Eragon ancient language

a melencholy dream of great beauty, also the elves’ homeland

a, an

air, wind

all (may be shortened to al when used as a prefix, as in albitr)

am

an, a

and

apple

are

arm

armor

arrow

as

askeg, to cry

awaken

awry; wandering

back (n.)

back adv. (you go back)

bad

bad hunger, burrow grubs

badly

ball, round object

banish

bat (n.); the ra’zac’s mounts (literally, “leather-flapper”)

be

be drowned

be silent

bear

beautiful

become

become pale

before, in front of

beg/ask, to cry

big king

big

bind or hold in place; confine

bird native to vroengard island (literally “shadow-flapper”)

birth

bite

biter

black

blade

blanket, cloth

blasted, withered

blood

blood-oath

blood-oath celebration (held once in a century to honor the original pact between elves and dragons)

bloodwolf

bond of trust

bowl, drinking cup

branch

break, hit

bright

brightscales

brightsteel

bring together, unite

broad

brother

brow

brush scrub

burn

burrow grubs, bad hunger

but

cactus found near helgrind

calf of the leg

carry, report

casket, chest

catch

celebration

celebratory

change

chant, sing

chest, casket

city

clever, cunning

cloth, blanket

come

compress; thrust

confine; to bind or hold in place

create

cripple

cripple who is whole, the

crust

cry (to beg/ask)

cunning, clever

cut (v.)

damp, mist, wet, moist

dart, spear

daughter

day

day, hallowed

deadly poison, a

deaf

death

death friend (a poisonous mushroom)

death spear: name given to the lances the elves made for killing dragons

delay

desire

die

dis-, the negative prefix

disease, injury, harm

dispel, scatter

do

dominance

dominance of fate (book)

door

dragon (literally, “scale-flapper”)

dragon rider

dragon-like creatures that live in the sea, related to the fanghur

dream

drinking cup, bowl

dry (v.)

dull, to dull something

dumb

dwarf

ear

early

earth, soil

elf

elf friend

elves, the race of

empty

enchantment, spell

enemy

entrap

eye

fabric made by cross-weaving wool and nettle threads (similar in construction to linsey woolsey, but of higher quality)

family; house

fate

feather

field

fight (v.)

find

fire

flameless lanterns both the elves and the dwarves use (named after the elf who invented them)

flapper

floater

float

flowers

fly (v.)

follow

fools’ wisdom

for

forest

forgetfulness

forsworn, the

forward

fragment of a word that eragon never finished saying

friend

from

gate

gates of death, the

gift (n.)

go

go; leave

goat

gold

good fortune

grasp for oneself

grasp, seize

great king of warriors

green-leafed plant with purple flowers

greetings

grow

guard, ward

guardians, warders

hall

hallowed day

halt; stop

gammer, stone crag

hand

happiness

happy

harden

harm

harm, injury, disease

have, possess

he (m. elf)

heal, healed

healed, heal

hear, listen

hearth

heart of hearts, the; the gem-like stone wherein the dragons can store their consciousness

heat (v.)

height

hide (v.)

hit, break

hold

hole in ice

honor

honorific for a close male friend, suffix attached with a hyphen

honorific for a young man of great promise, suffix attached with a hyphen

honorific of great praise, gender-neutral suffix attached with a hyphen

honorific of middling praise for a man, suffix attached with a hyphen

honorific, formal, for a woman of great wisdom

hound (n.)

house; family

humble

hunger

i

ice

ice-hole

illuminator, light-bringer

illusion

in

in-, the negative prefix

in front of, before

injury, harm, disease

intend

invoke

is

is lacking

is whole

it

its

kill

killer

king

king of killers

knife

know

ladies

lasting, strong

leaf

leaf’s -blade

leather

leather-flapper; a bat; the ra’zac’s mounts

leave; go

let

life

light-bringer, illuminator

light

lightning

lily, blue, deep-throated that grows in the empire

lip balm, mixture of beeswax and hazelnut oil used to moisten the skin

liqueur, elven

listen, hear

little

live

lock

look

lord

love

luck

mad

magic

make bright

marked

master

may

me

mean

memory

metal

mind

misery

misfortune

mist, wet, moist, damp

mists

mix

mixture of beeswax and hazelnut oil used to moisten the skin

moist, wet, mist, damp

more

morning star, the

mortal

mother

mountain

mourning sage

mourning

move, movement

movement, move

my (formal)

my (informal)

myself (only form)

name

names

night

night pine; the trees that grow in the beor mountains

no

not

nothingness, the void

oak

oath or word

oath

oats

of

on, onto

onto, on

open

orb, a round object

orchid

organization of elves dedicated to the preservation of their songs and poems

over

pain

palm

pardon

passage, path

path, passage

peace

picture taken by magical means on a shingle of slate