Old Novantirna language

**Old Novantirna** (**Novanatîrjarô Eilauloi**) was the language of Novantir during the Unification of Novantir. It is nowadays used as a classical or religious language.

Its modern descendant is the Novantirna language.

Old Novantirna has two registers, a normal form of a word, and a stronger form for speeches and emotions.

## Alphabetical order

*b, a, č, n, e, ä, l, ă, d;
g, o, p, ï, r, dž, v, i, h;
ö, k, s, š, u, ñ, ř, j, z;
m, t, vh, w, ś, ŕ, tř, dř, zř;
ai, ei, oi, au, ao, oa, ua, ue, uo,
gw, ň, ń, d̦, ț, ø, äi, uä, vea.*

Old Novantirna was also written in futhark runes, usually in prayers. The original 24 runes of the Star Gods (the Aesir gods), mostly used as symbols and talismans, were known as Rûnodan.

## Pronouns

* am(a) - I (common)
* nuôra - I (ceremonial)
* Vjo - I (divine)
* zo - thou (common)
* joz - thee (common)
* Vjau - He (divine, for Odin, Makravalas, or Lumbariz)
* ao - we (stronger)

### Verb pronouns

* oz- - thou
* -nti - it (inanimate)
* -nizřa - they (plural)

... tvhä - self

## Affixes

### Location

* ir - to, towards
* lahon - east
* -tjol - down
* äh, häi (poetic) - up

### Amount

* krô, krau - all
* krôima - all together
* jama - together

### Others

* uïl, vïl; ol - for
* kon - for, in (stronger, allegiance)
* -ril - -ness
* -tar - -ness, collective act
* -hal - day of (older)
* -řez - day of
* ambla - is, am are
* -es - plural
* … rô, … rou - of
* -na - genitive (for numbers, places)
* ča - and
* ïh, ïd - or, alternatively, otherwise

## Basics

* uea, uao - no, not
* vea, vao - no, not (stronger)

## Glossary

* äh, äč, ač - high, tall
* ähnahäi - high of high, highest
* ambla - is, am, are
* ano, auna - dawn
* ao - we (ceremonial, collective)
* ărča, irča, ïrča - he who fixes, a king
* dan - place, site
* dran - to speak
* džakledai, džekil - to impale
* eilauloi - language
* -es - plural
* gilk, glik - to snatch, to collect, to scoop
* glok - to drop, to fall down
* hänsja - science
* îrud - to scream, to yell
* ïh, ïd - or, alternatively, otherwise
* jam - stack, put together, assemble
* jama - together
* jamada - temple, city, fortress
* jamda - cairn, pillar, monument, landmark, union, league
* juñ - to hang
* kkuri - fear, terror, dread
* knend - to know
* kon - for, in (stronger)
* kôr - praise, lift up, hail to, glory to
* kôrodon - nine (elegant), blessings, everything
* krô, krau - all
* krôima - all together
* krôjama - brotherhood, league, coalition, federation, alliance
* kront - spear
* lahon - east, windy, haunted
* lon - wind, windy; spirit, haunted, ghost
* lumba - wheel
* Lumbaidřiz, Lumbadra, Lumbara, Lumbaidra, Lumbăřiz - Lumbariz, Lord of the Wheel
* Lumbařana (pl. Lumbařanaes) - a worshipper of Lumbariz
* Lumbařitar - Lumbarism, worship of the Malendor gods
* mâča - parasol, shade, canopy
* mâčad - roof, cover
* mâčda - to cover
* mahallan - great reward
* Makroval, Mäčroväl - Makravalas, Lord of the Sea
* madra - to like, to care for, to love; compassion, kindness, love
	+ Am madra joz.; Amadra joz. - I love you.
* Mäčrovalna (pl. Mäčrovanaes) - a worshipper of Makravalas
* Mäčrovaltar - Makravalism, worship of the Celestials or angels
* mädan - light
* mädna - to shine
* mädnol - first light, hope
* mig - than
* minom - to drink
* -na - genitive (for numbers, places)
* Nâkkămeldrai - Supercorporation
* nov - shield
* novana - unity, oneness
* nov(o), nol - one
	+ reconstructed descendant: \*tanau
* nuôra - I (ceremonial)
* ñao - to stretch
* ñřa - tree
* ob - root
* ôñ, jôñ - night
* oon - bread
* Ôril, Ôzil - Odin, Lord of Science, Knowledge, and Magic
* oz- - thou (verb)
* Ôzilna (pl. Ôzilnaes) - a worshipper of Odin, a Malendor Odinist
* Ôziltar - Odinism, worship of Odin and the Aesir ("Star Gods")
* rahi - filth (a very offensive curse word)
* rika - arrow
* -ril - -ness
* … rô, … rou - of
* roñdo - to kill, to murder
* roñz - to kill many people, to slaughter
* roñzta - massacre
* rûnaz, rûno, rûna - rune (Aesiric magic glyph), emblem (poetic)
* Rûnôvan - the Runes, the Futhark
* řez, drais - day
* -řo - more, -er (classical)
* -řoi, -řai - most, -est (classical)
* suda - dirt
* skon - to see, to watch
* tîr - castle, bastion, fortress, stronghold
* -tni, tin - in
* töl - war, fighting
* tum - ground, earth
* tvhä - self
* twei - bread
* uea, uao - no, not
* vai - three
* Vaiarča - Three Kings
* vaoknâ - the unknown, oblivion
* vaokne - unknown
* vea, vao - no, not (stronger)
* ... van - or not? (interrogative)
* Veikirõgwa - may you live long; long live
* vjandžrä - hope
* Vjau - He (divine pronoun), any of the three gods
* Vjo - I (divine pronoun)
* vhi - to accompany
* vhûn - storm, wind
* widjôh, vedjôh, vädanha - faith

## Numbers

0; 1-10 - řuie; nol, rusul, vai, dreja, hoko, vrôja, čapta, ïnovda, koron, tamta

0; 1-10 (elegant): droi; novad, rilus, vai, rai, hokai, mrôja, čaptaja, ïnauta, kôrodon, tämja(ta)

10 (elegant, alternate) - tämja(n)da

nol madan - one light

madan nol - first light. Numbers after nouns become ordinal.

