Elder Speech is predominantly an elven language but technically it refers to all languages which originated prior to the Conjunction of the Spheres . As it is one of the oldest languages still in use, it is referred to as the "Old" or "Elder" Speech and the lingua franca is "Common Speech ". It is mainly used by the Ξωτικά and dryads , though mages , scientists and the more educated people also know it. The sung version of Elder Speech is used by sirens and nereids. Nilfgaardian and the Skellige Islands dialects both derive from Elder Speech.
Old Speech - Polish original text on Andrzej Sapkowski Zone
Dictionary [ ] A [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
a'baeth
kiss
aard, ard
mountain
aark, aark
phonetic presentation of the sound ravens/crows make
abb
escape
addan, adan
dance; dancer; dancing
aedd
shard
aefder
later
aen
of; for
aen'drean
enter?
aenye
fire
aesledde
ride on a sledge/sled
aespar
shoot (verb.)
aevon
river
aep
of; appears to be just general genitive, not marking solely hereditary ties
aép
in, to
aine
light (possibly enlightened )
an
small, minor, vague
an'givare
informer, spy
a'taeghane
today
ard
mountain, upper, or "the highest"
arse
arse (UK), ass (US), butt
B [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
ban
white
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
C [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
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; also as caedmill ), greetings
cerbin
raven
cinerea
Ilyocoris
col
?
craag
?
D [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
dearme
sleep; good night (phrase)
deireádh
end (noun)
deith
flame
deithwen
white flame
dh'oine
human (in game also in form dh'oinne )
dhu
black
dice
say
d'yaebl
devil (in game both a sword and a wolf bear this name)
dol
dale, dell, vale, valley
E [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
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
evellienn
every, all
F [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
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
G [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
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
H [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
hael
greeting; health, safety, cure?
haela
medicine; drug?
hanse
Unit; group of friends
hav'caaren
hawker (s); based on Elder Speech word for 'rapacious'
hen
old, oldest
I [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
ichaer
blood
inis
island
invaerne
winter
K [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
kelpie
kelpie
L [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
laeke
lake
lara
seagull
lionors
lioness
llamas
maturing
luned
daughter / young girl
M [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
me
my, mine
meáth
meet
mid-
middle
milva
kite (bird)
mire
look, observe?
mistle
waxwing , or mistle thrush , also one of the Rats
minne
love (noun)
muire
sea
modron
mother, also the name used by Crach an Craite for Calanthe
morc
book, tome
morvudd
enemies
N [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
naev'de
nine
neén
not
P [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
pavienn
ape
pest
pestilence, plague, blight
Q [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
que
that
quirk, quirk
phonetic representation of the sound sparrows make
R [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
raenn
run
rhena
queen
Roethainne
Redanian
S [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
saov
spirit, soul, ghost?
savaed
One eighth of the year in the elven calendar
scoia'tael
squirrel(s)
seidhe
elf
Ξωτικό
shaent
sing
sidh
elven?
sledd
sled
sor'ca
little sister
spar
shoot (verb)
spar'le
(order) fire; attack
squaess
excuse (squass'me - I apologize); forgive
straede
road, path
T [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
taedh
bard, poet
tearth
fear
tedd
time, age, season
thaesse
shut up
tirth
wild boar
tor
tower
tvedeane
twelve, dozen
V [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
va
go
va faill
goodbye, farewell
vara
ware; goods?
vatt'ghern
Μάγιστρος
veloë
fast, quick; quickly
voe'rle
stop, halt?
vort
further, away (from oneself), still
W [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
wedd
child
weddin
diminutive form of 'wedd', child; kiddo
wen
white (also as -wen)
woed, woéd, woedd
wood; forest
Y [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
yeá
so
yghern
Giant centipede
yn
on, over, upon
ys
downward
Z [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
zirael / zireael
swallow (bird)
zvaere
swear (to take an oath)
Names [ ]
Αρχαία Διάλεκτο
English
Ελληνικά
Aedd Gynvael
Shard of Ice
Aen N'og Mab Taedh'morc
"Practices for a Young Bard"
Aen Saevherne
Sages
Aen Seidhe
Elves
Ξωτικά
Aen Woedbeanna
Woman of woods
Aenyell'hael
Baptism of fire, also the name of a novel
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 Gleán
Low (village)?
Caed Dhu
Black Forest/Grove
Caed Myrkvid
Myrkvid Forest/Grove
Caer a'Muirehen
Old Sea Keep; Keep of the Elder Sea (Blood of Elves , UK); Witchers' fortress
Ceann Treise
a cascade in Brokilon ; meaning uncertain
Conynhaela
a magical cure which enables the rapid regeneration damaged or broken bones
Craag An
once a village, now a necropolis in Brokilon ; meaning uncertain
Dol Adalatte
Valley of Adalatte -river.
Dol Blathanna
Valley of the Flowers.
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
'Soul day'?; the first savaed in the elven calendar
Tor Lara
Tower of Gulls
Tor Zireael
Tower of the Swallow, Swallow's Tower
Velen
autumn equinox ; the eight savaed in the elven calendar
Xin'trea
Cintra in Elder Speech.
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