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“A battle-death is a holy ending” – Common:- (devout worshippers of Tempus salute corpses, burials, and graves with murmurs of “Holy ending!”) a Tempuran homily (temple saying) that is considered a proverb of the faith (So saith Ed - April 12, 2004)
“A cave with a hatch is only a cave; a cave with a hinged door is a home” – Common:- an old halfling saying (Aurora’s Whole Realms Catalogue by Tim Beach, Karen S. Boomgarden, Anne Brown, David “Zeb” Cook, Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Colin McComb, Thomas M. Reid, Steven E. Schend)
“A fair fallhammer!” – Common:- a dwarven saying expressing something satisfyingly good, such as a meal, a brawl, a decision, or victorious confrontation (Realmslore: Daily Dwarf Common by Ed Greenwood)
“A lie spread often enough with money to attend it becomes as much truth as a coin is round” – Common:- an Amnian saying about purposely spreading rumours (Lands of Intrigue by Steven E. Schend)
“A life lost in dreams is a life wasted” – Common:- a local Nimbran saying, referring to life in Nimbral before the Loss of Leira (on one hand the simple, necessary labour of fishing and forestry, and on the other the never-ending “dream deceptions” practiced by all Nimbrese upon each other) (Realmslore: The Realm of Nimbral, Part Six by Ed Greenwood)
“A little down!” – Common:- (originally accompanied by letting a sparse handful of sand or gravel fall from one’s palm) is the dwarven expression meaning “So it goes!” (or, to modern, real-world speakers, a variant on “That’s the way the cookie crumbles!”) (Realmslore: Daily Dwarf Common by Ed Greenwood)
“a little sun” – Common:- the formal or bardic Silvaeren term for a gold coin (My Slice of Silverymoon, Part One by Ed Greenwood)
“A person’s gotta be smarter than your average Jathrin” – Common:- a local Jathrin’s Jump saying, referring to the execution of the outlaw Jathrin who was thrown from the top of a cliff to the rocks far below (giving this backwoods Turmian settlement its name) (The Vilhon Reach by Jim Butler, Ed Greenwood)
“A proper Moonhunt Down” – Common:- a saying describing a hard-fought battle or sorcerous spell-duel (Polyhedron #106)
“a proper tarunter” – Common:- see “tarunter”
“a real hawksnarl” – Common:- see “hawksnarl”
“a real Zundle party” – Common:- a Cormyrean term often used to describe a disorganized or boring event, dinner, or affair (Volo’s Guide to Cormyr by Ed Greenwood)
“A reaver is a scythe gone mad” – Common:- an old Vaasan saying, referring to the whirling flash and scissoring scrape of the blades filling the air when used by labourers in the field (Aurora’s Whole Realms Catalogue by Tim Beach, Karen S. Boomgarden, Anne Brown, David “Zeb” Cook, Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Colin McComb, Thomas M. Reid, Steven E. Schend)
“A sharp appearance is more deadly than a sharp sword” – Common:- an elven witticism (Aurora’s Whole Realms Catalogue by Tim Beach, Karen S. Boomgarden, Anne Brown, David “Zeb” Cook, Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Colin McComb, Thomas M. Reid, Steven E. Schend)
“A wild sea calls only wild souls” – Common:- a favourite saying among Inner Sea sailors (Twilight Falling by Paul S. Kemp)
“aasimon’s skin” – Common:- see “Angelar’s skin”
“Abeiran” – Common:- a term applied to the collective folk of Abeir, their work, study, beliefs, and customs, and to items of their making; the term is also applied to the collective folk of Returned Abeir, their work, study, beliefs, and customs, and to items of their making (So saith Ed - September 3, 2008)
“about as bold as ditchweed” – Common:- an Amnian expression of disgust at cowardice (Volo’s Guide to Baldur’s Gate II by Ed Greenwood)
“Abyssal” – Common:- a term applied to the collective creatures of the Abyss, their language, work, study, beliefs, and customs, and to items of their making; the term is also applied to anything belonging to, or resembling the Abyss
“Accursed, the” – Common:- a term for drow used by other elves (Polyhedron #74; also collated in Lore from the Sages)
“adamant” – Common:- the pure metal form of the hard, jet-black ferromagnetic ore known as “adamantite,” from which the famous alloy “adamantine” is made (Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd)
“adamantine” – Common:- an Amnian term implying a self-made success’s highest rank or someone of first-generation money at highest rank; an alloy of “adamant,” silver and electrum; it can also be derived by combining steel and “mithral”–if one knows how (Lands of Intrigue by Steven E. Schend; Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd)
“adamantite” – Common:- see “adamant”
“Adbarrim” – Common:- a term applied to the collective folk of Citadel Adbar, their work, study, beliefs, and customs, and to items of their making (Polyhedron #74)
“aenar” – Common:- a gold coin of Tethyr (Power of Faerûn by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd; Lands of Intrigue by Steven E. Schend)
“aerister” – Elven:- teacher (Another Name for Dawn by Paul S. Kemp)
“aes” – Elven:- hunted (Another Name for Dawn by Paul S. Kemp)
“Again” – Common:- an annoyed, curt, or sarcastic version of “Well again” (Cyclopedia of the Realms by Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb)
“Aglarondan” – Common:- a term applied to the collective folk of Aglarond, their language, work, study, beliefs, and customs, and to items of their making (Unapproachable East by Richard Baker, Matt Forbeck, Sean K. Reynolds; Races of Faerûn by Eric L. Boyd, James Jacobs, Matt Forbeck)
“agni mani” – Common:- a black, irregularly shaped glasslike ornamental stone that has fallen from the sky in meteoritic form to crash among the sands of Anauroch and other Faerûnian deserts (Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd)
“Ah, the infinite wonders of the Abyss. If there’s anything you don’t like, you’ll find it here” – Common:- a common Abyssal saying (For Duty & Deity by Dale Donovan)
“aha’ss” – Yuan-ti:- a term for a yuan-ti’s family bloodkin (Serpent Kingdoms by Eric L. Boyd, Darrin Drader, Ed Greenwood)
“Akadian” – Common:- a term applied to the worshipers and the religion of Akadi (The Forgotten Realms Mailing List Frequently Asked Questions)
“Alae” – Common:- (a contraction of an old Elven phrase of the same meaning) a greeting (and reassurance of peaceful intentions) between travellers in the southern and eastern coastlands around the Sea of Fallen Stars, meaning: “Fortunate meeting” (Polyhedron #74; also collated in Lore from the Sages)
“Alavairthae!” – Common:- a parting used by the Red Wizards of Thay, meaning: “May your skill prevail!” (Cyclopedia of the Realms by Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb)
“alestone” – Common:- a term for clinozoisite (a complex sorosilicate mineral of calcium and aluminium) (Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd)
“algae” – Common:- a quartz ornamental stone that is covered with rich, dark brown, wavy patterns (Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd)
“All rogues meet in Oeble” – Common:- an old Borderer saying, warning that Oeble is not a place for the faint of heart, innocent, or unwary (Power of Faerûn by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd)
“All the boys’d be after her in Zundle” – Common:- same as “He’d cut quite a dash in Zundle”
“allgoods shop” – Common:- a Semban term for a general store (Realmslore: The Flourishing Career of Melvos Hammerstars, Part One by Ed Greenwood)
“aloft” – Common:- as we would use the term “upstairs” (Realmslore: Rural Realms Architecture, Part Two by Ed Greenwood)
“alorn” – Common:- a “Warsword” rank equivalent to a lieutenant (Power of Faerûn by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd)
“alphran” – Common:- a plant with edible leaves (The Temptation of Elminster by Ed Greenwood)
“alunsree” – Elven:- a term for doppelgangers used by elves and humans (Elminster in Myth Drannor by Ed Greenwood)
“Aluve” – Drow:- a parting used by drow, meaning: “I/we leave you” (Cyclopedia of the Realms by Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb)
“Alzhedo” – Common:- the native tongue of Calishites (Races of Faerûn by Eric L. Boyd, James Jacobs, Matt Forbeck)
“Amarast!” – Common:- a parting used by sailors of the South, meaning: “Farewell until next we meet!” (Cyclopedia of the Realms by Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb)
“amaratha” – Common:- (also known as “shieldstone”) a soft, greenish white or very pale green, sparkling type of jewel (Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd; Magic of Faerûn by Sean K. Reynolds, Duane Maxwell, Angel McCoy)
“Amaunatori” – Common:- a term applied to the worshipers and the religion of Amaunator (The Forgotten Realms Mailing List Frequently Asked Questions)
“amaunauth” – Common:- (also known as “greenflower”) a hardy broadleaf ground-weed with rich green leaves, which open in a starburst close to the ground; it grows across colder areas of the North, from the Dessarin Valley north to where ice or snow always lies (Silver Marches by Ed Greenwood, Jason Carl)
“amlakkar” – Alzhedo:- a term for Calimport’s police force (Calimport by Steven E. Schend)
“amlakkhan” – Alzhedo:- a garrison and armoury for amlakkar (Calimport by Steven E. Schend)
“Amnian” – Common:- a term applied to the collective folk of Amn, their work, study, beliefs, and customs, and to items of their making (Polyhedron #74)
“Amphailan” – Common:- a term applied to the collective folk of Amphail, their work, study, beliefs, and customs, and to items of their making (The North by Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Steven E. Schend, Paul Jaquays, Steve Perrin; Volo’s Guide to the North by Ed Greenwood)
“Anaurian” – Common:- a term applied to the collective folk of Anauroch, their work, study, beliefs, and customs, and to items of their making (Polyhedron #74)
“andar” – Common:- a term for andalusite (an aluminium nesosilicate mineral) (Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd)
“Angelar’s skin” – Common:- (also known as “aasimon’s skin”) a fine pink coral suitable for use in jewellery (Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd)
“Angulutiuns, the” – Common:- part of the easternmost group of Ulutiuns inhabiting the Great Glacier (Races of Faerûn by Eric L. Boyd, James Jacobs, Matt Forbeck)
“Arabellan” – Common:- a term applied to the collective folk of Arabel, their work, study, beliefs, and customs, and to items of their making (Polyhedron #74)
“arambar” – Common:- the residual energy of an ancient and vastly powerful primordial, Arambar (Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide by Bruce R. Cordell, Ed Greenwood, Chris Sims)
“arandur” – Common:- once the exclusive secret of the gnomes, this legendary metal has since been worked by elven smiths of Evereska and Evermeet (Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd; Magic of Faerûn by Sean K. Reynolds, Duane Maxwell, Angel McCoy)
“archon” – Common:- (also known as “Blue John”) is the name by which fluorspar in large quantities of less desirable colour and grade is known in the Realms (Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd)
“ardavanshee” – Elven:- (literally “restless young ones”) a term for young elves (Elminster in Myth Drannor by Ed Greenwood)
“ardrent” – Common:- a purple-brown powder derived from ground-up “leap-bugs”; it remains inert (also resisting moulds and rotting) unless combined with “osbra” and moistened (Realmslore: The Black Mysteries, Part Two by Ed Greenwood)
“Are ye sure ye’re not from Zundle?” – Common:- a Cormyrean phrase, meaning: “Are you crazy?” (Volo’s Guide to Cormyr by Ed Greenwood)