## Sadravaen language

The Sadravaen language, the speech of the first Novantirs dating back to the reign of Druvara, was the oldest attested ancestor of the Novantirna language. Now it exists as a classical, sacred speech for ceremonies and magical powers.

* čaul - black, dim, dark as space or night
* čaula - serene, peaceful, magical, enlightened by the Gods
* čualan - surrounded by divine darkness, eternal, enlightenment
* dandřa - a smith
* möl, muil, mol - evil, wicked
* rîl - heaven, heavenly, divine, good, supreme, with the Gods
* Rîldandřa - a "Divine Smith", an emperor of the early Charvasari civilisation before the Norse invasions.
* lum(ba), luma - round, perfect, smooth
* sařa, saura - holy, bright, radiant
* sibedu, siredu, sjedu - hurry up (to call an arahirri as you ride one)
	+ Modern Novantirna: sjedu (for any steed, like "giddyup")

## Samples

See also: May the Supercorporation Live Forever

**Oz-dran Novantîrjarô Eilauloi van?**
O-z=d-r-a-n N-o-v-a-n-t-î-r-j-a=r-ô Ei-l-au-l-oi v-a-n?
[ozˈdran novʌnˈtiːrjaroː ɛjˈlaʊ̯lɔi̯ ʋʌn]
*Thou-speak Novantir-ish Language able?*
Can you speak in Old Novantirna? (Boatiqva and Banchje's favourite exercise)

**Oz-mâčda nol mädan.** - You cover one light.

**Oz-mâčda mädan nol.** - You cover the first light.

**Ôril Vjau vhi-ao-es! Nuôra uea-skäräitnä!**
[ˈoːril ʋjau̯ ʋiˈjaowɛs ˈnwoːrʌ ˈweʌ̯skærɛi̯tna]
*Odin He (divine) with-us-PLU! I no-frightened!*
Odin is with us! I am not afraid!

**Ao vea-jïr suma-tni. Ao-jïrro kon haohorro!** - We do not come in peace. We arrive in anger!

**Hänsja Vädanha!** - Science is Faith!

### "Runatal song" (song of the glyphs)

#### Lyrics

Möilta koron řezes
ča koron jôñes
Vjo knend Vjo
juñ uïl loneñřa

Vjo džakledai kront
Ol Ôril ir tvhä,
Ähhañřa vaokne
Ob ñao-nti ir-vaoknâ.

Uea dai-nizřa twei,
ča uea oon ol minom,
Vjo skon-tjol tum,
îrud-nô Rûnôvan
gilk-nô ähnähäi,
Vjo glok-llo ol ähhañřa.

#### Pronunciation

[ˈmweʲltʌ koˈron ˈd͡rezɛs]
[t͡ɕʌ koˈron ˈjoːŋɛs]
[ʋjo kɲɛnd ʋjo]
[juŋ wɯl loˈneŋd͡ra]

[ʋjo t͡ʂʌlɛˈdai̯ kront]
[ol ˈoːril ɯr ˈtʋɰɛ]
[ˈæχːaŋd͡ra ˈvaokɲɛ]
[ob ˈŋaonti ɯrˈvaokɲɒː]

[ˈweʌ̯ dai̯ˈnizd͡ra tʷei̯]
[t͡ɕʌ ˈweʌ̯ oˈɣon ol miˈnom]
[ʋjo skonˈtjol tum]
[ˈiːrudnoː ˈruːnøːʋan]
[ˈgliknoː ˈæxnɛxæi̯]
 [ʋjo ˈgloklːo ol ˈæxæŋd͡rʌ]

#### Translation (Hávamál 137-139)

For nine days
And nine nights,
I know what I learned,
Hung from a windy tree.

Pierced by a spear for Odin,
Giving myself to myself,
High on an unknown tree
Whose roots go to nowhere.

They gave me no bread,
and no horn to drink with,
I looked down to the earth,
I screamed out the Runes,
taking them up,
I fell from the tree afterwards.

## Pronunciation

* c - [t͡ɕ]
* ä - [æ~æɪ̯]
* l - [l], [ɫ] in ceremonial or religious speech
* ă - [ə~ɐ]
* ï - [ɯ]
* dž - [d͡ʑ~t͡ɕ]
* h - [x]
* š - [ʃ~ɕ]
* ñ - [ŋ]
* ř - [d͡r]
* j - [j]
* vh - [ʋ~β]
* ś - [ɕ~sʲ]
* ŕ - [rʲ~ri]
* tř - [tːr~t͡rː]
* dř - [dːr~d͡rː]
* zř - [z͡dr~st͡r]
* ň - [(ⁿ)gj~ŋʲ]
* ń - [ɲ~zj]
* d̦ - [ɟ~z]
* ț - [c~k(ʲ)]
* ø - [ɔ̃~an]

## Gallery

"Odin is with us! I am not afraid!"Analysis of the calligraphic example.Some Old Novantirna letters.Futhark converted to sacred Malendor emblems.
## See also

* Novantirna glossary
* Novantirna mythology
* Archaic Sarmelonid glossary
* Norse glossary