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Dragon Language Dictionary

Dragon-English
English-Dragon

Fifth Edition

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Introduction

The dragon language, commonly referred to by fans as Dovahzul (“dragon-voice”), is a fictional

language featured in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. This dictionary contains detailed,
comprehensive entries for all 647 words attested in the canonical language organized by the
Thuum.org community.
The language, and our understanding of it, has changed drastically over the years. Thuum.org
initially set out to expand the language by allowing fans to submit new words. This
crowdsourced effort helped build a community, but was unfortunately undertaken at a time
when we didn’t understand the language much at all (we didn’t know what we didn’t know).
This resulted in a lot of energy being put toward revising the 6,000 fanmade words to catch up
with our understanding of the language. The constant change not only made the language
difficult to learn, but an approach to the language developed that I felt wasn’t in the spirit of
Bethesda’s original work. Between a word submission system that promoted finding missing
English translations and the word-for-word nature of the online translator which was prone to
error, a lot of Thuum.org’s tools and materials geared students toward thinking of the dragon
language in a very English-centric mindset. I felt we had lost the character of Bethesda’s dragon
language somewhere along way.
This resulted in hard conversations about what to do with all the community’s work and how
to move the language forward. In the end, we decided step away from the fanmade vocabulary
we had been fostering for years, and shift back to the canonical language. Even though we have
left that work behind, we greatly appreciate everyone’s support and dedication over the years.
The site and community certainly wouldn’t have been the same without all of your
contributions.
We spent months compiling a new dictionary sourced entirely from official content, and
reexamining everything we thought we knew about the language and how we knew it. In each
entry, you’ll find citations and examples to help illustrate the definitions. We also established a
new parts of speech system to best describe the language in its own terms.
In the end, I hope this new dictionary proves to be the most authoritative and comprehensive
resource on the dragon language yet. A huge thank you to everyone who was involved to help
make this happen, and who continue to show their support for the site and the language even 6
years removed from Skyrim.
Frin unslaad!
-paarthurnax, Thuum.org administrator

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About the Dictionary

All officially recognized usage of the dragon language—the dragon language corpus—spans
from in-game dialogue, books, music, developer notes, and external official guides in print or
online. The contents of this dictionary were written by examining the entirety of the corpus and
consolidating all known information in one place.
The following breaks down the dictionary entry format so you can find exactly what you're
looking for and make the most of the information provided.

Understanding Dictionary Entries

Each dictionary entry covers a distinct word with its own definition and usage. Only base
words have dictionary entries (e.g., dovah 'dragon' has a dedicated entry, but dovahhe 'dragons'
does not). When looking for a word, make sure to look for the base word. There are some
exceptions where the base word might not occur, or where a word's base form might not be
readily obvious.

The goal of each dictionary entry is to succinctly describe the meaning of a word and
demonstrate its usage as it officially occurs.

Many specifics of the dragon language are unknown or unexplained. Dictionary entries may
provide additional, unofficial notes to expand the understanding of a word beyond what is
officially documented. These notes are based on extended analysis, taking into account the
language as it occurs in-game and the process by which Bethesda created it, and represent the
best current understanding of the language. As these notes are ultimately hypothetical in
nature, you are free to heed or ignore them for your own purposes. We encourage you to read
the source material and draw your own conclusions.

Word
The Word section provides the dragon word in both the original dragon runes and the
romanization. Words are spelled as observed in-game or in official external material, such as the
Prima Games guide.

Dragon rune spellings are derived from each word's official romanization and the official
alphabet. Not all words appear written in dragon runes in-game. The dragon words presented
in the dictionary entries are the standard spellings.

There are some spelling discrepancies between official guide material and actual in-game usage,
in particular misspellings that are found in the subtitles and dialogue files. For the sake of
completeness, the most common misspellings have their own dictionary entries to reference. In

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cases where a word may only occur once, the spelling listed in the official guide is determined
to be official. The spelling of related words also determines official spelling. If you cannot find a
word, try looking at nearby words in case the word you are looking for may be misspelled.

Pronunciation
The Pronunciation section provides the word's pronunciation using the International Phonetic
Alphabet. The pronunciations provided are broad transcriptions for the sake of readability and
accuracy. See the Alphabet & Pronunciation section for more on dragon language
pronunciation.

Some words may list multiple pronunciations. Pronunciations are listed in order from most
typical to least typical.

The dragon alphabet is highly phonemic, meaning that words are pronounced exactly as they
are spelled. The pronunciations listed are based on in-game pronunciations and the "textbook"
pronunciations derived from a word's spelling. Most words do not have recorded
pronunciations to reference. In-game pronunciations vary greatly between voice actors and
international versions of the game. Textbook pronunciation is derived from the most common
observed pronunciations that provide the least amount of overlap between letters. (For
example, in textbook pronunciation gron /gron/ 'to bind' and graan /grɑn/ 'to rout' are not
homophones, but gron is sometimes pronounced in-game as /grɑn/.) Where in-game
pronunciation differs from a word's textbook pronunciation, textbook pronunciation is listed
first as the recommended, standard pronunciation.

Discrepancies may exist between the syllables listed as stressed in the dictionary and the
syllables that are stressed in the in-game pronunciations. Stress placement varies greatly
between voice actors. In words that do not have observed pronunciations, stress placement is
hypothetical. The root of a word generally receives the stress, and affixes are generally
unstressed. Syllables with aa or ii can also influence stress. Stress may also change with the flow
of a sentence. The stresses listed are the recommended pronunciations.

Word Type
The Word Type section provides the part of speech that a word serves as. Dragon words are
highly flexible and may function as multiple parts of speech in different contexts. The parts of
speech system used in the Word Type section describes how a word may behave based on in-
game examples and analysis.

The terms 'strong' and 'weak' denote how adjectives and verbs can be used. 'Strong' indicates an
adjective or verb that can also be used as a noun, while 'weak' indicates an adjective or verb that
cannot be used as a noun. All words are assumed to be strong unless there in an explicit noun

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form (e.g. aam 'to serve' is considered a weak verb due to the existence of ahmik 'service'). Words
with similar meanings but different etymologies do not inform one another's strong or weak
qualities. For example, the existence of vur 'valor' does not make krilot 'valiant' a weak adjective
because vur and krilot are unrelated. Some words may be considered strong despite having
explicit noun forms. For example, mul 'strong' is considered a strong adjective
despite mulaag 'strength' because it is used to mean 'strength' in the Dragon Aspect Shout.

The Word Type section is unofficial except where noted in the official definition. A word's listed
part of speech may differ from official notes where a word's meaning or behavior better fit the
listed part of speech.

Official Definition
The Official Definition section lists the word's definition verbatim as it appears in official
sources, such as dialogue file developer notes or the Prima Games official guide. Sources are
cited beneath the definition. Only the first or most prominent instance is cited if a definition
appears in the same source multiple times. A source may be cited multiple times if it contains
multiple, distinct definitions.

Below is a list of all sources used to produce the official definitions. Brackets indicate variable
text, such as a name or number:

 ({Shout Name}) - The definition as listed in the in-game Shouts menu. Some Shouts are
not directly available to the player and can only be accessed via console commands.
See UESP.net for a complete list of Shouts and their corresponding IDs if you wish to
verify the definitions in-game.

 (Book, {Title}) - The definition as provided from an in-game book. The most commonly
cited books are Songs of Skyrim and Dragon Language: Myth No More.

 (Dialogue File, {Form ID}) - The definition as provided from developer notes in Skyrim's
dialogue file* exported from the Creation Kit. The cited Form ID refers to the specific
line or group of dialogue where the definition is listed. Only developer notes and in-
game dialogue that explicitly state a definition are considered valid definition sources.
In-game dialogue that comments on the dragon language (such as commentary from
Paarthurnax) but does not explicitly state a translation is not considered valid, as these
comments are often paraphrase. Commentary may be accepted as an official translation
where a translation does not exist elsewhere.

* The linked file includes dialogue from the base game but not the Dawnguard or
Dragonborn DLCs. Some dialogue citations use notes from Dawnguard or Dragonborn
dialogue. These must be verified in the Creation Kit at this time.

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 (POGGLE, {Page}) - The page in the Prima Games Official Game Guide: Legendary
Edition where the word's definition is cited. Definitions are primarily cited from the
dragon word list beginning on page 1096, or from the Word Wall transcriptions on the
following pages.

 (PrimaGames.com) - The definition as provided from Prima Games' online English to

Dragon Language list. Some words and notes appear in the PrimGames.com list and
nowhere else.

Expanded Definition
The Expanded Definition section is an unofficial definition that provides more detail and clarity
than might be found in the official definition, including the English parts of speech that a word
can be used as. Below are the abbreviations used for each part of speech:

adj. adjective
adv. adverb
art. article
conj. conjunction
interj. interjection
n. noun
pref. prefix
prep. preposition
suff. suffix
v. verb

Expanded definitions are based on the part of speech listed in the Word Type section. The
expanded definition may list parts of speech that do not occur in canon usage. This is done in
favor of flexibility and to satisfy the part of speech system developed to describe the language.
You may choose to use words only in the way that they are used in canon.

