A Lesson in Dragonspeak

[Anonymoose]

Thanks for all these updates! Before I replied, I went through the whole post adding new word definitions and checking words I'd found but not defined... and then found the note that things would be posted tomorrow. Whoops.

Indeed, I'd say you've succeeded in the language - even when I feel rather confident that I've cracked something unconfirmed (Hess Afah! - To "see forever"! The top of the mountain!), I find upon further review that it's not so simple (Wait a minute, that means to "Watch Forever", as in Tioman was on guard).

Looking forward to seeing how close Vik and I were as we chipped away at these, especially the Sorh Gahr mobs and dragon names from Anyx Trine.


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Oh, and also looking forward to whether or not mor and dhona are conspicuously absent...

1) To what extent do the spoken races understand dragonspeak?
2) To what extent do the dragons themselves speak Eorzean?
3) With reference to Q1, assuming that the average Eorzean doesn't understand dragonspeak, what are the chances that reference material can be found in repositories like the Great Gubal Library?

A good chunk of information related to this can be found in the old Dragonspeak introduction.

[treuhavik]

Looking forward to seeing how close Vik and I were as we chipped away at these, especially the Sorh Gahr mobs and dragon names from Anyx Trine.

Fingers crossed! It was certainly difficult trying to broaden the scope of each definition, as dragons would, but I think we were really close with most of the words we worked on.

[treuhavik]

Looking forward to seeing how close Vik and I were as we chipped away at these, especially the Sorh Gahr mobs and dragon names from Anyx Trine.

Fingers crossed! It was certainly difficult trying to broaden the scope of each definition, as dragons would, but I think we were really close with most of the words we worked on.

SO CLOSE!

[axemtitanium]

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Oh, and also looking forward to whether or not mor and dhona are conspicuously absent...

Mor Dhona = mor[n] do[h] na
= death forget [imperative]
= Forget death! (or "Leave death behind!" or even "Forsake death!")

[Velox]

Oh, and also looking forward to whether or not mor and dhona are conspicuously absent...

Given what we know now and what we know of Mor Dhona, it could be a bastardization like Mourn. If I had to venture a guess, I'd say it was a corrupted form of "mor[n] doh a[n]," roughly translating into "I, who has forgotten death." This would be alluding to the immortality of Midgardsormr who resided there.

Of course, I'm really grasping here.

[Nalien]

Given what we know now and what we know of Mor Dhona, it could be a bastardization like Mourn. If I had to venture a guess, I'd say it was a corrupted form of "mor[n] doh a[n]," roughly translating into "I, who has forgotten death." This would be alluding to the immortality of Midgardsormr who resided there.

Of course, I'm really grasping here.

I'm more incline to think it is referencing the significance of Mor Dhona as (apparently) the wellspring of Hydaelyns aether, it is a location which discards death by bringing forth life.

[Geist]

I'm more incline to think it is referencing the significance of Mor Dhona as (apparently) the wellspring of Hydaelyns aether, it is a location which discards death by bringing forth life.

Yes, I could see that approach working, if we take Silvertear Lake as Eorzea's more or less literal "cradle of life" (as in the place where aether concentrates/surges forth). I haven't tried my hand at the dictionary yet, but I guess we might end up getting interesting results for some concepts such as the Lifestream.

Again, thanks a bunch Ferne!... You've certainly made this Paladin happy.