“Arkhan” – Common:- the title of the monarchs of the great empire of Raumathar (The Grand History of the Realms by Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood, George Krashos, Eric L. Boyd, Thomas Costa)
“Arkhenfolk” – Common:- a term applied to the collective folk of Archendale (Volo’s Guide to the Dalelands by Ed Greenwood)
“armar” – Common:- a “watchman” or “Wintershield” rank equivalent to a corporal (Realmslore: The City Watch of Waterdeep, Part One by Ed Greenwood; City of Splendors: Waterdeep by Eric L. Boyd; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - November 4, 2019)
“armathor” – Elven:- a knighthood, with citizenship granted to reside in the elven realm in Cormanthor (Elminster in Myth Drannor by Ed Greenwood)
“armsman” – Common:- a guard or soldier of low rank (Crown of Fire and Hand of Fire by Ed Greenwood; Shadows of Doom by Ed Greenwood; Races of Faerûn by Eric L. Boyd, James Jacobs, Matt Forbeck)
“arndel” – Common:- a Semban word for a small cabin in “upcountry” Sembia (Realmslore: The Flourishing Career of Melvos Hammerstars, Part One by Ed Greenwood)
“Arntarmar!” – Common:- (in reference to a long-ago mortal war-hero who worked wondrous victories in the name of Tempus, and died willingly on a battlefield to allow wounded and children to escape while he singlehandedly held off a vastly more numerous foe in a narrow gorge) a Tempuran specific “Jesus Christ!” (So saith Ed - April 12, 2004)
“Arrowflight, the” – Common:- the street that runs between the Northgate and the Southgate, via Dalebridge and Southgate Square, in Uthmere (Realmslore: Uthmere, Part Three by Ed Greenwood)
“Art, the” – Common:- a term that means the use of arcane magic (Magic of Faerûn by Sean K. Reynolds, Duane Maxwell, Angel McCoy)
“arundoon” – Common:- a cold, sticky sauce (Elminster in Hell by Ed Greenwood)
“As goes Waterdeep, so goes the North” – Common:- a saying, referring to the City of Splendors’s control of most of the trade in the North (The Savage Frontier by Paul Jaquays)
“As straight as a deal in the Jump” – Common:- a common catchphrase for activities involving more than a slight degree of danger used throughout the Reach (The Vilhon Reach by Jim Butler, Ed Greenwood)
“As ugly as a Dragonspear orc” – Common:- a local saying in the settlements around the High Moor for anything that is very, very ugly (Elminster’s Ecologies Appendix II by Tim Beach)
“As useless as a sword in Halarahh” – Common:- a saying, describing the favourable treatment and promotions, in all walks of life, that come to those who “have the gift” and somehow elude those who lack magical aptitude in the Halruaan capital (Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting by Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo)
“Ashes!” – Common:- a curse often uttered by members of the Order of the Black Flame (Realmslore: The Black Mysteries, Part Three by Ed Greenwood)
“Athkatlan” – Common:- a term applied to the collective folk of Athkatla, their work, study, beliefs, and customs, and to items of their making (Polyhedron #74)
“aumrara” – Common:- a soluble amber liquid that is unaffected by alcohol and causes a harmless burning sensation on contact with flesh (Realmslore: Laughing Lass, Part Two by Ed Greenwood)
“Aurilian” – Common:- a term applied to the worshipers and the religion of Auril (The Forgotten Realms Mailing List Frequently Asked Questions)
“autharch” – Common:- a Thayan bureaucrat appointed by a “tharchion” (Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting by Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo)
“auvrael” – Yuan-ti:- see “vrael olo”
“avauntance” – Common:- boasting (Realmslore: The Black Mysteries, Part Three by Ed Greenwood)
“Avowed, the” – Common:- a term the monks of Candlekeep refer to themselves as (Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting by Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo; Realmslore: Trusting in Lore, Part Two by Ed Greenwood)
“Axe high, friend. I go” – Common:- a parting used by dwarves (Cyclopedia of the Realms by Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb)
“Ayalt” – Common:- the old Impilturian calendar name for Kythorn (So saith George Krashos - November 14, 2008)
“Ayrar, the” – Common:- the head of “the Ayrorch” (A Grand Tour of the Realms by Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb)
“Ayrorch, the” – Common:- a council of twelve that rules Lantan (A Grand Tour of the Realms by Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb)
“Azuposi” – Common:- see “Maztican”
“Azuthan” – Common:- a term applied to the worshipers and the religion of Azuth (The Forgotten Realms Mailing List Frequently Asked Questions)
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“allbeholdings” – Common:- same as “marvel masques”
“alleyblades” – Common:- a Waterdhavian term for non-professional street louts and others who behave rudely and violently and are lowlife, opportunistic thieves and scavengers who lurk in alleys and carry knives or homemade weapons to threaten or to defend themselves with (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“anvil-and-flower” – Common:- the term for “chalk-and-cheese” (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“anyhail” – Common:- anyhow; anyway (Swords of Eveningstar, Swords of Dragonfire and The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood; Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“bebolt” – Common:- same as “belbolt” (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“blue eyes” – Common:- edible grapes named for their colour that grow in halfling-fist-sized clusters (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“bolt” – Common:- see “belbolt” (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“bondsman” – Common:- the most common term for someone who holds lands under a contract that sets forth conditions (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“bright spear” – Common:- a term for a male prostitute who tries to dress, act, and speak like “highborn,” both to dazzle young clients and to attract customers interested in nobility (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“brightbirds” – Common:- a perfectly polite, neutral Sword Coast term for two people who are courting but not necessarily intimate (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“brightcoin” – Common:- a polite (unless twisted by words attached to it) term for the socially rising (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“bright-fisted-coin” – Common:- a term for one who is ramming one’s own success down the throats of friends, acquaintances, and anyone within reach or earshot, or the practice of such behaviour (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“brightheart” – Common:- a Waterdhavian term for someone your heart is set on (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“buck” – Common:- a jocular (not to be used in front of parents, priests, or disapproving relatives) Waterdhavian way of describing a male lover (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“casking” – Common:- a Sword Coast term for the damage done (even if no casks are involved in a particular incident) by “casksmashers” (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“casksmashers” – Common:- a Sword Coast term for vandals (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“clevershanks” – Common:- a male know-it-all (Swords of Eveningstar by Ed Greenwood; Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“clevertongue” – Common:- a female know-it-all (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“coin lass” – Common:- same as “coin-lass” (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“coin mountain” – Common:- the current term for a fabulously wealthy person (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“daggerboard” – Common:- same as “side-dagger”
“darkhall” – Common:- the term for any run-down hovel, from cottages to mansions (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“dayblood” – Common:- a polite term for someone new to thievery (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“doe” – Common:- a polite (and bardic) Waterdhavian way of describing a female lover (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“drawn-dagger agents” – Common:- the polite term for a spy, hired killer, or outside-the-law facilitator, usually for a wealthy patron or a guild (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“drippingly brightcoin” – Common:- a term for one who is ostentatious in spending, blindly adherent to fashion, and inclined to display put-on manners (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“dullblades” – Common:- inexperienced, untested, or untrustworthy “hireswords” sent on the most dangerous assignments and deemed expendable (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“fancylad” – Common:- a “fancyman” if the speaker is older than the person being spoken of (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“fancylass” – Common:- a disapproving Sword Coast pejorative term for a female suitor (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“fancyman” – Common:- a disapproving Sword Coast pejorative term for a male suitor (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“fancynames” – Common:- the Waterdhavian term for pseudonyms (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“fang gangs” – Common:- a Waterdhavian term for Dock Ward and South Ward street gangs who use knives and carve gang “sigils” on their forearms (or less conspicuous places) and on their victims (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“far-wares merchant” – Common:- a term for someone who sells goods from afar, but might not necessarily ship them (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“fastfists” – Common:- a Waterdhavian term for non-professional street louts and others who behave rudely and violently and are belligerent at that very moment, such as when drunks spill out of a tavern spoiling for a fight (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“fillbelly” – Common:- the dwarven term for edibles eaten to sustain life rather than for pleasure (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“filly” – Common:- a jocular (not to be used in front of parents, priests, or disapproving relatives) Waterdhavian way of describing a female lover (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“fresstel” – Common:- same as “marvel masques”
“fumblehands” – Common:- a term for clumsy thieves (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“grandiques” – Common:- same as “marvel masques”
“hardjaws” – Common:- a term that refers to garrulous tavern regulars (Swords of Eveningstar by Ed Greenwood; Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“hidecoin” – Common:- a term for a prostitute of either gender who is so slick in manner and deft in solicitations that only a few clients know their trade at all (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“highborn” – Common:- a polite term for nobles or relating to nobility (Swords of Eveningstar and The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood; Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“highcoin lady” – Common:- a term for a female prostitute who tries to dress, act, and speak like “highborn,” both to dazzle young clients and to attract customers interested in nobility (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“highcoin lass” – Common:- a “high-coin girl” who is “glim,” better dressed than everyday commoners and generally higher class (Swords of Eveningstar and The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood; Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“highmantle” – Common:- a term for someone who is successfully superior or refined in manners (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“holynose” – Common:- a mildly offensive (akin to using “cop” for “policeman”) term for a priest (Swords of Eveningstar, Swords of Dragonfire and The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood; Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“keghands” – Common:- male tavern servers (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“laugh-lad” – Common:- a term for a male prostitute charging “high-coin” who is “glim,” better dressed than everyday commoners and generally higher class (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“locksters” – Common:- the Dragon Reach term for owners and guardians of warehouses (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“long-cask merchant” – Common:- a term for someone who deals in goods that have made a long journey, whether the wares are actually shipped in casks or not (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“malakram” – Common:- the Calishite term for a theatrical style of play using masks and choruses (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“mare” – Common:- same as “filly”