Usage
The Usage section lists and cites occurrences of the word where it officially appears. The Usage
section does not list every occurrence, but those that best demonstrate the definition. Similarly,
some sources are not reproduced in their entirety but with enough context to portray the word.

Each usage is followed by a translation and a citation. Translations are official and reproduced
verbatim where official translations are provided in the source. Unofficial translations are
written in square brackets where no official translation is provided, and are written in as literal
a manner as possible.

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Below is a list of all sources used to produce the Usage section. Brackets indicate variable text,
such as a name or number:

 ({Shout Name}) - The word as it appears in the in-game Shouts. Some Shouts are not
directly available to the player and can only be accessed via console commands.
See UESP.net for a complete list of Shouts and their corresponding IDs if you wish to
verify the definitions in-game.

 (Book, {Title}) - The word as it appears in an in-game book. The most commonly cited
books are Songs of Skyrim and Dragon Language: Myth No More.

 ({Speaker}, {Form ID}) - The word as it appears in dialogue, copied verbatim from
the Skyrim's dialogue file* exported from the Creation Kit. The cited Form ID refers to
the specific line or group of dialogue where the word occurs.

* The linked file includes dialogue from the base game but not the Dawnguard or
Dragonborn DLCs. Some dialogue citations occur in Dawnguard or Dragonborn
dialogue. These must be verified in the Creation Kit at this time.

 (Word Wall for {Word}, {Shout}) - The word as it appears in a Word Wall where Word of
Powers are obtained. The citation notes the Shout and Word of Power of the Word Wall
where the word occurs. Official transcriptions and translations are taken from the Prima
Games Official Game Guide: Legendary Edition. Some Word Walls do not occur in the
guide or in-game, and are taken from Creation Kit files. Some words do not occur
outside of these unused Word Walls. See UESP.net for more information.

Connotations

The Connotations section explains a word's meaning in more depth than the dictionary
definition, noting what things it may be associated with and how it differs from similar words.
All connotations are hypothetical and are gleaned from its usage. A word's etymology may also
inform its connotations, especially where a word may have limited or no usage. In some
instances, not enough information exists to provide connotation notes.

Etymology
The Etymology section lists the internal origin of a word. Most etymologies are hypothetical
except where noted in the official definition. Some etymologies are more hypothetical than
others; etymologies that require the fewest assumptions are favored. Etymologies may
sometimes inform a word's definition and connotations, especially where it may have limited or
no usage to reference.

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Etymologies describe how a word is derived, not how it forms other words. For example, the
etymology section for zeymahzin 'companion' will reference zeymah 'brother', but the etymology
section for zeymah will not reference zeymahzin. Reference the See Also section instead for other
words that are derived from a word.

Notes
The Notes section provides any other information about a word, such as trivia, possible external
origins, and ways in which a word should or should not be used.

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Alphabet & Pronunciation

Below is a brief list of the dragon language’s 34 runes with their transliterations and typical IPA
pronunciations. For more details, see http://thuum.org/learn/grammar/alphabet.php.

Rune Transliteration Pronunciation Rune Transliteration Pronunciation

A a /æ/ M m /m/

1 aa /ɑ/ N n /n/

4 ah
/ɑ/, sometimes
O o /o/
/ɑx/
B b /b/ 8 oo /u/

D d /d/ P p /p/

E e /ɜ/ Q q /qw/

2 ei /ɑɪ/ R r /r/

9 ey /eɪ/ S s /s/

F f /f/ T t /t/

G g /g/ U u /u/

H h /h/ 5 uu, or u’u /u/, or /uʔu/

I i /i/ 6 ur /ur/

3 ii /i/ V v /v/

7 ir /ir/ W w /w/

J j /dʒ/ X x /ks/

K k /k/ Y y /j/

L l /l/ Z z /z/

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Aak 1K Aal 1L

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation

strong verb /ɑk/ weak verb /ɑl/

Official Definition Official Definition

Guide May (as in “May his soul”)
(Dialogue File, 0003F9E1) (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (PrimaGames.com)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition v. may, might, to express possibility, wish,
v. to guide or prayer
n. guide; guidance
Usage
Usage Aal rek siiv unahzaal praan ko Feykro do
Nafni wahlaan qethsegol bormahii vahrukt, Hahnu.
Ragnvald, wen Zii fen mahfaeraak aak ok May she find eternal rest in the Forest of
brod, ahrk folook ok hokoron. Dreams.
Nafni raised this stone for his father, Ragnvald, (Word Wall for Kaan, Kyne’s Peace)
whose Spirit will forever guide his clan, and
haunt his enemies. Orin pruzaan dwiin aal kreh ahrk kren, nuz
(Word Wall for Zii, Become Ethereal) Slen do vahzah muz los sindugahvon.
Even the best steel may bend and break, but the
Faas ni Brendon do Dinok, fah rok los Flesh of a true man is unyielding.
qolaas do moro, ahrk hin aak wah lot (Word Wall for Slen, Ice Form)
Sovngarde.
Connotations
Fear not the Specter of Death, for he is the herald
of glory, and your guide to great Sovngarde. Associated with prayer. Used in formal
(Word Wall for Faas, Dismay) addresses or commemorations.

Notes
Qostiid sahlo aak.
Prophecy is a weak guide. Not used to indicate permission. May be the
(Paarthurnax, 0003F9E1) original of draal ‘to pray’.

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Aam 1M Official Definition

A/An (Song of the Dragonborn, not
generally used)
Word Type Pronunciation
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
weak verb /ɑm/ (POGGLE, p. 6, 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Official Definition Expanded Definition
Serve art. a, an
(Dialogue File, 020286FE)
(PrimaGames.com) Usage
Expanded Definition Alduin, feyn do jun, kruziik vokun
staadnau, voth aan bahlok wah diivon fin
v. to serve, act as a servant, give loyalty to
lein!
Usage Alduin, bane of kings, ancient shadow unbound,
with a hunger to swallow the world!
Aam? Serve you? ...no. Ni tiid. If and when
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
you defeat Alduin, I will reconsider.
Serve you? No, not yet. If and when you defeat
Het nok Faal Vahlok, deinmaar do
Alduin, I will reconsider.
Dovahgolz ahrk aan Fus do unslaad rahgol
(Odahviing, 00048F03)
ahrk vulom.
Here lies The Guardian, keeper of the
Zu'u fent aam.
Dragonstone and a Force of eternal rage and
I shall serve.
darkness.
(Tamed Dragon, 0201FB93)
(Word Wall for Fus, Unrelenting Force)
Aam uv dir. Notes
Serve or die.
Rarely used outside of poetry or song,
(Krosulhah, 020286FE)
particularly absent in speech.
Connotations
To serve someone out of duty or loyalty,
such as a king or leader. Connotes Aan 1N
subservience but not domination or loss of
will.
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ɑn/

Aan 1N
Official Definition
Slave
Word Type Pronunciation
(Dialogue File, 000EDF49)
article /ɑn/

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Expanded Definition Usage

n. slave Het nok kopraan do Hela, fahdon wah pah
sivaas, aar do Kaan.
Usage Here lies the body of Hela, friend to all beasts,
Meyye! Tahrodiis aanne! Him hinde pah servant of Kyne.
liiv! Zu'u hin daan! (Word Wall for Kaan, Kyne’s Peace)
Fools! Treacherous slaves! Your hopes (are) all
withered! I (am) your doom. Qethsegol vahrukiv lot Miraak — sonaak
(Alduin, 000CD9DF) do lot onikaan, aar do faal Diiv, ahrk
hokoron do jul.
Connotations This stone commemorates the great Miraak —
Denotes a person who serves by free will, priest of great wisdom, servant of the Wyrm,
but owes their service as a function of and enemy to man.
strength or domination. (Word Wall for Diiv, Dragon Aspect)

Etymology
You are persistent, Dovahkiin. Pruzah ol
Related to aar ‘servant/slave’. aar. A fine slave you would have made.
You are persistent, Dovahkiin. Good as (a)
Notes
slave.. A fine slave you would have made.
Variant of aar that more specifically denotes
(Alduin, 000EDF49)
a slave, possibly a mistake as it occurs in
only a single line. Use aar ‘servant/slave’ Connotations
or zaam ‘slave’ instead. Typically denotes a person who serves by
their own free will, as an act of duty or
loyalty, rather than by enslavement or
Aar 1R domination. This distinction blurs in dragon
culture, where loyalty is owed to the
strongest and most dominant. Related
Word Type Pronunciation word zaam specifically refers to a slave
noun /ɑr/ without free will.

