Old Speech (dictionary)

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Old Speech is, despite its age, still used. As such, it pops up here and there in the books and in The Witcher, too.

Old Speech - Polish original text on Andrzej Sapkowski Zone

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Names

[edit] Dictionary

[edit] A

Old Speech	English
a'baeth	kiss
aard, ard	mountain
aark, aark	phonetic presentation of the sound ravens/crows make
abb	escape
addan, adan	dance; dancer
aedd	shard
aefder	later
aen	of; for
aen'drean	enter?
aenye	fire
aesledde	ride on a sledge/sled
aespar	shoot (verb.)
aevon	river
aép	in, to
aine	light (possibly enlightened)
an	small, minor, vague
an'givare	informer, spy
a'taeghane	today
arse	arse (UK), ass (US), butt

[edit] B

Old Speech	English
ban	village?
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

[edit] C

Old Speech	English
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)
cerbin	raven
cinerea	Ilyocoris
col	?
craag	?

[edit] D

Old Speech	English
dearme	sleep; good night (phrase)
deireadh	end (noun)
deith	flame
deithwen	white flame
dh'oine	human (in game also in form dh'oinne)
dhu	black
dice	say
d'yaebl	devil
dol	dale, dell, vale, valley

[edit] E

Old Speech	English
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
evelienn	every, all

[edit] F

Old Speech	English
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

[edit] G

Old Speech	English
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

[edit] H

Old Speech	English
hael	greeting; health, safety, cure?
haela	medicine; drug?
hanse	Unit; group of friends
hav'caaren	hawker(s); based on Old Speech word for 'rapacious'
hen	old, oldest

[edit] I

Old Speech	English
ichaer	blood
inis	island
invaerne	winter

[edit] K

Old Speech	English
kelpie	kelpie

[edit] L

Old Speech	English
laeke	lake
lara	seagull
lionors	lioness
llamas	maturing
luned	daughter

[edit] M

Old Speech	English
me	my, mine
meáth	meet
mid-	middle
milva	kite (bird)
mire	look, observe?
mistle	waxwing
minne	love (noun)
muire	sea
modron	mother
morc	book, tome
morvudd	enemies

[edit] N

Old Speech	English
naev'de	nine
neén	not

[edit] P

Old Speech	English
pavienn	ape
pest	pestilence, plague, blight

[edit] Q

Old Speech	English
que	that
quirk, quirk	phonetic presentation of the sound sparrows make

[edit] R

Old Speech	English
raenn	run
rhena	queen

[edit] S

Old Speech	English
saov	spirit, soul, ghost?
savaed	One eight of the year in the elven calendar
scoia'tael	squirrel(s)
seidhe	elf
shaent	sing
sidh	elven?
sledd	sled
sor'ca	little sister
spar	shoot (verb)
spar'le	(order) fire; attack
squaess	apologize (squass'me - I apologize); forgive
straede	road, path

[edit] T

Old Speech	English
taedh	bard, poet
tearth	fear
tedd	time, age, season
thaesse	shut up
tirth	wild boar
tor	tower
tvedeane	twelve, dozen

[edit] V

Old Speech	English
va	go
va fail	goodbye
vara	ware; goods?
vatt'ghern	witcher
veloë	fast, quick; fastly, quickly?
vort	further, away, any longer?

[edit] W

Old Speech	English
wedd	child
weddin	diminutive form of 'wedd', child; kiddo
wen	white (also as -wen)
woed, woéd	wood; forest
woedd	wood; forest

[edit] Y

Old Speech	English
yeá	so
yghern	Giant Centipede
yn	on
ys	downward

[edit] Z

Old Speech	English
zirael	swallow (bird)
zvaere	swear (to take an oath)

[edit] Names

Old Speech	English
Aedd Gynvael	Shard of Ice
Aen N'og Mab Taedh'morc	"Practices for a Young Bard"
Aen Saevherne	Sages
Aen Seidhe	elves
Aen Woedbeanna	Woman of woods
Aenyell'hael	Baptism of Fire
Aevon y Pontar Gwennelen	River of Alabaster Bridges, Pontar
Belleteyn	blossoming
Birke	Spring equinox; the fourth savaed in the elven calendar
Ban Ard	Mountain (village?)
Ban Glean	Low (village)?
Caed Dhu	Black Forest/Grove
Caed Myrkvid	Myrkvid Forest/Grove
Ceann Treise	a cascade in Brokilon; meaning uncertain
Conynhaela	?
Craag An	?
Dol Adalatte	Valley of Adalatte-river.
Duén Canell	The Place of the Oak
Glyswen	White River
Gwenllech	river: White Stones
Gwynbleidd	White Wolf
Imbaelk	Imbolc, germination; the third savaed in the elven calendar
Lammas	maturing; the seventh savaed in the elven calendar
Midaëte	Midsummer
Midinvaerne	Midwinter
Saovine	'Soulday'?; the first savaed in the elven calendar
Tol Lara	Tower of the Seagull, Seagull's Tower
Tor Zirael	Tower of the Swallow, Swallow's Tower
Velen	autumn equinox; the eight savaed in the elven calendar