Realms Lexicon

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Conversational

  • anyhail: "anyhow" or "anyway"
  • glim: beauty
  • glimmer: beautiful
  • mayhap: perhaps
  • outland goods: foreign goods (not pejorative)
  • X: x

Food & Drink

  • evenfeast: dinner
  • highsunfeast: lunch
  • morningfeast, mornfeast: breakfast
  • X: x
  • X: x
  • X: x
  • X: x

Time

  • X: x
  • highsun: sun
  • on the morrow: tomorrow
  • this night: tonight
  • X: x
  • X: x

People

  • clevershanks (m), clevertongue (f): know-it-all, wise ass
  • hardjaws: a regular at a tavern, a "bar fly"
  • outlander: foreigner (not pejorative)

Occupations

  • hay-nose: bumpkin or hick
  • highborn: noble (polite use)
  • highnose: noble (pejorative)
  • holy-nose: priest (only slightly pejorative, like using "cop" for policeman)
  • tavernmaster, innkeep(er): bartender
  • X: x
  • X: x

Races

  • Drow: the Dark Elves, the Dark Ones, the Accursed (by elves)
  • Dwarves: the Stout Folk, anvil-hammerers (diminutive or contemptuous)
  • Elves: the Fair Folk, Tel'Quessir ("the People", by elves)
    • Sun Elves: gold elves, Ar'Tel'Quessir ("the People of the Sun", by elves)
    • Moon Elves: silver elves, Teu'Tel'Quessir ("the People of the Moon", by elves)
    • Wood Elves: copper elves, Or'Tel'Quessir ("the People of the Wood", by elves)
    • Dark Elves: drow, Ssri'Tel'Quessir ("the People of the Dark", by elves)
  • Gnomes: the Quiet Folk
  • Halflings: the Quick Folk, the Sly Folk (mostly humans and dwarves, once considered diminuitive, but now a badge of pride), hin (by halflings)
  • Humans: the manyhanded (by halflings and elves), oroosh ("never-stopping talkers", by treants), hurbryn ("heavy-footed", by halflings, gnomes, satyrs, other sylvan and fey creatures)
  • Korred: the Dancing Folk
  • Ogres: Beast-men
  • Orcs: the Mighty (by orcs), slaugh ("mud-wallowing-dogs", by elves, a term that is creeping into sylvan usage)
  • Satyrs: the Free Folk
  • Svirfneblin: deep gnomes, the Deep Folk
  • Collective Terms: Phrases for multiple races, usually made by a single race in reference to others
    • the Proud Peoples: dwarves and elves collectively (by humans)
    • Ugrukh: any non-orc intelligent race; using a term meaning "broken bones," a reference to wounded, defeated, slaves and those too weak to defend themselves or be worthy of attention.
    • Worms: lesser goblinkin, by orcs