Etymology
Official Definition Related to aam ‘to serve’.
Servant/Slave
(Dialogue File, 000EDF49) Notes
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Also appears as aan in one line of dialogue,
(PrimaGames.com) either a variant or possibly a mistake.

Expanded Definition
n. servant, slave, one who serves out of
duty or loyalty

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Aav 1V Official Definition

Mercy
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Word Type Pronunciation (PrimaGames.com)
strong verb /ɑv/
Expanded Definition
v. to relent, give quarter (to), have mercy
Official Definition (on)
Join n. mercy, quarter, relent, respite
(Dialogue File, 000C64F2)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Usage
(PrimaGames.com) Bolog aaz, mal lir!
Beg (for) mercy, little worm!
Expanded Definition
(Draugr, 000C64F2)
v. to join forces, efforts, sides, or company
n. union, unison, unity Nivahriin muz fent siiv nid aaz het.
Cowardly men shall find no mercy here.
Usage
(Morokei, 00080103)
Fah ok unslaad mid rok aav dilon voth lot
zin. Etymology
For his eternal loyalty, he joins the dead with May relate to faaz ‘pain’.
great honor.
(Word Wall for Mid, Battle Fury)

Aav uv dir. Ag AG
Join (me) or die.
(Alduin, 000C64F2) Word Type Pronunciation
Connotations strong verb /æg, ɑg/
Primarily relates to the military and battle.
No occurrence yet refers to physical contact. Official Definition
Burn
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth no More)
Aaz 1Z (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)

Word Type Pronunciation Expanded Definition

strong verb /ɑz/ v. to burn
n. burn; incineration, the act of burning

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Usage Notes
Qethsegol vahrukiv kiir jun Jafnhar, wo los Shortest word in the known language.
ag nahlaas naal Yol do lot dovah Lodunost. Alternate interpretation of the dragon
This stone commemorates the child king Jafnhar, name Dovahkiin translates to ‘dragonkind
who was burned alive by the Fire of the great hunter born’ or ‘born to hunt dragonkind’
dragon Lodunost. rather than ‘dragon born’.
(Word Wall for Yol, Fire Breath)

Notes
Molag is the Ehlnofex word for ‘fire’. Ahkrin 4KRIN
External inspiration may also have come
from the Sanskrit agni ‘fire’. Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ˈɑ krin/

Ah 4 Official Definition
Courage
Word Type Pronunciation (POGGLE, p. 1096)
noun /ɑ/ (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
Official Definition n. courage, bravery
Hunter
(Call Dragon Shout) Usage
(POGGLE, p. 1096) But I honor your courage. Krif voth ahkrin.
(PrimaGames.com) But I honor your courage. (You) fight bravely.
(Mirmulnir, 00078DF7)
Expanded Definition
n. hunter Nonvul Bron mahfaeraak dahmaan sahrot
Vahlok, wen lot ahkrin shaan ney muz ahrk
Usage dovah.
Od ah viing! Noble Nord, forever remember the mighty
Snow hunter wing! Vahlok, whose great courage inspired both men
(Call Dragon Shout) and dragons.
(Word Wall for Shaan, Battle Fury)
Connotations
Appears only as a Word of Power in the Connotations
Call Dragon Shout. May share root with krii ‘to kill’, kriin ‘to
slay’, and krif ‘to fight’,
indicating ahkrin and its related words
connotate courage and bravery in battle.

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Etymology Etymology
From krin ‘courageous’. From aam ‘to serve’.

Notes
The phrase voth ahkrin ‘with courage’ is
used as an adverb to mean ‘courageously’ Ahmul 4MUL
or ‘bravely’.
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ˈɑ mul/
Ahmik 4MIK
Official Definition
Word Type Pronunciation Husband
noun /ˈɑ mik/ (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)

Official Definition Expanded Definition

Service n. husband
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) Usage
Lungerd wahlaan qethsegol ahmulii
Expanded Definition
vahkrut, Thorgrima, deinmaar do sahqon
n. service yolos, ahrk drog do Lah.
Lungered raised this stone in memory of her
Usage
husband, Thorgrima, keeper of the crimson
Tiidi do ahmik oblaan. flame, and lord of Magicka.
My time of service is ended. (Word Wall for Lah, Drain Vitality)
(Tamed Dragon, 0202AD10)
Bekkhild wahlaan qethsegol ahmulii
Het mah Siigoniis Neivaan, wo wundun gut vahrukt, Eyolf, wen veysun los sizaan ko
nol hofkiin dir voth zin ko ahmik do vul kest ko Okaaz do Luv.
Zeymahzin. Bekkhild raised this stone in memory of her
Here fell the Argonian Neivaan, who travelled husband, Eyolf, whose ship was lost in a dark
far from home (to) die with honor in service of tempest in the Sea of Tears.
the Companions. (Word Wall for Kest, Whirlwind Sprint)
(Abandoned Word Wall for Gut,Throw
Voice) Connotations
Possible origins shed light on the role a
Connotations
husband would have had in ancient Nordic
Refers to service that is given out of duty or society; a hunter and protector of the clan,
loyalty, not servitude or enslavement. or someone who serves his spouse.

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Etymology Ahrk 4RK

Possibly a compound meaning ‘hunter-
strong’, or from aam ‘to serve’, ‘serve-
strong’. Word Type Pronunciation
conjunction /ɑrk/

Ahraan 4R1N Official Definition

And (formal - not commonly used)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Word Type Pronunciation
(Dragon Language: Myth No More)
strong verb /əˈrɑn, əxˈrɑn/ (Dialogue FIle, 000E8276)
(POGGLE, p. 6, 1096)
Official Definition (PrimaGames.com)
Wound (as in, injury/hurt/etc. - noun or Expanded Definition
verb)
conj. and
(Dialogue FIle, 0004DE37)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Usage
(PrimaGames.com)
Ahrk fin norok paal graan fod nust hon
Expanded Definition zindro zaan.
v. to wound, injure, hurt And the fiercest foes rout when they hear
n. wound, injury, hurt triumph’s shout.
(Songs of Skyrim)
Usage
Su'um ahrk morah.
Ahraan. You wound me, Dovahkiin.
Breath and focus.
(Odahviing, 0004DE37)
(Paarthurnax, 000E8276)
If you brought that Kel, that Elder Scroll Notes
back here... to the Tiid-Ahraan, the Time-
Mostly seen in Word Walls, song, and
Wound...
poetry. In written language, can be used to
(Paarthurnax, 0003FA49)
separate phrases where it would be
Connotations otherwise unclear.
Can refer to a physical, emotional, or
metaphorical wound.

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Ahrol 4ROL Usage

H’roldan — Ahroldan — A Spacious
Wooden Hall and Pasturage, recently
Word Type Pronunciation Seized from the Reachmen.
noun /əˈrol/ (Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund)

Etymology
Official Definition From ahrol ‘hill’.
Hill
(Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund) Notes
(PrimaGames.com) Likely an adaptation of the Nordic name
‘H’roldan’ into the dragon language, coined
Expanded Definition by Jarl Gjalund to lend authority to his rule.
n. hill

Usage
Granite Hill — Quethsegol [sic] Ahrol — Ahrolsedovah
Three Farms and an Inn, just North of the
Falkreath.
4ROLSEDOV4
(Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund)
Word Type Pronunciation
Notes
noun /əˌrol sɛˈdo və/
Also found in Ahrolsedovah, dragon name
for Whiterun, and Ahroldan, dragon name
for ‘H’roldan’. Possibly inspired by Official Definition
Icelandic ‘hóll’. Whiterun
(Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund)

Expanded Definition
Ahroldan 4ROLDAN n. Whiterun, lit. ‘hill of the dragon’

Usage
Word Type Pronunciation
Whiterun — Ahrolsedovah — The Jarl's
noun /əˈrol dæn/
Holding, with Plentiful Water and
Pasturage.
Official Definition (Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund)
H’roldan
(Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund) Odahviing will come to your challenge. …
He will not be able to resist your call, from
Expanded Definition the Hill of the Dovah itself... he will come.
n. H’roldan, place name (Paarthurnax, 000D2CF4)

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Connotations But I cannot celebrate his fall. Zu'u tiiraaz

ahst ok mah. He was my brother once. This
If dragon in origin, likely refers to the
world will never be the same.
geographical hill upon which Whiterun is
Zu'u tiiraaz ahst ok mah. = “I am sad at his
built more so than the city itself.
fall.”
Etymology (Paarthurnax, 0009C20A)
Se compound of ahrol ‘hill’
and dovah ‘dragon’, lit. ‘hill of the dragon’. Het nok kopraan do Iglif Iiz-Sos, wo grind
ok oblaan ni ko morokei vukein, nuz ahst
Notes munax haalvut do liiv krasaar.
Paarthurnax refers to Whiterun as ‘the Hill Here lies the body of Iglif Ice-Boold, who met his
of the Dovah’ (000D2CF4), indicating a end not in glorious combat, but at the cruel
dragon origin rather than an invention by touch of the withering sickness.
Jarl Gjalund. (Word Wall for Iiz, Ice Form)