“marvel masques” – Common:- the term for tableaux in festivals and the revels of the wealthy where the actors are usually provocatively clad women (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“masqueladra” – Common:- the Chessentan term for a theatrical style of play using masks and choruses (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“mongery” – Common:- the usual term for anything made of metal that’s not a tool or a weapon (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“murdath” – Common:- the Dragon Reach and Moonsea name for a rectangular stone building like a “standath” but with no cellars beneath (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“newcoin” – Common:- a pejorative term that refers to those who are newly rich and spending to show it off (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“nightblood” – Common:- a general term, devoid of judgement, for a thief (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Orcs is trouble” – Common:- (or, in full: “Orcs is always trouble”) an old upcountry saying (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“roofwrack” – Common:- the term for any really dilapidated “darkhall” (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“rose” – Common:- a mild term for a submissive female; a Waterdhavian term for a suitor, or “the one I long to have as my partner, or we both desire to be together, but haven’t yet actually become intimates” (So saith Ed - February 16, 2005; Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“sellswords” – Common:- see “hiresword”
“Shadowed” – Common:- a term for especially capable and accomplished “Martyrs” brought back to life by the goddess and augmented in some way (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“sharpjaws” – Common:- a Waterdhavian term for posers who pretend to be hard, violent types, but who are usually thrill-seeking teenagers (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“side-dagger” – Common:- a term for long sideburns (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“snatch-runners” – Common:- a pejorative (used for those too foolish to avoid being caught soon) term for idiotically reckless thieves, even if their crimes don’t actually involve snatching or running (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“softshadow” – Common:- a term for a deft, veteran thief (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“stag” – Common:- a polite (and bardic) Waterdhavian way of describing a male lover (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“standath” – Common:- the Dragon Reach and Moonsea name for a rectangular stone building that has cellars (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“steed” – Common:- same as “buck”
“Stormsenders” – Common:- same as “Stormheralds”
“strongdark” – Common:- (derived from “darkened strong room”) a room with many stub walls concealed by black curtains that the occupants can hide behind if attacked (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“swirlcloaks” – Common:- a term for those trying to copy “highborn” accents, phrases, fashions, gestures, and pastimes (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“thrusters” – Common:- a term for tirelessly ambitious social climbers (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“thurdrixes” – Common:- the collective term for hair products that change hair colour or cause hair growth (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“toughs” – Common:- a general Waterdhavian collective term for non-professional street louts and others who behave rudely and violently with an attitude of habitual street loiterers (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“turncoin” – Common:- same as “coin-lad” (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“vanishcoin” – Common:- a term for anyone who cheats on a business deal, thereby making coin disappear (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“wenches” – Common:- (not a disrespectful term) female tavern servers (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 17 Apr 2024 : 11:32:54
“ardanthe” – Common:- a type of plant found in the King’s Forest of Cormyr, the sap of which could be used to wash hair, giving it a pleasant smell (Swords of Eveningstar by Ed Greenwood)
“arnark” – Common:- a type of tree, the rotting boughs of which were used for sprouting kitchen mushrooms (Swords of Dragonfire by Ed Greenwood)
“behelshrabba” – Common:- a type of drug (Swords of Dragonfire and The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“blackmask” – Common:- a type of drug (Swords of Dragonfire and The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“blanketfeast” – Common:- picnic (Swords of Eveningstar by Ed Greenwood)
“brownfin” – Common:- a type of freshwater fish (Swords of Eveningstar by Ed Greenwood)
“cat-hours” – Common:- the small hours of the night (The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“cavanter” – Common:- a type of shrub found in the King’s Forest of Cormyr that produced edible buds (Swords of Eveningstar by Ed Greenwood)
“darkswords” – Common:- bandits (The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“deadsleep” – Common:- a type of drug that caused short-duration deathlike unconsciousness when used (Swords of Dragonfire by Ed Greenwood)
“dirlagraun” – Common:- a diplacer beast (The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“duskfeathers” – Common:- a type of bird (Swords of Dragonfire by Ed Greenwood)
“er” – Draconic:- (possessive prefix used for relationships) my (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - September 22, 2023)
“firesparkle” – Common:- a type of wine (The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“firewine” – Common:- a type of wine (Swords of Dragonfire by Ed Greenwood)
“Gift, the” – Common:- the ability to wield “the Art” (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 8, 2022; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - August 25, 2023)
“glowfire” – Common:- a colloquial name for Saerloonian Glowfire; phosphorescent (Swords of Eveningstar and Swords of Dragonfire by Ed Greenwood)
“groundcat” – Common:- a type of wild cat the size of a weasel (The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“haemdra” – Untheric:- a term for all Untheric ten to twenty year olds that didn’t exhibit “the Gift” and serve as unpaid laborers (slaves in all but name, though they had rights to food, shelter and good treatment) for that decade ere the state gave them some land of their own and full citizenry (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 12, 2021)
“Harcrimmiting!” – Common:- a Tempuran specific “Motherf*cking!” (The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“hardiclaw” – Common:- a type of poison that caused paralysis and then death (Swords of Eveningstar by Ed Greenwood)
“kour” – Draconic:- master (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - September 22, 2023)
“lackspells” – Common:- see “lackspell” (The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“larrack” – Common:- a type of wine served (steaming) in Saerloon (The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“laskran” – Common:- a type of drug (Swords of Dragonfire and The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“malacht” – Untheric:- duke (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 12, 2021)
“malachtam” – Untheric:- a duchy (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 12, 2021)
“malrayess” – Untheric:- duchess (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 12, 2021)
“mrimmon jelly” – Common:- a type of jelly made from “mrimmon trees,” used as a condiment on the royal cheese platters (The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“mrimmon tree” – Common:- a type of tree, from which “mrimmon jelly” is made (The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“murensul” – Thorass:- a nutbrown stain for cloth made by boiling three abundant marsh-plant roots together (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - September 19, 2023)
“musterdelvys” – Common:- a mixed grey woollen cloth, much like our real-world musterdevillers (The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“nauthus” – Common:- a fatty thickener for gravies and cooked sauces that together with nutmeg acted as a deadly, and swiftly virulent, poison (Swords of Dragonfire by Ed Greenwood)
“nightbeak” – Common:- a type of vulture of the Stonelands (Swords of Eveningstar by Ed Greenwood)
“portal drink” – Common:- what sages of “the Art” termed the phenomenon of non-living items that vanished from creatures traversing portals (Swords of Dragonfire by Ed Greenwood)
“Qaethur, the” – Common:- a worn and chipped gemstone carved into a shallow relief depiction of a human face that can awaken “the Gift” (The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“rethren” – Common:- a type of tree-cat (Swords of Eveningstar by Ed Greenwood)
“riskin” – Common:- a type of small brown bird partial to “cavanter” buds (Swords of Eveningstar by Ed Greenwood)
“rubyfire” – Common:- a type of wine (The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“shimmerweave” – Common:- a fabric that has the same high-shine “sheen” as glossy (“satin weave”) silk or real-world nylon; when candlelight reflects off it, the result is a “shimmer,” hence its name (Swords of Eveningstar, Swords of Dragonfire and The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood; Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - May 2, 2023)
“sneak-coins” – Common:- a Cormyrean term for ‘Sembian’ cabals or even formal syndicates who covertly try to gain control of businesses in Cormyr, and attempt to secure influence in the realm by bribery, blackmail, and otherwise influencing officials, or nobles (Swords of Eveningstar by Ed Greenwood)
“swordjacks” – Common:- armed bodyguards (Swords of Dragonfire by Ed Greenwood)
“thaelur” – Common:- a type of drug from the beast-cities of the South that gives a sensation of intense bodily pleasure, and short-lived freedom from pains in the joints (Swords of Dragonfire and The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“thaerefoil” – Common:- a type of plant with edible leaves, which if consumed raw, or as a tea made from them, prevented erections (Swords of Eveningstar by Ed Greenwood)
“treecloak” – Common:- a Cormyrean term applied by the druids to the priests of all the woodgods (Swords of Eveningstar by Ed Greenwood)
“urdolphim” – Untheric:- a term for Unther’s travelling traders (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 12, 2021)
