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Dictionary > Nok

Word[?]
NOK Nok
Word Type[?]
strong verb
Pronunciation[?]
/nok/
Official Definition[?]

Lie(s)
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition[?]

v. to lie (buried), rest (as in death); to lay or be laid to rest; to lie, tell a falsehood
n. rest; lie

Usage[?]

Nuz aan sul, fent alok, fod fin vul dovah nok, fen kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ruz!
But a day, shall arise, when the dark dragon's lies, will be silenced forever and then!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)

Het nok Yngnavar Gaaf-Kodaav, wo drey Yah moro nau Frod do Krosis, nuz sinon siiv dinok ahrk dukaan.
Here lies Yngnavar Ghost-Bear, who did Seek glory on the Battlefield of Sorrows, but instead found death and dishonor.
(Word Wall for Yah, Aura Whisper)

Connotations[?]

Specifically refers to death, the final resting place of a body or thing, usually buried.

Etymology[?]
No etymology to note.
Notes[?]

Used in the Song of the Dragonborn to mean ‘lie’ as in ‘deceive’, but used extensively in Word Walls as ‘to lie buried’. Should only be used pertaining to death, and lo ‘to deceive’ should be used instead pertaining to deception.