Notes
Indicates state, condition, or instrumental
Ahst 4ST (by or with). Also indicates direction,
towards. Not used to reference location as
in ‘by’ or ‘at’.
Word Type Pronunciation
preposition /ɑst/

Official Definition
Ahtiid 4T3D
At
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Word Type Pronunciation
(Dialogue File, 0009C20A) strong verb /əˈtid/
(POGGLE, p. 6, 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Official Definition
Expanded Definition Wear
prep. at, indicating state or condition (‘at (POGGLE, p. 1096)
peace’, ‘at bay’); at, towards; at,
Expanded Definition
instrumental (‘at the hands of’)
v. to wear, as in clothing or armor
Usage n. wear, garments
Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, naal ok zin los
vahriin, wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst
vaal!
Dragonborn, Dragonborn, by his honor is
sworn, to keep evil forever at bay!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)

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Usage Usage
Het ont kriist Miraak, wo ahtiid ok sahvot Qethsegol vahrukiv ahzid Viik do
ol Qah, spaan naal Deyra fah ok unslaad Briinahmaar do Sot Peyt, naako wah fin laat
midun. naal ufiik do Korvag Kol.
Here once stood Miraak, who wore his faith as This stone commemorates the bitter Defeat of the
Armor, shielded by the Daedra for his unending Sisterhood of the White Rose, eaten to the last by
loyalty. the Trolls of Korvag Crag.
(Word Wall for Qah, Dragon Aspect) (Word Wall for Viik, Disarm)

Etymology Connotations
Possibly from tiid ‘time’. Bitter in feeling or sentiment.

Notes Etymology
This word was likely created to mean ‘to Possibly from aaz ‘mercy’ and its family of
wear or weather over time’, but is used to words relating to pain.
mean ‘to wear armor’.
Notes
Featured in the dragon priest
name Ahzidal ‘bitter destroyer’.
Ahzid 4ZID

Word Type Pronunciation Al AL

strong adjective /ˈɑ zid/

Word Type Pronunciation

Official Definition
strong verb /æl, ɑl/
Bitter
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Official Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
Destroy/Destroyer
Expanded Definition (Dialogue File, 0202BC4F)
adj. bitter (POGGLE, p. 1096)
adv. bitterly (PrimaGames.com)
n. bitterness
Expanded Definition
v. to bitter, embitter, make or become bitter
v. to destroy
n. destruction; destroyer

Usage
Zu’u fen al.
I will destroy (it).
(Tamed Dragon, 0202BC4F)

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Etymology Official Definition

May share root with ag ‘to burn’. Arise, Rise
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Notes (Dialogue File, 000ED35E)
Featured prominently in the dragon (POGGLE, p. 6, 1096)
name Alduin ‘destroyer devour master’. (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
v. to rise, arise
Alikr ALIKR n. rise

Usage
Word Type Pronunciation
Nuz aan sul, fent alok, fod fin vul dovah
noun /ˈæl lɪˌkir/
nok, fen kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ruz!
But a day, shall arise, when the dark dragon's
Official Definition lies, will be silenced forever and then!
Alik’r (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 1099)
Di [sic] kiirre fen alok.
Expanded Definition My children will rise.
n. Alik’r (Alduin, 000ED35E)

Usage Connotations

Het mah sahrot konahrik Aaban, kiin se Klo To move towards the sky or from the earth.
se Alkir, praan nu denek Keizaal. Can also refer to rising from the dead, or
Here fell the mighty warlord Aaban, born of the when a dragon’s body is restored.
Sand of the Alik’r, at rest now in the soil of Etymology
Skyrim.
From lok ‘sky’.
(Word Wall for Klo, Slow Time)

Notes
Direct loanword, indicating the name has Alok-Dilon
existed at least since ancient Nordic times.
ALOK-DILON

Alok ALOK Word Type Pronunciation

noun /ˌæ lokˈdi lon/
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /əˈlok, ˈæ lok/ Official Definition
Necromancy
(Dialogue File, 02013290)

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Expanded Definition Connotations

n. necromancy Means ‘at any time,’ not ‘ever-present’ or
‘ever since’.
Usage
I began to explore what the dovah call
“Alok-Dilon,” the ancient forbidden art that Am AM
you call necromancy.
(Durnehviir, 02013290)
Word Type Pronunciation
Connotations
noun /æm/
Held in superstition even among the dov.
Their own powers to alok, regenerate their
physical forms, is distinct from alok-dilon. Official Definition
Lion
Etymology
(PrimaGames.com)
Compound meaning ‘rising-dead’.
Expanded Definition
n. lion

Alun ALUN Usage

Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.
Word Type Pronunciation
adverb /ˈæ lun/
Amativ AMATIV
Official Definition
Ever Word Type Pronunciation
(POGGLE, p. 1096) adverb /ˈæm əˌtiv, ˈɑm əˌtiv/
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Official Definition

adv. ever, at any time Forward/Onward
(Dialogue File, 000BBEA8)
Usage
(PrimaGames.com)
Qethsegol vahrukiv key Sarvirra, zok krin
Raan alun wah fonaar odus frod, ahrk ofan Expanded Definition
ok sil fah ok drog. adv. forward, onward, ahead
This stone commemorates the horse Sarvirra, the
most courageous Animal to ever charge the Usage
snowy battlefields, and give his soul for his lord. Tiid bo amativ. Time flows ever onward.
(Word Wall for Raan, Animal Allegiance) (Paarthurnax, 000BBEA8)

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Aus AUS
Amativ! Mu bo kotin stinselok.
Onward! We fly into the sky's freedom. Word Type Pronunciation
(Odahviing, 000E16F5)
strong verb /aʊs/

Official Definition
Atmora ATMORA Suffer
(Marked For Death Shout)
Word Type Pronunciation (POGGLE, p. 1096)
noun /ˈæt mo rə/ (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
Official Definition v. to suffer
Atmora n. suffering
(Dialogue File, 000C43A7)
Usage
Expanded Definition Krii lun aus!
n. Atmora Kill leech suffer!
(Marked For Death Shout, 00068506)
Usage
Naal Thu'umu, mu ofan nii nu, Dovahkiin, Thoringar wahlaan qethsegol monii
naal suleyk do Kaan, naal suleyk do Shor, vahrukt, Noomi, wen dez los wah Aus nin
ahrk naal suleyk do Atmorasewuth. do pogaan Ogiim ronaaz.
By our Voice we give it now (to you), Thoringar raised this stone for his daughter’s
Dragonborn, by (the) power of Kyne, by the memory, Noomi, whose fate it was to Suffer the
power of Shor, and by the power of Atmora-of- sting of many Orc arrows.
old. (Word Wall for Aus, Marked For Death)
(The Greybeards, 000C43A7)
Connotations
Notes To experience pain and suffering without
Direct loanword from the ancient Nords. mercy or respite.

Etymology
May belong to the family of words rooted
in aaz ‘mercy’ relating to pain and suffering.

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Bah B4 Usage
Yes. They are very protective of me.
Word Type Pronunciation Bahlaan fahdonne.
noun /bɑ/ Bahlaan fahdonne = “worthy friends”
(Paarthurnax, 000B94C6)
Official Definition
Wrath Notes
(Storm Call Shout) Likely a misspelling or archaic form
(POGGLE, p. 1096) of balaan ‘worthy’.
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Bahlok B4LOK

n. wrath
Word Type Pronunciation
Usage strong verb /ˈbɑ lok/
Strun bah qo!
Official Definition
Storm wrath lightning!
(Storm Call Shout, 000684E5) Hunger
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Het mah Hrothmar, Bah Grohiik do bruniik (POGGLE, p. 6, 1096)
pindaar. Aal ok sil rovaan Sovngarde (PrimaGames.com)
mahfaeraak. (Dialogue File, 000ED360)
Here fell Hrothmar, Wrath Wolf of the savage
Expanded Definition
plains. May his soul wander Sovngarde forever.
(Word Wall for Bah, Storm Call) v. to hunger, long after, esp. violence or
destruction
Connotations n. hunger, a compulsion driven by wrath or
Word of Power in the Storm Call Shout. power

Usage
Bahlaan B4L1N Alduin, feyn do jun, kruziik vokun
staadnau, voth aan bahlok wah diivon fin
Word Type Pronunciation lein!
strong adjective /ˈbɑ lɑn/ Alduin, Bane of Kings, ancient shadow
unbound, with a hunger to swallow the world!
Official Definition
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Worthy
(Dialogue File, 000B94C6) Hin sil fen nahkip bahloki.
Expanded Definition Your soul will feed my hunger.
(Alduin, 000ED360)
adj. worthy
adv. worthily
n. worth, worthiness
v. to make or become worthy

