This includes artists such as Sandi Patty, Bill Gaither and Amy Grant. Starting in 1981, he started out his music career writing for other people. Huzzah!Īnyone who hasn’t been living under a rock for the last 30 or so years knows all about the fame that is Michael W. Greeting (long life to.I finally get an opportunity to review a Michael W. To look, watch, stare (From German: glotzen) Valley, possibly genitive: valley's, of valleys Sword (From Welsh: cleddyf / Latin: gladius?) Sun also the sixth savaed in the elven calendarīrothers ? (perhaps from Italian: fratelli or french: frères)Ĭurse geis is a magical obligation/prohibition in Irish mythology. You are (From Italian: essere / Latin: esse) I am (From Italian: essere / Latin: esse) Will be, will (From Italian: essere / Latin: esse) To be, is (From Italian: essere / Latin: esse) Necessary, must, have to (From Irish: is éigean)Įnchanting, enthralling, charming, glamorous ( Ellylon) To speak, to talk (From Spanish: dice / From Latin: dicere)ĭevil (in The Witcher both a sword and a wolf bear this name) (From Spanish: diablo) Human (in The Witcher also in form dh'oinne) (from the Irish for person/people: duine/daoine) Sleep good night (phrase) (From Italian: dormire)Įnd (noun), last, finish (From Irish: deireadh) Must, necessity, obligation, inevitability, dutyĭiscover, discovery, discovered (From Welsh: darganfod) Stalk (as in plant stem) (From Welsh: coesyn) Head, tip end (as in end point) (Irish: ceann) Greet (in The Witcher appears as caed'mil also as caedmill), greetings (possibly from Irish greeting: Céad Míle (failte romhat) meaning "one hundred thousand (welcomes to you) The fifth savaed in the elven calendar possibly 'flowering'?īlood, silly (From Dutch: bloed to mean "blood") (From German: blöd/bloed to mean "stupid")Ĭalm, peaceful, quiet slowly, quietly calm, quietenįortress, castle, keep (kaer in Skellige dialect) (From Welsh: caer) Genitive: flowers', of flowers (from Irish) The fourth savaed in the elven calendar, also Spring Equinox related to birch tree Important (Possibly derived from Dutch: belangrijk) Peak, summit, place/village? (context dependent) (From Welsh: ban/fan) Mountain, mountainous, upper, top, or "the highest" (From Irish: High) Informer, spy (From Swedish: angivare, a person who reports someone else's criminal actions) Of (From the Welsh patronymic ap)(mostly used for marking hereditary ties) River (from Welsh: afon, Breton: avon) ( glys in Nilfgaardian language) Phonetic presentation of the sound ravens/crows makeįirst person singular subject personal pronoun I ( dryad dialect)įrom, to, for, with, of, in, out of, at, by, down, in, into, until, on, like, as For the latter, visit Hen Linge page on the linguist's wiki.Ī 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 Phrases A Elder Speech Note: for the purposes of consistency with the Saga and the games, words coined for the TV series listed below follow the transliteration from Elder Runes rather than Peterson's romanization. For example, inváerne is latinized as inveirne and Hen Llinge as Hen Linge. In contrast with Sapkowski's writings, Peterson's latinization of the language reflects the intended pronunciation, leaving the irregularities to the language's native script (which he had also invented). Peterson recreated the Elder Speech as a fully developed constructed language. The author invented the language for orcs and elves, but so far only the latter have appeared in the official continuity.įor the purpose of Netflix's The Witcher, renowned linguist David J. The two basic verbs, "to be" and "to have", are borrowed from Italian and Latin. Its vocabulary is based heavily on the Celtic languages of Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, although in some cases Sapkowski has used also connotations with more "popular" languages, like German and English. Nilfgaardian, Skellige and Zerrikanian dialects all derive from Elder Speech. Sung versions of Elder Speech are used by dryads, sirens, and nereids. It is used not only by elves, but also by mages and scholars. As it is one of the oldest languages still in use, it is referred to as the Old or Elder Speech while the lingua franca is Common Speech. Hen Llinge, or Elvish, is the language of the Aen Seidhe elves.
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