“Weavemaster” – Common:- a term for anyone who had mastered (understanding its workings enough to not need the trappings of arcane magic) “the Weave” so they could work magic by silent act of will, rather than conventional casting (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 8, 2022)
“wildsnarl powder” – Common:- a very rare, and priced to match, powder used to defeat most divination magic (Swords of Dragonfire by Ed Greenwood) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 15 Apr 2024 : 08:44:30
“alarphons” – Common:- the internal investigators among “the War Wizards” who kept all “war wizards” honest (Swords of Dragonfire by Ed Greenwood; So saith Ed - January 11, 2005)
“bullyblades” – Common:- “thickneck muscle” hired on a long-term basis, such as gangs hired by most nobles and wealthy non-nobles as bodyguards, enforcers, or “hireswords” (Swords of Dragonfire by Ed Greenwood; Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - April 21, 2019; The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“clout” – Common:- a very tight leather, cloth, or cord belt worn around the hips with a long, diaper-like strip of rectangular cloth passed between the legs, up through the front and back of the belt to dangle down (Swords of Dragonfire and The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood; So saith Ed - April 8, 2004)
“courtesan” – Common:- a professional “hostess” employed by a ruler at his court, to entertain (need not have a sexual role at all, but usually does; tone of voice or local knowledge implies sexual side of the profession if it exists) important visitors (So saith Ed - June 28, 2007)
“dethma” – Common:- a tight cloth, or soft, well worn leather breast-binding or sling (Swords of Eveningstar and Swords of Dragonfire by Ed Greenwood; So saith Ed - April 8, 2004)
“doxy” – Common:- a term for a mistress or prostitute, especially applied to women who are shared by a select roster of men (So saith Ed - June 28, 2007)
“escort” – Common:- a term for either gender that implies the acting ability and training to function as “arm candy” in social situations such as revels, feasts, and formal gatherings as persons of breeding, not necessarily sexual partners (So saith Ed - June 28, 2007)
“lady of the evening” – Common:- a term for a female that implies the ability to function as an “escort” (So saith Ed - June 28, 2007)
“madwits” – Common:- see “mad-wits” (Swords of Dragonfire and The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood)
“nightblade” – Common:- a euphemistic term for a penis; a skilled “hiresword” employed as a commando (The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood; Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“thicknecks” – Common:- thugs (Swords of Dragonfire by Ed Greenwood; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - April 21, 2019; So saith Ed - June 9, 2006)
“Wizards of War, the” – Common:- same as “War Wizards, the” (Swords of Eveningstar, Swords of Dragonfire and The Sword Never Sleeps by Ed Greenwood) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 14 Apr 2024 : 17:35:56
“Adorned Sufferers” – Common:- a formal term applied to the priests of Ilmater (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Adorned, the” – Common:- a term applied to the priests of Ilmater (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Alicorna, the” – Common:- a term applied to the priests of Lurue (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Alrunrae” – Common:- a term applied to the priests (higher in rank than “Runra”) of Selûne (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Anointed” – Common:- (sometimes called the “Grinning Anointed” in reference to the human skulls they carry and the skull masks some of them wear) a term applied to the priests of Myrkul (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Arahar” – Common:- a term applied to the battle-chaplains of Tempus (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Archancels” – Common:- a term applied to the priests (higher in rank than “Chancel”) of Helm (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Ardeacons” – Common:- a term applied to the priests (lower in rank than “Bishou”) of Helm who train and spiritually guide lower ranks of “Vigilators” (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Aumrae” – Common:- a term applied to the “upperpriests” (higher in rank than “Trintelra”) of Selûne (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Balancers” – Common:- same as “Tenders of the Forest”
“Bishous” – Common:- a term applied to the priests of Helm each of whom administers to a realm, a region, or a city-state (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Bloodhunters” – Common:- same as “Lords of the Hunt” (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Broken Blades” – Common:- a Tempuran specific term for “Hammers” who were too disabled to fight in the field for the god themselves (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Calunalae” – Common:- a term applied to the highest-ranked “upperpriests” (higher in rank than “Aumra”) of Selûne (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Chancels” – Common:- a term applied to the priests (higher in rank than “Bishou”) of Helm (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Circle of the Gray Ribbon, the” – Common:- a collective term applied to the priests of Mask (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Dark Hands” – Common:- a term applied to the priests of Bane (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Darkfingers” – Common:- a term applied to the priests of Mask (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Darks” – Common:- an informal term applied to the priests of Mask (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Darshars” – Common:- (a corruption of “Dark Sharran”) a popular term applied to the priests of Shar (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Deathbringers” – Common:- a term applied to the speciality priests of Bhaal (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Devastators” – Common:- same as “Stormheralds”
“Direhar” – Common:- a term applied to the guardian-priests of Tempus (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Doombringers” – Common:- a term applied to the priests of Beshaba; a term for those moved by Myrkul to bring death (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Embracers, the” – Common:- (from “Willing Embracers of the Cold”) a term applied to the priests of Auril (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Enlightened” – Common:- a term applied to the priests of Azuth (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Entrusted Whips” – Common:- a term applied to the priests of Loviatar who are the heads of temples (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Exalted Scourges” – Common:- a term applied to the seven highest-ranked priests (higher in rank than “Entrusted Whip”) of Loviatar (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Forest Masters” – Common:- a term applied to the priests of Silvanus (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Fortunate Faithful” – Common:- (or just “Fortunates”) a term for themselves used by the priests of Tymora (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Fortunates” – Common:- see “Fortunate Faithful”
“Gentle Guardians” – Common:- (or “the Gentle”) a popular term applied to Eldathyn (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Gentle, the” – Common:- see “Gentle Guardians”
“Gladeguardians” – Common:- the formal term applied to Eldathyn (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Goldpalms” – Common:- a term applied to the priests of Waukeen (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Grinning Anointed” – Common:- see “Anointed”
“Guardians” – Common:- a term for themselves used by Eldathyn (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Hammers” – Common:- (from “the small, hammering hands of the Foehammer”) a term for themselves used by the clergy of Tempus (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Hands of the Vigilant One” – Common:- see “Vigilators”
“Hardhar” – Common:- a term applied to the warrior-priests of Tempus (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Healers” – Common:- a term applied to the speciality priests of Ilmater who work directly with common folk, to heal and lessen suffering (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Heartguides” – Common:- a term applied to the priests of Sune (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Heartwardens” – Common:- a term applied to the “upperpriests” of Sune (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Inflictors” – Common:- an informal term applied to the priests of Loviatar (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Just, the” – Common:- a term for themselves used by the priests of Talos and in wider Faerûn (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Keepers” – Common:- a popular term applied to the priests of Oghma (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Ladyservants” – Common:- a formal term applied to the priests of Selûne (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Lashes of Loviatar, the” – Common:- a formal term applied to the priests of Loviatar (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Lashes” – Common:- a term applied to the senior priestesses of Loviatar who report to an “Entrusted Whip” (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Lectors” – Common:- a term applied to the priests (lower in rank than “Bishou”) of Helm who are local investigators and Helmite force commanders (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Lesser Lashes” – Common:- a term applied to the ordinary priests of Loviatar who report to an “Entrusted Whip” (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Magerobes” – Common:- a popular term applied to the priests of Mystra (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Martyrs” – Common:- a term for themselves used by the priests of Shar (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Mistshadowed” – Common:- a term applied to the priests of Leira (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Mooncloaks” – Common:- a popular term applied to the priests of Selûne (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Namers” – Common:- a formal term applied to the priests of Oghma (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Nobanim” – Common:- a collective term applied to the priests of Nobanion (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Nurturers” – Common:- the most popular term applied to the priests of Chauntea for themselves (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Oakservants” – Common:- same as “Tenders of the Forest”
“Prelates” – Common:- a term applied to the priests (lower in rank than “Bishou”) of Helm who are Helmite force unit commanders (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Pryats” – Common:- a term applied to the lowest-ranked priests of Helm (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Rauthar” – Common:- a term applied to the swordmasters of Tempus (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Runrae” – Common:- a term applied to the lowest-ranked priests of Selûne (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Sanctars” – Common:- a term applied to the highest and most secretive speciality priests of Ilmater who are the judges of other “Adorned,” internal investigators of the faith, and the enforcers who fight to protect fellow “Adorned” and their work (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Sartembrae” – Common:- a term applied to the priests (higher in rank than “Tenembra”) of Selûne (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Seekers of the Trail” – Common:- (or “Seekers”) a term for themselves used by the priests of Shaundakul (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Seekers” – Common:- see “Seekers of the Trail”