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Evenaar bahlok. There are many hungers it You are brave. Balaan hokoron. Your defeat
is better to deny than to feed. brings me honor.
Extinguish (your) hunger. There are many You are brave. Worthy enemy. Your defeat
hungers it is better to deny than to feed. brings me honor.
(Paarthurnax, 0003F9E2) (Mirmulnir, 00056382)

Connotations
As dragons do not experience mortal Bein B2N
hunger, bahlok is better defined as any
compulsion driven by wrath, especially Word Type Pronunciation
destructive in nature or to assert power. strong verb /baɪn/

Etymology Official Definition

May derive from bah ‘wrath’. Foul
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 6,1096)
Balaan BAL1N (PrimaGames.com)
(Dialogue File, 000C43AB)
Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /ˈbæ lɑn, ˈbɑ lɑn/ Expanded Definition
adj. foul
Official Definition
adv. foully
Worthy n. foulness
(POGGLE, p. 1096) v. to befoul, make or become foul
(PrimaGames.com)
(Dialogue File, 000C43AB) Usage
Paaz Keizaal fen kos stin nol bein Alduin
Expanded Definition
jot.
adj. worthy
Fair Skyrim will be free from foul Alduin's
adv. worthily
maw.
n. worth, worthiness
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
v. to make or become worthy
Het nok bein nahgahdinok Azaran faal
Usage
Munax, wo unt wah Gron krilot dilon do
Lingrah krosis saraan Strundu'ul, voth nid Sovngarde wah lein do ul, ahrk funt.
balaan klov praan nau. Here lies the foul necromancer Azaran the
Long sorrowfully (has) waited the Stormcrown, Cruel, who tried to Bind the valiant dead of
with no worthy head to rest on. Sovngarde to the world of man, and failed.
(Greybeards, 000C43AB) (Word Wall for Gron, Become Ethereal)

Connotations
Describes a foul character, purpose, or deed,
not a foul smell.

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Bel BEL Beyn B9N

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /bɛl/ strong verb /beɪn/

Official Definition Official Definition

Summon Scorn/Scorned
(PrimaGames.com) (Dialogue File, 000EDF48)
(POGGLE, p. 1096, 1099)
Expanded Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
v. to summon
n. summons, summoning Expanded Definition
v. to scorn
Usage n. scorn
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.
Usage
Connotations
Nonvul Bron, dahmaan daar rok do fin
Unknown whether this can refer to Fodiiz Bormah—Oblivion loost nid Nah
conjuration magic. med spaan vahdin beyn.
Noble Nord, remember these words of the Hoar

Bex BEX Father—Oblivion hath no Fury like a shield

maiden scorned.
Word Type Pronunciation (Word Wall for Nah, Whirlwind Sprint)

strong verb /bɛks/

I have already defeated your friends once.
Official Definition Beyn. I do not fear them.
(Alduin, 000EDF48)
Open
(Dialogue File, 000C4374)

Expanded Definition Bii B3

v. to open Word Type Pronunciation
n. opening
strong adjective /bi/
Usage Official Definition
Bex! Blue
Open! (Dialogue File, 000EDF48)
(Borri, 000C4374) (PrimaGames.com)
Connotations Expanded Definition
Word of Power, typically a command. adj. blue
adv. bluely
n. blue, blueness
v. to make or become blue

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Usage Bodiis BOD3S

Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /ˈbo dis/
Bo BO Official Definition
Word Type Pronunciation Borrow
strong verb /bo/ (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Official Definition
Expanded Definition
Fly (also arrive, move)
(Dialogue File, 000BBEA8, 0004DE37, v. to borrow
00035B4A) n. borrowing
(PrimaGames.com)
Usage
Expanded Definition Het mah spaan vahdin Valkrys, wo krif
v. to fly; to flow, move, go; to arrive; to voth ahkrin, nuz los folaas wah Ov mulaag
come do bodiis tuz.
n. flight; flow; movement; arrival; coming Here fell the shield maiden Valkrys, who fought
bravely, but was wrong to Trust the strength of
Usage a borrowed blade.
Tiid bo amativ. (Word Wall for Ov, Kyne’s Peace)
Time flows/flies (ever) onward.
Connotations
(Paarthurnax, 000BBEA8)
May share root with bolaav ‘to grant’
Zu'u ni bo nol het. and bolog ‘to beg’ related to possession or
I (am) not moving from here. ownership.
(Odahviing, 0004DE37)

Alduin, thuri! Boaan tiid vokriiha Bok BOK

suleyksejun kruziik?
Word Type Pronunciation
Alduin, my king (overlord)! Has the time
noun /bok/
arrived (flown) to restore (unkill) your ancient
dominion (power-of-king)? Official Definition
(Sahloknir, 00035B4A)
Age
Connotations (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Movement, particularly flight or forward
(PrimaGames.com)
movement. Can also reference time.
Expanded Definition
n. age, era, length of time; time

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Usage Bolog BOLOG

Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah
vod, Ahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein! Word Type Pronunciation
Hearken now, sons of snow, to an age, long ago, strong verb /ˈbo log/
and the tale, boldly told, of the one!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Official Definition
Beg
Connotations (PrimaGames.com)
A period or length of time, or a moment in
time. Not the age of a person or thing. Expanded Definition
v. to beg (for), beseech
Etymology n. begging
May derive from bo ‘to fly/flow’ in the sense
of ‘a flight/flow of time’. Usage
Bolog aaz, mal lir!

Bolaav BOL1V
[Beg (for) mercy, little worm!]
(Draugr, 0004C59E)
Word Type Pronunciation Connotations
strong verb /boˈlɑv/ To ask for possession of something, or to
Official Definition ask to be granted something. Usually
implies submission.
Grant/Granted
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Etymology
May share root with bodiis ‘to borrow’
Expanded Definition
and bolaav ‘to grant’ related to possession or
v. to grant
ownership.
n. grant

Usage Bonaar BON1R

Pah werid morokei Miraak, zok suleykaar
do pah Sonaak wen Mul bolaav naal Word Type Pronunciation
Fahluaan do Jul. strong adjective /boˈnɑr/
All praise the glorious Miraak, most powerful all
priests, whose Strength was granted by the Official Definition
Gardener of Men. Humble
(Word Wall for Mul, Dragon Aspect) (Dialogue File, 00048F02)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Etymology (PrimaGames.com)
May share root with bodiis ‘to borrow’
and bolog ‘to beg’ related to possession or
ownership.

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Expanded Definition Usage

adj. humble Nafni wahlaan qethsegol bormahii vahrukt,
adv. humbly Ragnvald, wen Zii fen mahfaeraak aak ok
n. humbleness, humility brod.
v. to humble, make or become humble Nafni raised this stone for his father, Ragnvald,
whose spirit will forever guide his clan.
Usage (Word Wall for Zii, Become Ethereal)
Pahlok joorre! Hin kah fen kos bonaar.
Arrogant mortals! Your pride will be humbled. Nonvul Bron, dahmaan daar rok do fin
(Alduin, 000ED361) Fodiiz Bormah—Pruzaan Zun ko Keizaal
los hahdrim do dwiin-sil kendov.
Loknir Mal-Tu wahlaan qethsegol aarii Noble Nord, remember these words of the
vahrukt, bonaar Vakeeza, wo vaat Mir wah Hoar Father—The best Weapon in Skyrim is
jun do Keizaal, ahrk di ko sadon gravuun. the mind of a steel-souled warrior.
Loknir Little-Hammer erected this stone in (Word Wall for Zun, Disarm)
memory of his servant, humble Vakeeza, who
Notes
swore Allegiance to the kings of Skyrim, and
died in the gray autumn. Fodiiz Bormah ‘Hoar Father’, seen often on
(Word Wall for Mir, Animal Allegiance) Word Walls, may refer to Shor or Ysgramor.

Connotations
Indicates submission, a positive word in the Bormahu BORM4U
context of servants and a negative word in
Word Type Pronunciation
the context of foes.
noun /borˈmɑ hu, borˈmɑx hu/

Official Definition
Bormah BORM4
Our Father
Word Type Pronunciation (Dialogue File, 0009C213)
noun /ˈbor mə/
Expanded Definition
Official Definition n. Akatosh, father of dragons; our father
Father
Usage
(Dialogue File, 000E4D2C)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) His doom was written when he claimed for
(PrimaGames.com) himself the lordship that properly belongs
to Bormahu - our father Akatosh.
Expanded Definition (Paarthurnax, 0009C21A)
n. father; leader, origin, or otherwise
metaphorical father figure Zeymahi lost ont du'ul Bormahu.
My brother was once the crown of our father.
(Paarthurnax, 0009C213)

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Connotations Connotations
Not a name but a grammatical construction Flight from destruction, death, or doom.
that refers to the speaker’s father. Only Connotates cowardice, terror, or
refers to Akatosh when used by dragons. hopelessness.

Etymology Etymology
Bormah ‘father’ with the possessive suffix ‘- Possibly a compound of bo and vul meaning
u’. ‘fly-dark’.

