyever, Marris, Avrel, Maia, Yuven, Tiyagar, Anitul, Septander, Octander, Novander, Decander

 

Sunday, Moonday, Tiasday, Udunsday, Drorsday, Frayday, Satrinsday

Erkynlandish names are divided into two types, Old Erkynlandish (O.E.) and Warinstenner. Those names which are based on types from Prester John's native island of Warinsten (mostly the names of castle servants or John's immediate family) have been represented as variants on Biblical names (Elias—Elijah, Ebekah—Rebecca, etc.) Old Erkynlandish names should be pronounced like modern English, except as follows:

The Hernystiri names and words can be pronounced in largely the same way as the O.E., with a few exceptions:

Names and words in Rimmerspakk differ from O.E. pronunciation in the following:

The Nabbanai language holds basically to the rules of a romance language, i.e., the vowels are pronounced “ah-eh-ih-oh-ooh, the consonants are all sounded, etc. There are some exceptions.

i
—most names take emphasis on second to last syllable: Ben-i-GAR-is. When this syllable has an i, it is sounded long (Ardrivis: Ar-DRY-vis) unless it comes before a double consonant (Antippa: An-TIHP-pa)

e
—at end of name,
es
is sounded long: Gelles—Gel-leez

y
—is pronounced as a long
i
, as in “mild”

Troll-language is considerably different than the other human languages. There are three hard “
k
” sounds, signified by:
c
,
q
, and
k
. The only difference intelligible to most non-Qanuc is a slight clucking sound on the
q
, but it is not to be encouraged in beginners. For our purposes, all three will sound with the
k
of “keep.” Also, the Qanuc
u
is pronounced
uh
, as in “bug.” Other interpretations are up to the reader, but he or she will not go far wrong pronouncing phonetically.

Even more than the language of Yiqanuc, the language of the Zida'ya is virtually unpronounceable by untrained tongues, and so is easiest rendered phonetically, since the chance of any of us being judged by experts is slight (but not nonexistent, as Binabik learned). These rules may be applied, however.

i
—when the first vowel, pronounced
ih,
as in “clip.” When later in word, especially at end, pronounced ee, as in “fleet”: Jiriki—Jih-REE-kee

ai
—pronounced like long i, as in “time”

' (apostrophe)—represents a clicking sound, and should not be voiced by mortal readers.

Geloë—
Her origins are unknown, and so is the source of her name. It is pronounced “Juh-LO-ee” or “Juh-LOY.” Both are correct.

 

 

Ingen Jegger
—He is a Black Rimmersman, and the “J” in Jegger is sounded, just as in “jump.”

 

 

Miriamele
—Although born in the Erkynlandish court, hers is a Nabbanai name that developed a strange pronunciation—perhaps due to some family influence or confusion of her dual heritage—and sounds as “Mih-ree-uh-MEL.”

 

 

Vorzheva—A
Thrithings-woman, her name is pronounced “Vor-SHAY-va,” with the
zh
sounding harshly, like the Hungarian
zs.

Domhaini—“dwarrows”

Goirach—“mad” or “wild”

Isgbahta—“fishing boat”

Sithi—“Peaceful Ones”

Duos Onenpondensis, Feata Vorum Lexeran!—“God All-Powerful, let this be Your law!”

Duos wulstei—“God willing”

En Semblis Aedonitis—“In the likeness of the Aedon”

Escritor—“Writer”: one of a group of advisors to lector

Lector—“Speaker”: head of Church

Sa Asdridan Condiquilles—“The Conqueror Star”

Veir Maynis—“Great Green,” the ocean

Avi stetto—“I have a knife.”

Ohé, vo stetto—“Yes, he has a knife.”

Aia—“back” (Hinik Aia = get back)

Boghanik—“diggers” (Bukken)

Chash—“true” or “correct”

Chok—“run”

Crookhok—“Rimmersman”

Croohokuq—plural of Croohok—“Rimmersmen”

Guyop—“Thank you”

Hinik—“go” or “get away”

Mosoq—“find”

Muqang—“enough”

Nihut—“attack”

Ninit—“come”

Sosa—“come” (stronger than “Ninit”)

Ummu—“now”

Utku—‘lowlanders”

Dverning—“dwarrow”

Gjal es, künden!—roughly “Leave it alone, children!”

Haja—“yes”

Halad, künde!—“Stop, child!”

Kundë-mannë—“man-child”

Rimmersmanne—“Rimmersman”

Vaer—“beware”

Vjer sommen marroven—“We are friends”

Ai, Nakkiga, o‘do 'tke stazho-(Norn) “Ah, Nakkiga, I've failed you”

Asu'a—“Looking eastward”

Hiyanha—“pilgrimage boats”

Hikeda'ya—“Children of Cloud”: Norns

Hikeda‘yei—second-person plural of “Hikeda'ya”—“You Norns!”

Hikka—“Bearer”

Isi-isi‘ye-a Sudhoda'ya—“It is indeed a mortal”

J'asu pra-peroihin!—“shame of my house!”

Ras—term of respect: “sir” or “noble sir”

Ruakha—“dying”

S'hue—roughly “lord”

Ske'i—“stop”

Staja Ame—“White Arrow”

Sudhoda'ya—“ Sunset-children”: Mortals

Venyha s'anh!—“By the Garden!”

Yinva—(Norn) “come”

Zida‘ya—“Children of Dawn”: Sithi