“Servants of Mystra” – Common:- see “Servants”
“Servants” – Common:- (after “Servants of Mystra”) a term for themselves used by the priests of Mystra (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Staglords” – Common:- same as “Forest Masters”
“Stalwarts” – Common:- a term applied to the priests of Tempus (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Stormbringers” – Common:- same as “Stormheralds”
“Stormheralds” – Common:- a term applied to the priests of Talos (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Supreme Watcher, the” – Common:- a term applied to the highest office (higher in rank than “Archancel”) in the church of Helm (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Talonar” – Common:- same as Talonite (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Talossan” – Common:- same as Talassan (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Tempests” – Common:- a term for themselves used by the priests of Talos (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Tenders of the Forest” – Common:- a term for themselves used by the priests of Silvanus (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Tenembrae” – Common:- a term applied to the priests (higher in rank than “Alrunra”) of Selûne (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Terrors” – Common:- same as “Talontar” (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Trintelrae” – Common:- a term applied to the lowest-ranked “upperpriests” (higher in rank than “Sartembra”) of Selûne (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“True and Loyal, the” – Common:- same as “Tormtar” (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“True Guardians” – Common:- (from combining the two terms “the True and Loyal” and “Watchful Guardians,” or “the True” for short) a term applied to the priests of Torm (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“True, the” – Common:- see “True Guardians”
“Truetraders” – Common:- a term for themselves used by the priests of Waukeen (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“underglass” – Common:- greenhouse (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Undrowned, the” – Common:- a term applied to the priests of Umberlee (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Vicarphs” – Common:- a term applied to the priests (lower in rank than “Bishou”) of Helm (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Vigilators” – Common:- (or “Hands of the Vigilant One”) a formal term applied to the priests of Helm (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Walking Plagues” – Common:- same as “Talontar” (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Warlyon” – Common:- a term applied to the high priests of Tempus (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Watchful Guardians” – Common:- same as “Tormtar” (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Watchful, the” – Common:- a colloquial term applied to the priests of Helm (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Windriders” – Common:- a popular term applied to the priests of Shaundakul (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 12 Apr 2024 : 13:46:14
“blaze” – Common:- the slang word for a “splendor” (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - August 2, 2021)
“crown” – Common:- a gold coin of the Windrise Ports (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - August 2, 2021)
“deadeye” – Common:- (or just “eye”) the slang word for a “haeth” (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - August 2, 2021)
“dew” – Common:- see “dragondew”
“dragondew” – Common:- (or just “dew”) the slang word for a “crown” (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - August 2, 2021)
“eagle” – Common:- the slang word for a “haebur” (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - August 2, 2021)
“eye” – Common:- see “deadeye”
“glaur” – Orc:- demon (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - October 23, 2020)
“haebur” – Common:- an electrum coin of the Windrise Ports (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - August 2, 2021)
“haeth” – Common:- a copper coin of the Windrise Ports (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - August 2, 2021)
“kala” – Orc:- white (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - October 23, 2020)
“metapsychic” – Common:- a term for “the Invisible Art” used by sages (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - November 25, 2020)
“mind magic” – Common:- a colloquial term for “the Invisible Art” (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - November 25, 2020)
“mindfire” – Common:- an older arcane term for “the Invisible Art” (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - November 25, 2020)
“promise” – Common:- the slang word for a “talond” (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - August 2, 2021)
“rauk” – Orc:- devil (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - October 23, 2020)
“raukyn” – Orc:- fiend (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - October 23, 2020)
“splendor” – Common:- a platinum coin of the Windrise Ports (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - August 2, 2021)
“stealthslake” – Common:- a metal treatment that renders metal weapons and armor nonferromagnetic, nonreflective, and silent, not clanging even when struck against other metals or stone with force, and able to take dyes and paints, so that even bare sword blades can readily be changed in color and thus concealed from long-range detection (Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd)
“talond” – Common:- a silver coin of the Windrise Ports (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - August 2, 2021) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 08 Apr 2024 : 08:39:32
“arnothog” – Dwarvish:- the term for a large (pack-lizard size or larger) lizard (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“aug” – Dwarvish:- dragon (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“axes” – Common:- the thick, flat gold coins (that take the shape of double-bladed or back-to-back axe-blades) widely used by modern dwarves, that are often valued at five gold pieces each because of their weight and volume in purer-than-most-coins gold (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“blueshine” – Common:- a metal treatment to make metal weapons and armor resistant to acid and all corrosive effects, prevents future rusting and purges the metals of all oxidation (Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd)
“everbright” – Common:- a metal treatment to make metal weapons and armor gain an enduring bright shine and become immune to tarnishing and other discoloration, acidic corrosion, and rusting (Volo’s Guide to All Things Magical by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd)
“jlug” – Dwarvish:- scaly (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“jlugluk” – Dwarvish:- reptile (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“lothlaug” – Dwarvish:- wyvern (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“lurvaarnkess” – Elvish:- an evil adult human woman (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 27, 2023)
“luvaarnele” – Elvish:- an evil adult elven female (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 27, 2023)
“nothlar” – Dwarvish:- see “nothlim” (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“nothlim” – Dwarvish:- the collective (for both the race and any group of lizardfolk aside from a presumed family unit, which is “nothlar”) term for lizardfolk (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“nothnia” – Dwarvish:- (literally “lizardfolk-she”) female lizardfolk (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“nothnig” – Dwarvish:- (literally “lizardfolk-he”) male lizardfolk (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“nothog” – Dwarvish:- the term for a small lizard (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“phulk” – Dwarvish:- venom (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“tath” – Dwarvish:- singular of “tuth” (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“tuth” – Dwarvish:- thin, flat rectangular plaques (of “blueshine”- and “everbright”-treated silver and copper, or more often electrum) with rounded corners (rather like really thick, undersized playing cards) used as copper, silver, or electrum “coins” (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“vaarnar” – Elvish:- an evil sentient (not divine) being (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 27, 2023)
“vaarnelle” – Elvish:- an evil female (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 27, 2023)
“zarzulk” – Dwarvish:- naga (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“zur” – Dwarvish:- the term for a small snake (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“zurphul” – Dwarvish:- the term for a deadly poisonous snake (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“zurzulk” – Dwarvish:- the term for a giant snake (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 07 Apr 2024 : 17:27:41
“blackroot” – Common:- a type of plant akin to real-world licorice; beer (a dark, thick, almost syrupy brew with a unique taste that has just the tiniest hint of sweetness) made from it (My Slice of Silverymoon, Part Four by Ed Greenwood; So saith Ed - August 13, 2010 by The Hooded One)
“dunwing” – Common:- a type of bird of the Stonelands (Crown of Fire by Ed Greenwood)
“kaethae” – Common:- same as “kaeth”
“qaw” – Uloushinn:- see “qahwa”
“Uloushinn” – Common:- see Midani
“War Wizards, the” – Common:- a term for the group of battle-mages and sorcerers who fight on behalf of the kingdom of Cormyr and its Crown (Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting by Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo)
Anauroch contains an Uloushinn glossary that I am not going to copy here for various reasons. I have only copied from it as far as is required to supplement the original entry for “qahwa.” |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 05 Apr 2024 : 09:16:28
“Battlemaster” – Common:- the second highest ranking member of “the Purple Dragons” (Power of Faerûn by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd)
“Constal” – Common:- a “Purple Dragon” rank equivalent to a colonel (Power of Faerûn by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 8, 2019)
“First Sword” – Common:- a “Purple Dragon” rank equivalent to a sergeant (Power of Faerûn by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 8, 2019)
“hrasting” – Common:- a mild form of “stlarning,” not associated with “hrast” (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Lionar” – Common:- a “Purple Dragon” rank equivalent to a captain (Power of Faerûn by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 8, 2019)
“Lord High Marshal” – Common:- the highest ranking member of “the Purple Dragons” (Power of Faerûn by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd)
“Ornrion” – Common:- a “Purple Dragon” rank equivalent to a major (Power of Faerûn by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 8, 2019)
“Oversword” – Common:- a “Purple Dragon” rank equivalent to a general (Power of Faerûn by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd)
“Purple Dragons, the” – Common:- a term for the Cormyrean military (Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting by Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo)
“Telsword” – Common:- a “Purple Dragon” rank equivalent to a corporal (Power of Faerûn by Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 8, 2019) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 04 Apr 2024 : 07:56:07