Bovul BOVUL Boziik BOZ3K

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /boˈvul/ strong adjective /ˈbo zik/

Official Definition Official Definition

Flee Bold(ly)
(Dialogue File, 00048F0D) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More) (Dialogue File, 000E1707)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Expanded Definition

v. to flee adj. bold
n. flight adv. boldly
n. boldness
Usage v. to embolden, make bold
Alduin bovul. One reason I came to your
call was to test your Thu'um for myself. Usage
Alduin fled (from you). One reason I came to Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah
your call was to test your Thu'um for vod, Ahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein!
myself. Hearken now, sons of snow, to an age, long ago,
(Odahviing, 00048F0D) and the tale, boldly told, of the one!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Qethsegol vahrukiv daanik Fahliil kiir do
Gravuun Frod, wo bovul ko Maar nol Boziik, Dovahkiin. Nuz mey.
kinzon zahkrii do kruziik hokoron. (You are) bold, Dovahkiin. But a fool.
This stone commemorates the doomed elf (Dragon, 000E1707)
children of the Autumn Field, who fled in Terror
from the sharp swords of the ancient enemy. Odahviing will come to your challenge.
(Word Wall for Maar, Dismay) Boziik. Krilot. He will not be able to resist
your call, from the Hill of the Dovah itself...
he will come.
(Paarthurnax, 000D2CF4)

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Connotations Brii BR3

Connotes bravery, fearlessness, lack of
hesitation, potentially to a fault. Rashness. Word Type Pronunciation
noun /bri/
Etymology
May share adjective suffix - Official Definition
iik with bruniik ‘savage’, daniik ‘doomed’, Beauty
and kruziik ‘ancient’. (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)

Brendon BRENDON Expanded Definition

n. beauty; fulfillment, satisfaction
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ˈbrɛn don/ Usage
Qethsegol vahrukiv paaz kulaas Yrsa, wo
Official Definition
ensosin pah do Taazokaan voth ek Dun
Specter/Spectre ahrk brii.
(POGGLE, p. 1096) This stone commemorates the fair princess Yrsa,
(PrimaGames.com) who bewitched all of Tamriel with her Grace and
beauty.
Expanded Definition
(Word Wall for Dun, Elemental Fury)
n. specter
Connotations
Usage
Physical beauty, or otherwise the quality of
Nonvul Bron, dahmaan daar rok do fin being pleasing, satisfying, fulfilling, or
Fodiiz Bormah—Faas ni Brendon do Dinok, extraordinary.
fah rok los qolaas do moro, ahrk hin aak
wah lot Sovngarde.
Noble Nord, remember these words of the Hoar Briinah BR3N4
Father—Fear not the Specter of Death, for he is
the herald of glory, and your guide to great Word Type Pronunciation
Sovngarde. noun /ˈbri nə/
(Word Wall for Faas, Dismay)
Official Definition
Connotations Sister
The shadow or presence of something to be (Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
feared. (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
n. sister

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Usage Brit BRIT

Aesa wahlaan qethsegol briinahii vahrukt,
Thohild fin Toor, wen smoliin ag frin ol Word Type Pronunciation
Sahqo Heim. weak adjective /brit/
Aesa raised this stone for her sister, Thohild the
Inferno, whose passion burned hot as the Red Official Definition
Forge. Beautiful
(Word Wall for Toor, Fire Breath) (Dialogue File, 00056381)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Etymology (PrimaGames.com)
May be compound of brii ‘beauty’
and nah ‘fury’, ‘beautiful fury’. Expanded Definition
adj. beautiful, in form or spirit; appealing;
fulfilling, satisfying
Briinahmaar adv. beautifully; satisfyingly; in an
BR3N4M1R appealing manner
v. to beautify, to make or become beautiful;
Word Type Pronunciation to make or become fulfilling
noun /ˈbri nə mɑr/
Usage
Official Definition Brit grah. I had forgotten what fine sport
Sisterhood you mortals can provide!
(POGGLE, p. 1098) Beautiful battle. I had forgotten what fine sport
you mortals can provide!
Expanded Definition
(Mirmulnir, 00056381)
n. sisterhood
Orin brit ro. I cannot leave here until you
Usage defeat Alduin, which you cannot do
Qethsegol vahrukiv ahzid Viik do without my help.
Briinahmaar do Sot Peyt, naako wah fin laat (A) fully beautiful balance. I cannot leave here
naal ufiik do Karvag Kol. until you defeat Alduin, which you cannot do
This stone commemorates the bitter Defeat of the without my help.
Sisterhood of the White Rose, eaten to the last by (Odahviing, 0004DE36)
the Trolls of Krovag Crag.
(Word Wall for Viik, Disarm) Het nok brit kaaz Anurassa, wen faad nis
kos evenaar orin naal Krah dinok.
Etymology
Here lies the beautiful cat Anurassa, whose
From briinah ‘sister’ with the reflexive warmth cannot be extinguished even by the Cold
suffix -maar. of death.
(Word Wall for Krah, Frost Breath)

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Connotations Etymology
Physically beautiful or beautiful in spirit. Likely related to bron ‘Nord’
Appealing, satisfying, fulfilling, or and brom ‘north’.
otherwise extraordinary.

Etymology Brom BROM

From brii ‘beauty’.
Word Type Pronunciation
Notes strong adjective /brom/
The phrase orin brit ro ‘a fully beautiful
balance’ is used to express irony. Official Definition
North
(Dialogue File, 000C43AE)
Brod BROD (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /brod/ Expanded Definition
adj. north, northern, northward
Official Definition
adv. north, northerly
Clan n. north
(POGGLE, p. 1096) v. to move or face north
(PrimaGames.com)
Usage
Expanded Definition
Meyz nu Ysmir, Dovahsebrom. Dahmaan
n. clan, esp. Nordic
daar rok.
(You have) become now Ysmir, Dragon of the
Usage
North. Remember these words.
Modir fin Gut wahlaan qethsegol zeymahii (Greybeards, 000C43AE)
vahrukt, oskar fin Mey, wen Zul los ahlo
ahrk ni sahrot Thu’um do ok brod. Ahrk ond drey sahrot Heimverlund meyz,
Modir the Far raised this stone for his brother, nol hevno Brom, med Strun do uznahgaar
Oskar the Fool, whose Voice was weak, and not nahkriin nol Sovngarde nimaar.
the mighty Thu’um of his clan. And lo did the mighty Heimverlund come, from
(Word Wall for Throw Voice) the brutal North, like a Storm of unbridled
vengenace from Sovngarde itself.
Brothi wahlaan qethsegol kulii bahrukt, (Word Wall for Strun, Storm Call)
Odrav Keyn-Haal, wo drun pogaas zin wah
Brod Sahqo-Strunmah. Etymology
Brothi raised this stone for her son, Odrav Related to bron ‘Nord’.
Anvil-Hand, who brought much honor to Clan
Red-Mountain.
(Word Wall for Haal, Disarm)

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Bromjunaar Usage
Nonvul Bron, dahmaan daar rok do fin
BROMJUN1R Fodiiz Bormah—Orin pruzaan dwiin aal
Word Type Pronunciation kreh ahrk kren, nuz Slen do vahzah muz los
sindugahvon.
noun /ˈbrom dʒun ɑr/
Noble Nord, remember these words of the Hoar
Official Definition Father—Even the best steel may bend and break,
Bromjunaar but the Flesh of a true man is unyielding.
(Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund) (Word Wall for Slen, Ice Form)

Expanded Definition Etymology

n. Bromjunaar, former capital of Skyrim Related to brod ‘clan’ and brom ‘north’.

Notes
Usage
The word bron is ‘nord’ reversed.
Bromjunaar - Bromjunaar - An Old
Settlement, much Reduced from Former
Days. Lumber and Stone. Bronjun BRONJUN
(Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund)
Word Type Pronunciation
Etymology
noun /ˈbron dʒun/
Lit. ‘north kingdom’.
Official Definition

Bron BRON Jarl

(Dialogue FIle, 00045D09)
Word Type Pronunciation Expanded Definition
noun /bron/ n. Jarl
Official Definition
Usage
Nord
I do not know how he came to be caught.
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
But the bronjun... the Jarl... was very proud
(PrimaGames.com)
of his pet.
Expanded Definition (Paarthurnax, 00045D09)
n. Nord Etymology
Lit. ‘nord-king’.

