1. Acter: hunter
2. Athel: a noble, that is a king, lord, or knight
3. Awake: to know
4. Banaghan: a storyteller
5. Bell: The best, a victory (Wearing the bell: being the star of the show, five minutes of fame)
6. Bondy: a Human
7. Bosk: woods
8. Catath: a monster
9. Cockerel or Hen: a seer (before the cockerel crows: before we’re doomed)
10. Cukebine: An unwholesome woman
11. Drusy: Fuzzy; by extension, an animal, typically a sheep
12. Egg: a divination or riddle (to crack an egg: to resolve the same)
13. Finger: to hunger or want
14. Flyflute: a happy-go-lucky person
15. Foggy: Elf
16. Funny: Like a faun. Transferred into common meaning “humorous”
17. Gesten: to welcome or show hospitality
18. Gome: A person
19. Greeb: an old woman
20. Hint: an insult, or a person who insults, especially in a polite sounding way
21. Imps: Ruins, and by extension anyone or anything living in a ruin, especially a sorcerous creature
22. Ink-kindler: a scribe
23. Ink: to instruct
24. Inlow: To trick
25. Ire: Iron, especially weapons of iron. By extension, anger, or a fight.
26. Jangle: to entertain
27. Jett: a curse (to throw jett: to cast a curse)
28. Jettin: a cursed person
29. Kalk: write, think, or reckon
30. Kane: a knight
31. Keen: Dwarf
32. Keft: to catch
33. Kete: Bright, good.
34. Kindle: to attract or inspire (love, typically)
35. Lark: a fighter or adventurer, from Alaric Burning-hearted; later applied to certain songbirds, and was given a whimsical connotation
36. Lither: a wicked, violent person, or a drakkencursed.
37. Lordling/Ladyling: shepherd
38. Meer: Moon
39. Mudder: Farmer
40. Nitty: crazy
41. Onionsauce: Nonsense, or a social norm to which the faun refuses to abide
42. Samite: gold, or any kind of opulence; by extension, something beyond the expected
43. Selfname: Pompous person, or a new-made lord
44. Sing-song: a sorcerer, especially an enchanter
45. Sitling: one who lives in a settled area, a non-faun
46. Sooth: real, or very
47. Spinnandweb: a spider, a schemer or weaver
48. Thister: a Shade (to turn thister: To die, especially violently)
49. Thriven: honest and good
50. Vyss: Riverfolk
51. Woodpainter: charcoal-burner
And, to demonstrate their use, some examples:
“That foggy selfname, I’m awake that he’s a sing-song. I’ll jangle along, but not a way he’ll inlow us.”
(That pompous elf, I know he’s a sorcerer! I’ll entertain him, but he’s not gonna trick us)
“I was gestened by an athel yesterweek. Flyflute fellow! Gave me some sooth-samite. Well, I kalk I owe him, but what does he finger from an acter?”
(I was hosted by a noble yesterweek. Had his head in the clouds! He gave me way too much treasure. I reckon I owe him, but what does he want from a mere hunter?)
“There’s a sooth catath out in the bosk. Turned a vyss thister just yesterday. Dunno if its a lither, jettin, or some old imp, but I hope the athel sends some thriven kane before the cockerel crows.”
(There’s a real monster out in the woods. Turned a riverman into a shade (i.e. killed him) just yesterday. Don’t know if its a dragon, a cursed person, or some summoned spirit, but I hope the lord sends a good knight before we’re all doomed)
These examples are a bit overwrought, just to display as many words as possible. Real examples would use a third as much or less, unless one was purposefully trying to hide the meaning of a phrase, or just had a particularly thick dialect.
Here are the words sorted by category...
Races
Gome: A person
Bondy: a Human
Keen: Dwarf
Foggy: Elf
Vyss: Riverfolk
Professions
Athel: a noble, that is a king, lord, or knight
Acter: hunter
Banaghan: a storyteller
Ink-kindler: a scribe
Kane: a knight
Lark: a fighter or
adventurer
Lordling/Ladyling: shepherd
Mudder: Farmer
Sing-song: a sorcerer, especially an enchanter
Spinnandweb: a schemer or weaver
Woodpainter: charcoal-burner
Cockerel or Hen: a seer
Other types of people
Bell: "The best of the best"
Cukebine: An unwholesome woman
Flyflute: a happy-go-lucky person
Funny: Someone like a faun
Greeb: an old woman
Hint: Someone who hides insults with politeness
Imps: Someone who lives in a ruin
Jettin: a cursed person
Nitty: a crazy person
Lither: a wicked, violent person
Selfname: Pompous person
Sitling: one who lives in a settled area, a non-faun
Descriptions
Bell: The best
Drusy: Fuzzy or soft
Kete: Bright, good
Nitty: crazy
Onionsauce: Nonsense
Samite: Opulent, ostentatious, or extra
Sooth: real, or very
Thriven: honest and good
Actions
(to be) Awake: to know
(to) Bell: To win
(to) Finger (for): to hunger or want
(to) Gesten: to welcome or show hospitality
(to) Hint: to insult, in a polite sounding way
(to) Ink: to instruct
(to) Inlow: To trick
(to) Jangle: to entertain
(to) Kalk: write, think, or reckon
(to) Keft: to catch
(to) Kindle: to attract or inspire (love, typically)
(to) Lark: to Adventure
Dangers and Oddities
Bosk: woods
Catath: a monster
Egg: a divination or riddle
Jett: a curse
Jettin: a cursed person
Lither: a wicked, violent person, or a drakkencursed.
Meer: Moon
Spinnandweb: a spider, a schemer
Thister: a Shade
Phrases
Wearing the bell: being the star of the show, five minutes of fame
Before the cockerel crows: before long, or before we’re doomed
To crack an egg: to resolve a riddle or divination
To throw jett: to cast a curse
To turn thister: To die, especially violently
I estimate a week before this nonsense just worms its way into my vocabulary and I become completely incomprehensible. I also expect my good friend Loch Nothicseye to tell me that this post is just an accurate lexicon for his aunt's daily speech. Sorry loch, that old greeb is funny, I don't make the rules.