“alb” – Common:- singular of “alpetan” (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004)
“alpetan” – Common:- the clinical term for breasts (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004)
“authokh” – Common:- a square coin with a small central hole stamped out of delmed silver widely used in Chessenta, the Vilhon, Border Kingdoms, and Tashalar, worth five gold pieces throughout these lands, as well as in Amn, Scornubel, and Westgate, and one silver piece in Calimshan and Waterdeep (So saith Ed - June 11, 2004)
“belbolt” – Common:- (usually shortened to “bolt”) a thick, heavy gold coin of curious shape (a circle with two shallow, matching cut-outs in its edges, so the result looks like two axe-heads fused back-to-back with curved blades outermost) widely used in Chessenta, the Vilhon, Border Kingdoms, and Tashalar, worth twenty gold pieces throughout these lands, as well as in Amn, Scornubel, and Westgate, and two gold pieces in Calimshan and Waterdeep (So saith Ed - June 11, 2004; Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“bells” – Common:- a polite term for breasts (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004; Swords of Eveningstar by Ed Greenwood)
“bite-loaves” – Common:- a gently racy term for breasts (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004)
“Bold Defender” – Common:- the office of “envoy” or “spokesperson” (one who’s empowered to speak for his or her own temple) in the church of Torm and Helm (So saith Ed - February 17, 2007)
“Bright Banner” – Common:- the office of “envoy” or “spokesperson” (one who’s empowered to speak for his or her own temple) in the church of Lathander (Swords of Eveningstar by Ed Greenwood; So saith Ed - February 17, 2007)
“Bright Horn” – Common:- the office of “envoy” or “spokesperson” (one who’s empowered to speak for his or her own temple) in the church of Tempus and the Red Knight (So saith Ed - February 17, 2007)
“brighthelms” – Common:- a polite term for breasts (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004)
“brightstarfeast” – Common:- the term for a night meal (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“Brokenkeel!” – Common:- a Valkuryte specific “Damn!” or “Sh*t!” (So saith Ed - November 29, 2004)
“By the wheel!” – Common:- a Valkuryte specific “Son of a b*tch!” or “Holy sh*t!” (So saith Ed - November 29, 2004)
“daggerspikes” – Common:- a neutral term for nipples (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004)
“deep ale” – Common:- beer to which a grain-based spirit has been added (So saith Ed - March 6, 2004)
“Drown you!” – Common:- a Valkuryte specific “F*ck you!” or “F*ck off!” (So saith Ed - November 29, 2004)
“Drown!” – Common:- a Valkuryte specific “F*ck!” (So saith Ed - November 29, 2004)
“elsun” – Common:- late morning (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“eventide” – Common:- gloaming (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“fire ale” – Common:- same as “deep ale”
“godswake” – Common:- predawn (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“handheavies” – Common:- a gently racy term for breasts (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004)
“harbright” – Common:- full morning (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“highfeast” – Common:- the term for a late evening meal (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“highthar” – Common:- the term for a “tharsun” snack; an informal Waterdhavian term for late afternoon used by most shopkeepers, nobles, and guilded merchants (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“highthar-time” – Common:- a formal Waterdhavian term for late afternoon used by most shopkeepers, nobles, and guilded merchants (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“last ride” – Common:- a term for dusk used by caravan merchants, drovers, or farmers from the lands around Waterdeep, as well as any Waterdhavian nobles (or aspiring nobles) who ride for sport, recreation, hunt, or to fly falcons (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“longride” – Common:- a term for late afternoon used by caravan merchants, drovers, or farmers from the lands around Waterdeep, as well as any Waterdhavian nobles (or aspiring nobles) who ride for sport, recreation, hunt, or to fly falcons (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“nightfall” – Common:- dusk (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“parl” – Common:- singular of “parlarren” (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004)
“parlarren” – Common:- the clinical term for nipples (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004)
“puffballs” – Common:- a gently racy term for breasts (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004)
“ramrath” – Common:- a reddish, round melon grown in the Tashalar (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004)
“ramraths” – Common:- (derived from “ramrath”) a gently racy term for breasts (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004)
“roalen” – Common:- (derived from “rollingheads,” from an old and anonymous ballad that compared the bouncing movement of a running woman’s breasts to the bouncings of severed warriors’ heads being rolled down an embankment by orcs after a battle) a gently racy term for breasts (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004)
“saebur” – Common:- the singular and plural polite term for breasts (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004)
“Safe harbour!” – Common:- a Valkuryte specific oath, equivalent to: “Valkur aid you!” (So saith Ed - November 29, 2004)
“springbuds” – Common:- a polite or poetic term for breasts (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004)
“Storm at the helm!” – Common:- a Valkuryte specific “Bloody hell!” or “Goddamnit, no!” (So saith Ed - November 29, 2004)
“suckworts” – Common:- a coarse term for nipples (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004)
“tharsun” – Common:- late afternoon (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“thorns” – Common:- a neutral term for nipples (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004)
“thulsun” – Common:- early afternoon (Elminster’s Forgotten Realms by Ed Greenwood)
“zarrzem” – Common:- a gently racy term for breasts (So saith Ed - May 23, 2004) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 03 Apr 2024 : 10:29:54
“Alavaerthus!” – Common:- (in reference to a member of the Fellowship who had a large hand in founding the church of the Red Knight, but went mad in a battle and sent his forces to their dooms through a series of stupid or reckless commands) a Red Knight specific “God damn it!” or “Jesus f*cking Christ!” (So saith Ed - March 28, 2004)
“Aumarrath!” – Common:- a contraction of “In memory of Aumarrath!” (So saith Ed - March 26, 2004)
“Blackfire!” – Common:- a Banite specific (much less formal than “Aumarrath!”) “Blood of the God!” or “Name of the God!” used in awe, admiration, or profane amazement, but never when angry or disgusted (So saith Ed - March 26, 2004)
“Blood of the Lady!” – Common:- a Red Knight specific “Oh my [insert strongest personal obscenities here] God!” used as a stronger replacement for “Alavaerthus!” (So saith Ed - March 28, 2004)
“Bright wit, clear thought, keen sight!” – Common:- a battle-oath (given when smiting foes or launching an attack) to the Red Knight (So saith Ed - March 28, 2004)
“Checkmate!” – Common:- (invoking the name of the Lady’s blade) a formal Red Knight specific “Damn!” or “Sh*t!” or “Blast!” usable in polite company (So saith Ed - March 28, 2004)
“Clathenar!” – Common:- (in reference to an unintentional martyr of Bane whose long-ago holy service was one long sequence of disastrous screwups) a Banite specific “Holy cr*p!” or “Jesus!” used like a groan of dismay or spat out in despairing anger, when something has gone seriously wrong (So saith Ed - March 26, 2004)
“Embarranar!” – Common:- a gloating thanks to Bane for something that’s gone well, or a victory, or unlooked-for aid or good fortune, roughly equivalent to a delighted: “Son of a b*tch!” or “Don’t that take all!” specific to Banites (So saith Ed - March 26, 2004)
“Feel the Hand of Hate!” – Common:- a Banite specific expression only snarled at foes or victims being slain, roughly equivalent to a real-world: “Die, motherf*cker!” (So saith Ed - March 26, 2004)
“Forward the Game Undying!” – Common:- a battle-oath (given when smiting foes or launching an attack) to the Red Knight (So saith Ed - March 28, 2004)
“Hand of Hate!” – Common:- a contraction of the rarely-heard “Feel the Hand of Hate!” (So saith Ed - March 26, 2004)
“Holy Fist!” – Common:- a Banite specific “Jesus Christ!” (So saith Ed - March 26, 2004)
“In memory of Aumarrath!” – Common:- (in reference to an early prophet of Bane, Aumarrath the Tyrant-King) a polite (usable even when speaking to superior clergy) Banite specific oath denoting holy awe or satisfaction, somewhat akin to the real-world: “Blood of the Virgin!” or “Name of the God!” (So saith Ed - March 26, 2004)
“Keltor!” – Common:- a Red Knight specific “Damn!” (So saith Ed - March 28, 2004)
“Krisk!” – Common:- a Banite specific “Sh*t!” (So saith Ed - March 26, 2004)
“Let this game now be ended!” – Common:- a battle-oath (given when smiting foes or launching an attack) to the Red Knight (So saith Ed - March 28, 2004)
“Lurruk!” – Common:- a Banite specific “Bloody hell!” or “Damn!” (So saith Ed - March 26, 2004)
“playing Alavaerthus” – Common:- an informal Fellowship expression meaning to ‘totally screw up’ (So saith Ed - March 28, 2004)
“Sark!” – Common:- a Banite specific “Blast!” or “F*ck!” (So saith Ed - March 26, 2004)
“Smite smart!” – Common:- a battle-oath (given when smiting foes or launching an attack) to the Red Knight (So saith Ed - March 28, 2004)
“Talar!” – Common:- a mild Banite specific “Well, damn!” expressing surprise or dismay (So saith Ed - March 26, 2004)
“Teskyre!” – Common:- a Red Knight specific “Sh*t!” (So saith Ed - March 28, 2004)
“Tondrabbar!” – Common:- a war-cry or exulting expression uttered when an offering is touched aflame or broken, a foe is struck, or an attack is launched (it would be the first shout of a surprise attack), akin to shouting: “To the God!” specific to Banites (So saith Ed - March 26, 2004)
“Whiteblood!” – Common:- a Banite specific “Bloody hell!” or “Jesus f*cking Christ!” expressing profane shock or disgust (So saith Ed - March 26, 2004)
“Witless!” – Common:- (alludes to stupidity in strategy or tactics) a Red Knight specific “F*ck!” expressing the strongest personal oath of a faithful of the Red Knight (So saith Ed - March 28, 2004) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 02 Apr 2024 : 09:54:34
“Beard!” – Common:- a contraction of “By the Beard of Omthas!” (So saith Ed - March 25, 2004)
“Bitterblood!” – Common:- a contraction of “By the blood of Alathan!” (So saith Ed - March 25, 2004)
“brukk” – Dwarvish:- hidden (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - July 27, 2023)
“By the Beard of Omthas!” – Common:- (in reference to an early prophet of Lathander, last heard from over six centuries ago) a Lathanderite specific “Holy cr*p!” or “Jesus!” expressing profane amazement (So saith Ed - March 25, 2004)
“By the blood of Alathan!” – Common:- (in reference to a high priest of a Lathanderite temple who was martyred by the local Tethyrian duke four centuries ago for preaching the faith of Lathander) a Lathanderite specific “Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!” or “Bloody hell!” or “Jesus f*cking Christ!” expressing profane shock or disgust (So saith Ed - March 25, 2004)
“cauv” – Dwarvish:- spot; detect (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - July 27, 2023)
“Darkrose!” – Common:- a Lathanderite specific “Blast!” or “F*ck!” (So saith Ed - March 25, 2004)