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Bruniik BRUN3K Daal D1L

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /ˈbru nik/ strong verb /dɑl/

Official Definition Official Definition

Savage Return
(Dialogue FIle, 00045D09) (Dialogue File, 000ED35C)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Expanded Definition

adj. savage v. to return
adv. savagely n. return
n. savageness, savagery; a savage
v. to make or become savage Usage
Zu'u lost daal.
Usage I have returned.
Yes. This was ages ago, you understand. (Alduin, 000ED35C)
There were more of us then. Before the
bruniikke - the Akaviri - came and killed all Mu daal wah golt.
my zeymah. We will return to the ground. (We will land.)
(Paarthurnax, 00045D09) (Tamed Dragon, 0202BC5A)

Notes
Het dir bruniik rek-grohiik Ulfeidr, kriid
muz ahrk sunvaar, bruniik kinbok Sahqon Word of Power in Tsun’s Shout nahl daal
Tah. vus ‘living return Nirn’ used to return the
Here died the savage she-wolf Ulfeidr, slayer of player from Sovngarde.
men and beasts, and savage leader of the
Crimson Pack.
(Word Wall for Tah, Animal Allegiance)
Daan D1N
Etymology Word Type Pronunciation

May share adjective suffix - noun /dɑn/

iik with boziik ‘bold’, daniik ‘doomed’, Official Definition
and kruziik ‘ancient’.
Doom
(Dialogue File, 000CD9DF)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
n. doom; fate, destiny, esp. ill-fated or
unavoidable

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Usage Official Definition

Meyye! Tahrodiis aanne! Him hinde pah This/These
liiv! Zu'u hin daan! (Dialogue File, 000C8EA1)
Fools! Treacherous slaves! Your hopes (are) all (POGGLE, p. 1096)
withered! I (am) your doom. (PrimaGames.com)
(Alduin, 000CD9DF)
Expanded Definition
adj. this, these, those, that
Daanik D1NIK
Usage
Word Type Pronunciation Sahloknir, krii daar joorre.
weak adjective /ˈdɑ nik/ Sahloknir, kill these mortals.
(Alduin, 000C8EA1)
Official Definition
Doomed Nau daar revak golt drey Freda zahrahmiik
(PrimaGames.com) ek Laas, ful tol ek pogaan kiir filok, ahrk
osos sul qahnaar ek hokoron.
Expanded Definition
On this sacred ground did Freda sacrifice her
adj. doomed life, so that her many children might escape, and
adv. doomed some day vanquish her enemies.
(Word Wall for Laas, Aura Whisper)
Usage
Daanik Kendov! Notes
Doomed warrior! Used to indicate a specific person, place, or
(Draugr, 00016949) thing. Not a pronoun as in ‘this is good’.
Not to be confused with the
Qethsegol vahrukiv daanik Falhliil kiir do conjunction tol ‘that’.
Gravuun Frod, wo bovul ko Maar nol
kinzon zahkrii do kruziik hokoron.
This stone commemorates the doomed elf Dah D4
children of the Autumn Field, who fled in Terror
Word Type Pronunciation
from the sharp swords of the ancient enemy.
(Word Wall for Maar, Dismay) strong verb /dɑ/

Etymology Official Definition

From daan ‘doom’ with adjective suffix -iik. Push
(Unrelenting Force Shout)
(Dialogue File, 00078B3B)
Daar D1R (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Word Type Pronunciation
adjective /dɑr/ Expanded Definition
v. to push
n. push

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Usage
Fus ro dah! Nonvul Bron, mahfaeraak dahmaan sahrot
Force balance push! Vahlok wen lot ahkrin shaan ney muz ahrk
(Unrelenting Force Shout) dovah.
Noble Nord, forever remember the mighty
You are ready to learn the final word of Guardian whose great courage inspired both
Unrelenting Force, “Dah,” which means men and dragons.
“Push.” (Word Wall for Shaan, Battle Fury)
(Arngeir, 00078B3B)
Connotations
Connotations
Most often used as a command.
Word of Power, to physically push back or
aside, exert physical force.
Daniik DAN3K
Notes
Not used to mean ‘to insist’ (‘to push for Word Type Pronunciation
something’), or to influence a decision (as in weak adjective /ˈdɑ nik/
‘he was pushed to retreat’).
Official Definition
Doomed
Dahmaan D4M1N (PrimaGames.com)

Word Type Pronunciation Expanded Definition

strong verb /ˈdɑ mɑn, dəˈmɑn/ adj. doomed
adv. doomed
Official Definition
v. to doom, make or become doomed
Remember
(Dialogue File, 000C43AE) Usage
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Daanik Kendov!
(PrimaGames.com) Doomed warrior!
(Draugr, 00016949)
Expanded Definition
v. to remember Qethsegol vahrukiv daanik Falhliil kiir do
n. remembrance Gravuun Frod, wo bovul ko Maar nol
kinzon zahkrii do kruziik hokoron.
Usage
This stone commemorates the doomed elf
Meyz nu Ysmir, Dovahsebrom. Dahmaan children of the Autumn Field, who fled in Terror
daar rok. from the sharp swords of the ancient enemy.
(You have) become now Ysmir, Dragon of the (Word Wall for Maar, Dismay)
North. Remember these words.
(Greybeards, 000C43AE) Etymology
From daan ‘doom’ with adjective suffix -iik.

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Dein D2N Usage

Het nok Faal Vahlok, deinmaar do
Word Type Pronunciation Dovahgolz ahrk aan Fus do unslaad rahgol
strong verb /daɪn/ ahrk vulom.
Here lies The Guardian, keeper of the
Official Definition
Dragonstone and a Force of eternal rage and
Keep/Guard darkness.
(Dialogue File, 000E898C) (Word Wall for Fus, Unrelenting Force)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 6) Etymology
(PrimaGames.com) From dein ‘to keep’ with the suffix -maar.

Expanded Definition
v. to keep, guard, safeguard Denek DENEK
n. keeping, guarding, safeguard
Word Type Pronunciation
Usage noun /ˈdɛn ɛk/
Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, naal ok zin los
Official Definition
vahriin, wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst
vaal! Soil
Dragonborn, Dragonborn, by his honor is (POGGLE, p. 1096)
sworn, To keep evil forever at bay! (PrimaGames.com)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Expanded Definition

Zu'u uth nall [sic] thurri [sic] dein daar n. soil, earth
miiraak.
Usage
I (was) ordered by my lord to keep/guard this
portal. Het mah sahrot konahrik Aaban, kiin se Klo
(Nahkriin, 000E16FA) se Alikr, praan nu denek Keizaal.
Here fell the mighty warlord Aaban, born of the
Sand of the Alik’r, at rest now in the soil of
Deinmaar D2NM1R Skyrim.
(Word Wall for Klo, Slow Time)
Word Type Pronunciation
Connotations
strong verb /ˈdaɪn mɑr/
Possibly associated with burial.
Official Definition
Etymology
Keeper
(POGGLE, p. 1096) May share root with denos ‘to decline’
(PrimaGames.com) indicating something below or beneath.

Expanded Definition
n. keeper, guardian

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Denos DENOS Usage

Het ont kriist Miraak, wo ahtiid ok sahvot
Word Type Pronunciation ol Qah, spaan naal Deyra fah ok unslaad
strong verb /dɛˈnos/ midun.
Here once stood Miraak, who wore his faith as
Official Definition
Armor, shielded by the Daedra for his unending
Decline loyalty.
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (Word Wall for Qah, Dragon Aspect)
(PrimaGames.com)
Connotations
Expanded Definition
Appears to refer to the Daedric Princes as a
v. to decline whole or in general.
n. decline
Etymology
Usage Possibly a loanword daedra from the ancient
Het mah Arnvid faal Staadnau, wen Haas meric languages.
denos mindin Kein do Galik, kolos rok ofaal
dilos ahraan. Notes
here fell Arnvid the Unbound, whose Health Only word to end with the letter ‘a,’ as
declined after the War of Pines, in which he opposed to ‘ah’, further indicating a
received a deadly wound. loanword.
(Word Wall for Haas, Drain Vitality)

Connotations Deyto D9TO

To worsen in state or condition, to fail to
Word Type Pronunciation
improve.
strong verb /ˈdeɪ to/
Etymology
Official Definition
May share root with denek ‘soil’ indicating
something below or beneath. Bury
(PrimaGames.com)

Deyra D9RA Expanded Definition

v. to bury
Word Type Pronunciation n. burial
strong verb /ˈdeɪ rə/
Usage
Official Definition Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.
Daedra
(POGGLE, p. 1096)

Expanded Definition
n. Daedra

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Dez DEZ Dii D3

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
noun /dɛz/ pronoun /di/

Official Definition Official Definition

Fate Mine/My
(Dialogue File, 0003F9E1) (Dialogue File, 000ED35F)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (PrimaGames.com)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition pron. my; mine
n. fate, destiny
Usage
Usage Daar Lein los dii.
Do you have no better reason for acting This world is mine.
than destiny? Are you nothing but a (Alduin, 000ED35F)
plaything of dez... of fate?
(Paarthurnax, 0003F9E1) Wo meyz wah dii vul junaar?
[Who comes to my dark kingdom?]
Dez motmahus. Even to the dov, who ride (Morokei, 0008010B)
the currents of Time, destiny is elusive.
Connotations
(Paarthurnax, 000556DB)
First person singular possessive.
Thoringar wahlaan qethsegol monii
Notes
vahrukt, Noomi, wen dez los wah Aus nin
do pogaan Ogiim ronaaz. The possessive suffix -i can be used instead
Thoringar raised this stone for his daughter’s of dii to indicate first person possession.
memory, Noomi, whose fate it was to Suffer the
sting of many Orc arrows.
(Word Wall for Aus, Marked for Death)
Diil D3L
Word Type Pronunciation
Connotations
strong adjective /dil/
A person’s eventual fate, or the sense of
purpose or prophecy. Personified as Official Definition
something that wild and fickle, beyond
Undead
mortal influence.
(Soul Cairn Summon Shout)
Notes
Expanded Definition
Likely from the English word ‘destiny’.
adj. undead
adv. undeathly, in an undead manner
n. undeath
v. to make or become undead

