January 31, 2015
"How to explain in your tongue? The dov have words for such things that joorre do not."
At long last, the Jarl's Bounty returns! The Jarl's Bounty is a wordsmithing event where the community helps create words for the dictionary. Usually, the Jarl's Bounty is a list of English words that don't have Dovahzul translations yet. This time around, we're setting out to create words that only the dov possess.
With its return, we're also switching up how the Jarl's Bounty works. Share your idea for a word in the comments below, and we'll discuss them throughout the day. After 5:00 PM Central Time, the Jarl himself will review your suggestions and add any suitable words to his list. When the list is complete, everyone who participates in the event will receive 60 gold!
The words for this Jarl's Bounty are:
- Slaat (verb/noun) - to strike with the tail, as punch is to fist and kick is to foot; as a noun, a strike with the tail
- Lokrein (verb/noun) - to roar so as to announce one's presence or mark one's territory; such a roar
- Zel (verb/noun) - to permeate through time, to happen or occur retroactively, so as to have always existed
- Tein (noun) - kalpa, world-cycle
- Sahdrog (noun) - a leader or ruler who is weak or undeserving of the title
- Jahvrii (noun) - dragon heartscale
- Korosaan (noun) - an event or occurence that took place in the past
- Qel (noun) - an event or occurence that will take place, an inevitable fate
- Miirney - to bestow knowledge of the Thu'um to another; such a gift or blessing
- Zahrahuth - to demand sacrifice, tribute, or veneration; the demanding of tribute
- Duviing - to put down, fell, ground, bring down, prevent from flying; metaphorically, to remove someone from power or fall from power, downfall
- Stiir (verb) - to bare one's teeth
- Vein (verb) - to flap the wings strongly as a show of force or intimidation
- Wul (verb) - to fly into or against the wind; metaphorically, to struggle against adversity or fate
- Daanstrin (adjective) - to be resigned or accepting of one's fate, place, or future; antonym of the above
Comment below with your word ideas and example sentences of how they may be used. Pruzah tinvaak!