“Dawnfire!” – Common:- a Lathanderite specific “Sh*t!” (So saith Ed - March 25, 2004)
“Dusking!” – Common:- a Lathanderite specific “Damnation!” (So saith Ed - March 25, 2004)
“hardflow” – Common:- concrete (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“Redblood!” – Common:- a Lathanderite specific “Bloody hell!” or “Damn!” (So saith Ed - March 25, 2004)
“Skerram” – Common:- a term applied to the worshipers and the religion of Skerrit (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - February 18, 2023)
“Star of the Morning!” – Common:- a polite (usable even when speaking to superiors in the church) Lathanderite specific “My word!” that denotes surprise or dismay (So saith Ed - March 25, 2004)
“Starfall!” – Common:- an ancient (now considered almost poetic or flowery) Lathanderite specific “Damn!” or “Blast!” (So saith Ed - March 25, 2004)
“varra” – Dwarvish:- reveal (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - July 27, 2023)
“vurtan” – Dwarvish:- a word meaning apart from clan for work or quest purposes (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - August 17, 2023)
“yulcauv” – Dwarvish:- see; observe; watch (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - July 27, 2023)
“yuldam” – Dwarvish:- watchfulness; vigilance; standing guard (Ed Greenwood in Greenwood’s Grotto on Discord - July 27, 2023)
“Zustrin!” – Common:- a pleased, but so shocked or surprised as to burst out into profanity (considered poor form by clergy of Lathander): “Bloody marvellous!” or “F*cking wonderful!” specific to Lathanderites (So saith Ed - March 25, 2004) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 05 Mar 2024 : 20:34:36
“alvassun” – Drow:- (literally “silver-light”) moon (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - March 4, 2024)
“gorcraw” – Common:- a large, rapacious, aggressive but slow and lazy raptor and carrion bird; a bird similar to a sparrow-sized crow (So saith Ed - February 25, 2009; Elminster’s Daughter by Ed Greenwood; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 12, 2024)
“gorscraw” – Common:- a dim-witted bird similar to a plump, well-fed grouse or pheasant that nests on the ground (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 12, 2024)
“ssussun” – Drow:- light; brightness (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - March 4, 2024) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 11 Jan 2024 : 10:35:36
“n’tan” – Elvish:- uncle (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 10, 2024)
“os’nys” – Elvish:- aunt (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 10, 2024)
“os’tan” – Elvish:- uncle (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 10, 2024)
“osi’nys” – Elvish:- maternal aunt (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 10, 2024)
“osi’tan” – Elvish:- maternal uncle (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 10, 2024)
“osu’nys” – Elvish:- paternal aunt (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 10, 2024)
“osu’tan” – Elvish:- paternal uncle (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 10, 2024) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 06 Oct 2023 : 09:02:21
“brownback” – Common:- see “Hoghall”
“goldcloak” – Common:- see “Hoghall”
“Hoghall” – Common:- (shortened from “Hog’s-all-for-the-dining-hall”) the local name for a thick, not runny, hash (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - October 6, 2023)
“louah” – Elvish:- dawn (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - August 17, 2023)
“yellowfire” – Common:- see “Hoghall” |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 12 Jul 2023 : 10:06:24
“Arrauhau” – Common:- their own term (slowly entering Common) used by the barbarians who live in the High Moors when referring to themselves collectively meaning “the People” (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - July 7, 2023; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - July 10, 2023)
“Breaking Wave” – Common:- (“Wave” in colloquial short form) a term applied to the priests (“underpriests”; higher in rank than “Tide Rider”) of Umberlee (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - July 12, 2023)
“Dark Breaker” – Common:- (“Breaker” in colloquial short form) a term applied to the priests (“underpriests”; higher in rank than “Flood Tide”) of Umberlee (Faiths & Avatars by Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - July 12, 2023)
“Dread” – Common:- an additional title applied to any priests of Umberlee where the holder is a “waveservant” or “true servant of the wave” (Faiths & Avatars by Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - July 12, 2023)
“Flood Tide” – Common:- (“Tide” in colloquial short form) a term applied to the priests (“underpriests”; higher in rank than “Breaking Wave”) of Umberlee (Faiths & Avatars by Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - July 12, 2023)
“Puissant Undertow” – Common:- (“Under” in colloquial short form) a term applied to the priests (highest-ranked “underpriests”; higher in rank than “Dark Breaker”) of Umberlee (Faiths & Avatars by Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - July 12, 2023)
“Savage Seawind” – Common:- (“Wind” in colloquial short form) a term applied to the priests (“senior clergy”; higher in rank than “Wave of Fury”) of Umberlee (Faiths & Avatars by Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - July 12, 2023)
“Tide Rider” – Common:- (“Rider” in colloquial short form) a term applied to the lowest-ranked priests (“underpriests”) of Umberlee (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - July 12, 2023)
“Wave of Fury” – Common:- (“Varrwave” in colloquial short form derived from a long-ago Wavemistress, Varra Himril, who ordered her temple that way and named the rank after herself) a term applied to the priests (lowest-ranked “senior clergy”; higher in rank than “Puissant Undertow”) of Umberlee (Faiths & Avatars by Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - July 12, 2023)
“Wavelord” – Common:- (equal in rank to “Wavemistress”) a term applied to the highest-ranked male priests (“senior clergy”; higher in rank than “Savage Seawind”) of Umberlee (Faiths & Avatars by Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - July 12, 2023)
“Wavemistress” – Common:- (equal in rank to “Wavelord”) a term applied to the highest-ranked female priests (“senior clergy”; higher in rank than “Savage Seawind”) of Umberlee (Faiths & Avatars by Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - July 12, 2023) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 07 Jul 2023 : 15:25:44
“ayn” – Alzhedo:- blue (So saith George Krashos - March 19, 2023)
“bult” – Common:- the Neveren word for a silver coin (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - September 2, 2019)
“deeptongue tubes” – Common:- “drawtubes” used for putting stuff down the tube (and even pushing it with a dried reed or broomstraw) to “inject” substances into a body (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 3, 2023)
“drawtubes” – Common:- sharp hollow tubes (including natural grasses like bamboo, cut at an angle) that are used for bloodletting, or stabbed into a body to remove pus and gases and poisons, or reduce swelling (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 3, 2023)
“erat” – Alzhedo:- tower (So saith George Krashos - March 19, 2023)
“fairsail” – Common:- the Neveren word for a platinum coin (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - September 2, 2019)
“lich lord” – Common:- any sort of advanced lich who became so by their own actions, as opposed to having it happen to them through time and the actions of others (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 29, 2023)
“lichnee” – Common:- a collective term for anyone who has attained lichdom (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 29, 2023)
“nar” – Alzhedo:- fire (So saith George Krashos - March 19, 2023)
“narthea” – Elvish:- a creeping semi-intelligent vine known to druids of the Sword Coast and Moonsea North forests (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 23, 2023; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 25, 2023)
“sea-shee” – Common:- the Neveren word for an electrum coin (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - September 2, 2019)
“tharn” – Common:- the Neveren word for a copper coin (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - September 2, 2019) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 08 May 2023 : 09:23:38
“cloud ear” – Common:- a type of edible black fungus that grows on elder trees and hasn’t a lot of taste (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - March 12, 2023)
“moth mushroom” – Common:- a type of edible mushroom that grows on shaded slender saplings across Toril (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - March 12, 2023)
“wood ear” – Common:- see “cloud ear” |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 05 Mar 2023 : 16:01:05
“aren” – Elvish:- (is always contracted when used in combination with other words) of (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 23, 2023)
“askata” – Common:- a yellow, easily-crumbled cheese (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 24, 2023)
“butter pads” – Common:- a term for pancakes (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - March 1, 2023)
“dwarfcheese” – Common:- see “Elturian Grey”
“Elturian Grey” – Common:- a ‘blue’ cheese that has black instead of green or blue marbling (Aurora’s Whole Realms Catalogue by Tim Beach, Karen S. Boomgarden, Anne Brown, David “Zeb” Cook, Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Colin McComb, Thomas M. Reid, Steven E. Schend; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 24, 2023)
“Green Calishite” – Common:- a pale beige cheese with an aquamarine hue (Aurora’s Whole Realms Catalogue by Tim Beach, Karen S. Boomgarden, Anne Brown, David “Zeb” Cook, Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Colin McComb, Thomas M. Reid, Steven E. Schend; Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 24, 2023)
“raker” – Common:- a long, slender, fast boat that “rakes” the coast (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 28, 2023)
“rumnund” – Alzhedo:- the Calishite term for the taste of “Green Calishite” (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 24, 2023)
“skillet bucklers” – Common:- a term for pancakes (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - March 1, 2023)
“stonework” – Common:- see “Elturian Grey”
“vaerve” – Elvish:- freshwater shallows (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 23, 2023) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 06 Feb 2023 : 06:50:58
“alva” – Elvish:- silver (hue) (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 21, 2023)
“alvra” – Elvish:- silver (metal) (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 21, 2023)
“Bindworthy!” – Common:- (meaning: you are weak or wrong or stupid or rash enough to be easily bound by a mortal, and fittingly bound) a fiery, infernal specific, personal insult reserved for other devils (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 24, 2023)
“harelveauplum sauce” – Common:- a deep, thick, sticky maroon sauce made from local hot peppers, sweet peppers, plums, and thello-fruit that is used as sriracha by the hin of Luiren (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 4, 2023)
“lambtails” – Common:- (so called for their shape, not where on the beast the meat comes from) lamb kebabs (meatballs cooked on skewers) made in Teziir and Westgate (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 1, 2023)
“Marraskh!” – Infernal:- (translated as “Get gone, now, to being a lemure or a worm on some other plane!”) a fiery, infernal specific, personal insult reserved for other devils (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 24, 2023)
