Old Speech

This is the root language of Earthsea and the language that allows wizards and mages to take control of things. The true names and words for things, which are given in this tongue, give a witch or wizard control over the object.
Dragons speak this and are capable of twisting the truth, though they cannot lie. But when humans speak the true speech they must speak the full truth.
Examples:
agnen   rune of ending
agni   king
ahi eheraihe   unknown; perhaps dismount
ahivaraihe   unknown; perhaps dismount
ahm   the beginning, long ago
aissadan verw nadannan   what was divided is divided
anvassa mane harw pennodathe!   I break the bond that holds you!
arhada   trees of a species unique to the Immanent Grove on Roke
aro?   where is?
arw   here
ayezur   quicksilver, mercury
ekavroe ai oelwantar   the opening of a spell of changing
emenn   open!
es eyemra   our language
essa   foam
essiri   willow
ges   rune conferring endurance
gorbardon   crown
haath   dragon
hoeg   otak; a small mammal
iebera   petal of moly flower
inien   sea
kebbo   rabbit
kest   minnow
lebannen   rowan
medeu   sister, brother
memeas   I will come
nam hietha arw Ged arkvaissa   if thou seekest Ged here find him
noth hierth malk man, hiolk han merth han!   spell for calling goats
ogion   fir cone
ohb   the end
partonath   sepal of moly flower
pirr   rune protecting against fire, wind and madness
senvanissai'n ar Roke!   take/carry us to Roke!
siasa   eyelash
sifl   speed well, the name of a rune
simn   work well, the name of a rune
sobriost   mount!
suk   feather
thesse Kalessin   I am Kalessin
tolk   rock, pebble
turres   semen
verw nadan   the division
Yaved   Trimmer's Dell, a valley on Gont
Category:Earthsea languages
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