Eldest [en]

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Galbatorix — gal-buh-TOR-icks

Gil’ead — GILL-ee-id

Glaedr — GLAY-dur

Hrothgar — HROTH-gar

Islanzadi — iss-lan-ZAH-dee

Jeod — JODE (rhymes with code)

Murtagh — MUR-tag (mur rhymes with purr)

Nasuada — nah-SOO-ah-dah

Nolfavrell — NOLL-fah-vrel (noll rhymes with toll)

Oromis — OR-uh-miss

Ra’zac — RAA-zack

Saphira — suh-FEAR-uh

Shruikan — SHREW-kin

Silthrim — SEAL-thrim (sil is a hard sound to transcribe; it’s made by flicking the tip of the tongue off the roof of the mouth.)

Teirm — TEERM

Trianna — TREE-ah-nuh

Tronjheim — TRONJ-heem

Uru’baen — OO-roo-bane

Vrael — VRAIL

Yazuac — YAA-zoo-ack

Zar’roc — ZAR-rock

THE ANCIENT LANGUAGE

adurna — water

Agaeti Blodhren — Blood-oath Celebration

Aiedail — The Morning Star

Argetlam — Silver Hand

Atra esterni ono thelduin/Mor’ranr lifa unin hjarta onr/Un du evarinya ono varda. — May good fortune rule over you/Peace live in your heart/And the stars watch over you.

Atra gulia un ilian tauthr ono un atra ono waise skolir fra rauthr. — May luck and happiness follow you and may you be a shield from misfortune.

Atra nosu waise vardo fra eld hornya. — Let us be warded from listeners.

Bjartskular — Brightscales

blothr — halt; stop

Brakka du vanyali sem huildar Saphira un eka! — Reduce the magic that holds Saphira and me!

brisingr — fire

Dagshelgr — Hallowed Day

draumr kopa — dream stare

Du Fells Nangoroth — The Blasted Mountains

Du Fyrn Skulblaka — The Dragon War

Du Vollar Eldrvarya — The Burning Plains

Du Vrangr Gata — The Wandering Path

Du Weldenvarden — The Guarding Forest

dvergar — dwarves

ebrithil — master

edur — a tor or prominence

Eka fricai un Shur’tugal. — I am a Rider and friend.

elda — a gender-neutral honorific of great praise

Eyddr eyreya onr! — Empty your ears!

fairth — a picture taken by magical means

finiarel — an honorific for a young man of great promise

Fricai Andlat — death friend (a poisonous mushroom)

Gala O Wyrda brunhvitr/Abr Berundal vandr-fodhr/Burthro laufsbladar ekar undir/Eom kona dauthleikr... — Sing O white-browed Fate/Of ill-marked Berundal/Born under oaken leaves/To mortal woman...

ganga aptr — to go backward

ganga fram — to go forward

Gath sem oro un lam iet. — Unite that arrow with my hand.

gedwey ignasia — shining palm

Geuloth du knifr. — Dull the knife.

haldthin — thornapple

Helgrind — The Gates of Death

hlaupa — run

hljodhr — silent

jierda — break; hit

kodthr — catch

Kvetha Fricai. — Greetings, Friend.

lethrblaka — a bat; the Ra’zac’s mounts (literally, leather-flapper)

letta — stop

Letta orya thorna! — Stop those arrows!

Liduen Kvaedhi — Poetic Script

Losna kalfya iet. — Release my calves.

malthinae — to bind or hold in place; confine

nalgask — a mixture of beeswax and hazelnut oil used to moisten the skin

Osthato Chetowa — the Mourning Sage

Reisa du adurna. — Raise/Lift the water.

risa — rise

Se mor’ranr ono finna. — May you find peace.

Se onr sverdar sitja hvass! — May your swords stay sharp!

Se orum thornessa havr sharjalvi lifs. — May this serpent have life’s movement.

skolir — shield

Skolir nosu fra brisingr! — Shield us from fire!

skoliro — shielded

skulblaka — dragon (literally, scale-flapper)

Stydja unin mor’ranr, Hrothgar Konungr. — Rest in peace, King Hrothgar.

svit-kona — a formal honorific for an elf woman of great wisdom

thrysta — thrust; compress

Thrysta vindr. — Compress the air.

Togira Ikonoka — the Cripple Who Is Whole

the Varden — the Warders

Vel einradhin iet ai Shur’tugal. — Upon my word as a Rider.

Vinr Alfakyn — Elf Friend

vodhr — a male honorific of middling praise

vor — a male honorific for a close friend

Waise heill. — Be healed.

Wiol ono. — For you.

wyrda — fate

Wyrdfell — elven name for the Forsworn

yawe — a bond of trust