“May your fire be ice and your name forgotten!” – Common:- an infernal specific, personal insult (more stinging than “May your fire be ice!”) reserved for other devils (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 24, 2023)
“May your fire be ice!” – Common:- an infernal specific, mild, personal insult reserved for other devils (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 24, 2023)
“Sleer!” – Infernal:- (roughly translated as “Go f*ck yourself!” but with the connotation that you should hurt yourself doing so) a fiery, infernal specific, personal insult reserved for other devils (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 24, 2023)
“teu” – Elvish:- silver (moon; the hue of moonglow) (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 21, 2023)
“thello-fruit” – Common:- a type of local fruit (like kiwi fruit in taste, but with an okra-like glue-y consistency) from Luiren (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - February 4, 2023) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 17 Jan 2023 : 09:32:16
“abruu” – Githzerai:- a term for a personal foe (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 15, 2023)
“alurlssrin” – Drow:- a term for unselfish, deep love (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 13, 2023)
“arkhlavae” – Elvish:- a term for an act of love (lovemaking) (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 13, 2023)
“immeeira” – Elvish:- a term for an act of love (a sacrificial or noble deed, or testimonial or honour) (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 13, 2023)
“lurraggath” – Drow:- a term for an act of love (a sacrificial or noble deed) (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 13, 2023)
“luruu” – Githzerai:- a term for a group of beings you are enemies of (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 15, 2023)
“raggath” – Drow:- a term for an act of love (lovemaking) (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 13, 2023)
“ssinssrigg” – Drow:- greed; longing; love; lust; passion (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 13, 2023)
“zanama” – Githzerai:- family (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 15, 2023)
“zatha” – Githzerai:- friend (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 15, 2023)
“zathav” – Githzerai:- a term for a group of friends who hang out together or are working on something together or who share a common interest (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 15, 2023)
“zuu” – Githzerai:- lover (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 15, 2023) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 11 Jan 2023 : 06:28:32
“altaro” – Talfiric:- year (So saith George Krashos - August 27, 2022)
“dala” – Talfiric:- book; tome (So saith George Krashos - August 27, 2022)
“eb” – Talfiric:- of the (So saith George Krashos - August 27, 2022)
“ki” – Talfiric:- (usually written as “k’”) on the (So saith George Krashos - August 27, 2022)
“mai” – Talfiric:- (also “mal” in some dialects or translations) shadows; twilight (So saith George Krashos - August 27, 2022)
“sai” – Talfiric:- nature; personality (So saith George Krashos - August 27, 2022)
“Suraghran” – Common:- a term applied to the collective folk of Surag (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - January 7, 2023)
“telkadra” – Talfiric:- lion (So saith George Krashos - August 27, 2022) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 20 Dec 2022 : 09:04:57
“arg” – Dwarvish:- devour; eat (completely consume, or finish) (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - August 24, 2022)
“eggbread” – Common:- slices of bread soaked in egg batter and fried like our “french toast” (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - December 9, 2022)
“goldloaf” – Common:- brioche bread made with butter (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - December 9, 2022)
“santrath” – Common:- (named for an Athkatlan gnome baker who popularized it) challah bread (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - December 9, 2022)
“tarnsar” – Common:- a dwarven dish of sliced fried potatoes, onions, and boar thinslice (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - November 4, 2022) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 16 Aug 2022 : 08:10:09
“blood sauce” – Common:- a very mild tomato-based chilli sauce (like unsweetened thick ketchup) from Calimshan that is used as a condiment (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - August 15, 2022)
“Hundur sauce” – Common:- a medium-hot, sour-sweet tamarind and clam sauce that is used as a condiment (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - August 15, 2022) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 04 Jul 2022 : 08:27:52
“ar” – Gnomish:- of (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022)
“athurr” – Gnomish:- a road (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022)
“bluth” – Gnomish:- mists (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022)
“daran” – Gnomish:- he (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022)
“duk” – Gnomish:- boot (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022)
“dukl” – Gnomish:- step; stride (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022)
“duklim” – Gnomish:- a magical gate or portal (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022)
“duklimaunr” – Gnomish:- a linked series of magical portals; a portal system (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022)
“duklimduk” – Gnomish:- to use, step through, or traverse magical portals (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022)
“lim” – Gnomish:- magic (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022)
“lurthaun” – Gnomish:- a trail (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022)
“maran” – Gnomish:- she (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022)
“oblann” – Gnomish:- overcast (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022)
“oblass” – Gnomish:- cloud (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022)
“oblassan” – Gnomish:- plural of “oblass” (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022)
“obluth” – Gnomish:- fog; opaque, persistent mist (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022)
“thaunr” – Gnomish:- a known route (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - June 29, 2022) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 04 Jul 2022 : 08:25:41
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Originally posted by Dilynrae
quote:
Originally posted by Kyrene
quote:
Originally posted by Dilynrae
Hey all, :)
a question to the Elf specialists here.
I believe, there's some poem about Corellon and Eilistraee. It's linked to the banishment of the latter. In the end there is the phrase "May your path be green and golden"
Does anyone know, where i can find that poem in full length?
Dude!?!  This is a glossary thread... Perhaps you would get more traction if you started a thread in one of the general subforums.
First off, i'm not a dude, second i'm new herem so a bit more patience, please. Third, please be a bit more polite to a lady...
Righteous lady dude!!!  Or would you prefer "dudette"?
I think you might be a little bit sensitive there dude.  I gave you some solid advice (seeing as you're new here), didn't try to be mean, and had hoped I had shown genuine confusion with the emoji. Clearly, that didn't help you not to have your jimmies rustled.
Have a nice day dude and I hope you find your poem.  |
| Dilynrae |
Posted - 20 Jun 2022 : 07:27:20
quote:
Originally posted by Kyrene
quote:
Originally posted by Dilynrae
Hey all, :)
a question to the Elf specialists here.
I believe, there's some poem about Corellon and Eilistraee. It's linked to the banishment of the latter. In the end there is the phrase "May your path be green and golden"
Does anyone know, where i can find that poem in full length?
Dude!?! This is a glossary thread... Perhaps you would get more traction if you started a thread in one of the general subforums.
First off, i'm not a dude, second i'm new herem so a bit more patience, please. Third, please be a bit more polite to a lady... |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 06 Jun 2022 : 07:55:26
“all-moon” – Common:- a term used when speaking of a non-gendered item that could be used by any gender (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 16, 2022)
“ildglang” – Giant:- (literally “fireabove”) literal fire in the sky (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 16, 2022)
“no-horn” – Common:- a term used when speaking of an individual that is known to be utterly uninterested in sex (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 16, 2022)
“one” – Common:- a term used when speaking of an individual of unknown gender (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 16, 2022)
“shorn-horn” – Common:- a term used when speaking of an individual that is known to be gelded, or wounded and no longer has functioning genitalia (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 16, 2022)
“thornless” – Common:- a term used when speaking of an individual that is known to be gelded, or wounded and no longer has functioning genitalia (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 16, 2022)
“two-horn” – Common:- a term used when speaking of an individual that is known to be a hermaphrodite (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 16, 2022)
“uvarild” – Giant:- (literally “stormfire”) lightning (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 16, 2022) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 03 Jun 2022 : 10:34:55
“aloun” – Elvish:- cup (noun) (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 8, 2022)
“ammur” – Elvish:- the singular and plural word for clouds (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 8, 2022)
“calann” – Elvish:- cup (verb; one’s hands); to hold (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 8, 2022)
“hethtalos” – Elvish:- big storm (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 8, 2022)
“huan” – Elvish:- storm (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 8, 2022)
“huthammur” – Elvish:- storm clouds; storm front (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 8, 2022)
“lurleath” – Elvish:- sky (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 8, 2022)
“sathu” – Elvish:- drifting (on water) (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 8, 2022)
“tammin” – Elvish:- cauldron (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 8, 2022)
“taran” – Elvish:- gift (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 8, 2022)
“vra” – Elvish:- drifting (in the air) (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 8, 2022)
“wael” – Elvish:- drifting (adrift, or lost, or directionless) (Ed Greenwood on Twitter - May 8, 2022) |
| Kyrene |
Posted - 03 Jun 2022 : 10:32:48
quote:
Originally posted by Dilynrae
Hey all, :)
a question to the Elf specialists here.
I believe, there's some poem about Corellon and Eilistraee. It's linked to the banishment of the latter. In the end there is the phrase "May your path be green and golden"
Does anyone know, where i can find that poem in full length?
Dude!?! This is a glossary thread... Perhaps you would get more traction if you started a thread in one of the general subforums. |
| Dilynrae |
Posted - 23 May 2022 : 11:08:02
Hey all, :)
a question to the Elf specialists here.
I believe, there's some poem about Corellon and Eilistraee. It's linked to the banishment of the latter. In the end there is the phrase "May your path be green and golden"
Does anyone know, where i can find that poem in full length? |
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