Dethek

A

• æ: gold
• ægelyr: one's ancestors, lit. "golden spirits"
• ælin: goldwork
• ætharn: gold lust
• agland: sword
• alagh: battle-glory, valor
• ar: to cut, slash or lay open
• arglar: to butcher
  • "a proper arglary": a proper butchering, or a good fight, often used to describe a vicious struggle with orcs
• arau: great, huge, gigantic
• arauglor: sea, ocean (literally, "great-lake")
• Arausamman: "Great Friend," a term of respect given to non-dwarves who have greatly aided the dwarven people

B

• barak: backbone, strength, shield
• bedorn: disbelief, lies, mistakes, exaggeration, distortion
• beldarak: treachery
• beldarakin: treacherous beings, ones who are treacherous
• burakrin: way through, passage

C

• calass: thief, miscreant, untrustworthy one
• caurak: cavern (large size, subterranean only)
• corl: to kill
• corlar: killer

D

• daern: familiar, known (place, feature or being)
• darrown: noble, superb, very dwarf-like and praiseworthy
• dauble: (pl. daubles) treasure or valuable
• deladar: to descend, to go down
• deladauragh: to die in battle; literally "to go down to the death"
• delvar: to dig; hence, "delve" means a digging, mine, tunnel or underhome
• donnar: metal ore
• dun: underground; often a prefix
• dunglor: underground lake
• dunlur: underground river

E

• endar: cave, surface world, one not connected to extensive underways

F

• færn: home, lit. "vault where gold resides; treasury"
• findar: good luck, good fortune, favorable chances
• fhostuuf: the good heat at the heart of a forge or hearth; "useful" fire, tamed for the good of dwarvenkind

G

• galakkur: messy, untidy, or sloppy; named for a folkloric figure named Galakkur who always did things by halves, with bad outcomes because of it
• gelyr: ghosts, or ancestors not one's own (one's own ancestors are aegelyr, or "golden ancestors")
• glander: gems, including uncut natural stones
• glor: lake
• gordul: "Gods, forfend!", or "Gods, look at this!"; an oath of amazement or despair

H

• halaur: gift
• hurnden: payment

I

• ilith: deal, agreement, trust of one's word or honor

J

• jargh: jokester, idiot; a colloquial insulting name for halflings

K

• kuld: axe
• kuldjargh: a berserker, or one who is reckless in any battle (literally, "axe-idiot")
• kuldar: warrior; literally, "axe cutter"

L

• levasst: passage linking surface and underground
• lhar: gap, (mountain) pass
• lin: work or craftsmanship (usually a suffix)
• llargh: loose stone, bad work or unsafe
• lur: river, creek, stream
• llur: large (wide) river
• lurgh: marsh, fen
• lurmurk: bog, muskeg (concealed waters)

M

• mardarl: a thing which is hidden or concealed
• morndin: peak, height (especially of mountains, but sometimes also used to speak of high ledges, ranks of individuals or tall creatures)
• mrin: to climb; "mrinding" is "climbing"
• mur: to disagree
• murmel: argue, debate
• murmelings: arguments, criticism, words of dissention

N

• norogh: monsters, evil or dangerous beings or forces (especially unknown or unidentified)
• noror: enemies (known)
• noroth: enemy land, area or lair; pl. "norothin"

O

• ogurkh: something phenomenally stupid, insane, or dunderheaded
• ol: magic, magical power or items
• olara: natural magic, not shaped or used by beings
• olor: the world; all the lands, the entire territory of Toril seen by, and known to, dwarvenkind

P

• parlyn: clothing, especially unusual or unexpected (proper or fitting) adornment
• paerth: an exclamation, meaning "fat chance" or "not likely"

R

• raugh: death, an ending, "it's over" (especially regarding feuds and love affairs)
• rrin: over, above
• rorn: destruction, devastation, war
• rorntyn: battlefield
• rune: familiar, known
• runedar: home, familiar place, haven

S

• sabrak: crack, flaw
• samman: trusted friend, brother
• samryn: trustworthy, honest, honorable or favorable
• sargh: disgusting thing or occurrence, filth; orcs or orc-work
• sargathuld: "orc bane"; a name for a sword, as well, Sargathuld
• sonn: good stone
• splendarr: bright, shining, beautiful, hopeful
• sprendle: a trick, prank, or deliberate misdirection, especially if lighthearted or intended to avoid a confrontation
• steyr: solid foundations; the root of mountains; also used to mean "a good beginning" or "strong heritage/origins".

T

• taerin: love; true or "deep' love
• tarunter: anything that seems fussy or pretentious. This is never applied to religious topics, no matter how silly or overblown they might seem.
• thalorn: kindness, caring, good deed
• tharn: love, lust
• thord: bone; plural "thorden"
• thork: death, excrement, decay, carrion
• thuldul: fate, doom, ill luck or (spoken in irony) every cheery tidings or good fortune
• tindul: clumsiness or clumsy work (esp. smithcraft)
• tor: hill, knoll; especially if bare rock in places, smaller than mountain or crag
• torst: adventure, fun, welcome danger
• tyn: field, open place (above ground)

U

• ultok: meeting-place, coming together, rendezvous
• ultokrinlur: ford; literally, "meeting place over river"
• undivver: hope, future plan, strategy
• urduun: great wind, originally referred to for great gusts of air through tunnels, but refers to any strong winds.

V

• vallahir: mountain-meadow (high valley, especially a "hanging valley" or alpine plateau
• vellamorn: treasure, valuables, hidden wealth
• veltel: romance, courtship, social games and manners
• vhul: snow or ice
• vhulyntyr: winter, referring to any single great plane or location filled with snow and ice, whether a frozen lake, a frozen-over mountain pass, or even a snow-filled grey sky.
• vivrik: hunted
• vudd: wood, forest
• vruden: wood; "vrudenla" is "wooden"

W

• wurgym: ugliness; ugly thing or being
• wurlur: current, racing water (danger)
• wurn: water (especially useful or drinking water)

X

• xoth: knowledge (especially dwarf-lore and secret or special knowledge)
• xunder: secrets, dark deeds or treasure-talk

Y

• yaugh: a climb
• yaughadar: stairs or steps
• yauthmair: rope
• yauthtil: elevator or pulley-based riser; "olyauthtil" if magical

Z

• zander: adventurer, rogue, foolish youth, happy-go-lucky or reckless being