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Dictionary > Kriaan

Word[?]
KRI1N Kriaan
Word Type[?]
noun
Pronunciation[?]
/kriˈɑn/
Official Definition[?]

Slayer
(POGGLE, p. 1099)

Expanded Definition[?]

n. killer, slayer

Usage[?]

Vegunthar wahlaan qethsegol bormahii vahrukt, Hungunthar Tiid-Naak, kriaan se junnesejer, kroniid se Dunkreath.
Vegunthar built (this) stone (in) his father’s memory, Hungunthar Time-Eater, slayer of the Kings of the East, conqueror of Dunkreath.
(Word Wall for Tiid, Slow Time)

Connotations[?]

Rarely used compared to the more common kriid ‘killer/slayer’.

Etymology[?]

From krii ‘to kill’ with the noun suffix -aan.

Notes[?]

Not to be confused for the identical past participle of krii ‘to kill’.