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Usage Connotations
Diil qoth zaam! Word of Power alongside fo ‘frost’, both
Undead tomb slave! directly tied to coldness.
(Soul Cairn Summon Shout)

Connotations Diiv D3V

Word of Power, refers to something that is
Word Type Pronunciation
non-living. Does not refer to immortality.
noun /div/
Etymology
Official Definition
Shares root with other death-related words
such as dilon ‘dead’ and dilos ‘deadly’. Wyrm
(POGGLE, p. 1096)

Expanded Definition
Diin D3N
n. dragonkind, the collective spirit and
Word Type Pronunciation embodiment of dragonkind
strong verb /din/
Usage
Official Definition Mul qah diiv!
Freeze Strength armor wyrm!
(Frost Breath Shout) (Dragon Aspect Shout, 0203540D)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) Qethsegol vahrukiv lot Miraak – sonaak do
lot onikaan, aar do faal Diiv, ahrk hokoron
Expanded Definition do jul.
v. to freeze This stone commemorates the great Miraak –
n. freezing, frost priest of great wisdom, servant of the Wyrm,
and enemy of man.
Usage (Word Wall for Diiv, Dragon Aspect)
Fo krah diin!
Frost cold freeze! Connotations
(Frost Breath Shout, 00050346) Word of Power that embodies the essence of
dragonkind. Similar to related
Wulfik wahlaan qethsegol judii vahrukt, word dov ‘dragonkind’, does not refer to an
Hrefna Ruvaak-Om, wen miin Diin sos do individual dragon or creature, but to the
naan jul. entirety of their race and the power they
Wulfik raised this stone in memory of his queen, wield. To be a ‘servant of the Wyrm’ is to
Hrefna Raven-Hair, whose eyes could Freeze the serve dragonkind and its ambitions.
blood of any man.
Etymology
(Word Wall for Diin, Frost Breath)
Related to dov ‘dragon/dragonkind’.

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Notes Usage
Not to be confused with the vulgar So, it is done. Alduin dilon. The Eldest is no
word lir ‘worm’. more, he who came before all others, and
has always been.
(Paarthurnax, 0009C20B)
Diivon D3VON
Qiilaan us dilon!
Word Type Pronunciation
[Bow before (the) dead!]
strong verb /ˈdi von/ (Draugr, 0004C5A1)
Official Definition Connotations
Swallow (Book, Songs of Skyrim) Permanently dead, or no longer living. Can
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (PrimaGames.com) be used to describe the undead.
Expanded Definition Etymology
v. to swallow Shares root with diil ‘undead’, dilos ‘deadly’,
n. swallow, swallowing and dinok ‘death’.

Usage
Alduin, feyn do jun, kruziik vokun Dilos DILOS
staadnau, voth aan bahlok wah diivon fin
lein! Word Type Pronunciation
Alduin, Bane of Kings, ancient shadow strong adjective /diˈlos, ˈdi los/
unbound, with a hunger to swallow the world!
Official Definition
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Deadly
Etymology (POGGLE, p. 1096)
May share root with du ‘to devour’.
Expanded Definition
adj. deadly, lethal, fatal, causing death
Dilon DILON adv. lethally, fatally, in a manner that
causes death
Word Type Pronunciation n. deadliness, lethality
weak adjective /diˈlon,ˈdi lon / v. to make or become deadly

Official Definition Usage

Dead Het mah Arnvid faal Staadnau, wen Haas
(PrimaGames.com) denos mindin Kein do Galik, kolos rok ofaal
Expanded Definition dilos ahraan.
Here fell Arnvid the Unbound, whose Health
adj. dead
declined after the War of Pines, in which he
adv. in a dead or death-like manner
received a deadly wound.
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Etymology Etymology
Shares root with diil ‘undead’, dilon ‘dead’, Shares root with diil ‘undead’, dilon ‘dead’,
dinok ‘death’, and dir ‘to die’. dilos ‘deadly’, and dir ‘to die’. Also possibly
related to nok ‘to lie (dead or buried)’.

Dinok DINOK
Dinoksetiid DINOKSE
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /di ˈnok, ˈdi nok/
T3D
Word Type Pronunciation
Official Definition
noun /diˌnok sɛˈtid/
Death/End
(Dialogue File, 000E1706) Official Definition
(Dialogue File, 0009C20D)
The End of Time
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Dialogue File, 0009C20D)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) Expanded Definition
n. the end of time, the ending of the current
Expanded Definition
kalpa
n. death, loss of life; end
Usage
Usage
Even I cannot see past Time's ending to
Het siiv nunon dinok.
what comes next. Niid [sic] koraav zeim
Here (you will) find only death.
dinoksetiid.
(Dragon, 000E1706)
Niid [sic] koraav zeim dinoksetiid. = “(there is)
no seeing through (the) end of time”
Even I cannot see past Time's ending to
(Paarthurnax, 0009C20D)
what comes next. Niid [sic] koraav zeim
dinoksetiid. Etymology
Niid [sic] koraav zeim dinoksetiid. = “(there is) Se compound of dinok ‘death’ and tiid ‘time’,
no seeing through (the) end of time” lit. ‘death of time’.
(Paarthurnax, 0009C20D)

Het nok brit kaaz Anurassa, wen faad nis Dir D7

kos evenaar orin naal Krah dinok.
Here lies the beautiful cat Anurassa, whose Word Type Pronunciation
warmth cannot be extinguished even by the Cold weak verb /dir/
of death.
(Word Wall for Krah, Frost Breath) Official Definition
Die
Connotations (Dialogue File, 00103400)
Refers to literal loss of life, or (POGGLE, p. 1096)
metaphorically to the end of something. (PrimaGames.com)

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Expanded Definition Usage

v. to die Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah
vod, Aahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein!
Usage Hearken now, sons of snow, to an age, long ago,
Dir ko maar. and the tale, boldly told, of the one!
Die in terror. (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dragon, 00103400)
Het nok Faal Vahlok, deinmaar do
Het dir bruniik rek-grohiik Ulfeidr, kriid Dovahgolz ahrk aan Fus do unslaad rahgol
muz ahrk sunvaar, bruniik kinbok Sahqon ahrk vulom.
Tah. Here lies The Guardian, keeper of the
Here died the savage she-wolf Ulfeidr, slayer of Dragonstone and a Force of eternal rage and
men and beasts, and savage leader of the darkness.
Crimson Pack. (WOrd Wall for Fus, Unrelenting Force)
(Word Wall for Tah, Animal Allegiance)
Nonvul Bron, dahmaan daar rok do fin
Etymology Fodiiz Bormah - Nii los heyv do enook mun
Shares root with diil ‘undead’, dilon ‘dead’, wah lahney voth ahkrin ahrk zin, leh rok
dilos ‘deadly’, and dinok ‘death’. Feim vodahmin kotin vulom.
Noble Nord, remember these words of the Hoar
Father – It is the duty of each man to live with
Do DO courage and honor, lest he Fade unremembered
into darkness.
Word Type Pronunciation
(Word Wall for Feim, Become Ethereal)
preposition /do/
Connotations
Official Definition
More common in writing than in speech.
Of/About, often unused in sentence
formation Notes
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More) Likely inspired de "of/from" in many
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) languages including Latin, French, Irish,
(POGGLE, p. 1096) and Portuguese.
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Dohaviin DOHAV3N

prep. of, from, belonging to; made up of,
consisting of, characterized by; about Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ˈdo hə vin/

Official Definition
No official translation given.

Expanded Definition
n. see dovahkiin

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Usage Expanded Definition

Dohaviin, your Voice is no match for mine! n. dragonkind, dragon, wyrm, the race of
(Odahviing, 000CA644) dragons

Notes Usage
Most likely a misspelling of dovahkiin Wo lost fron wah ney dov, ahrk fin reyliik
‘dragonborn’. do jul, voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein!
Who was kin to both wyrm, and the races of
man, with a power to rival the sun!
Dok DOK (Book, Songs of Skyrim)

Word Type Pronunciation

How to explain in your tongue? The dov
noun /dok/ have words for such things that joorre do
Official Definition not.
(Paarthurnax, 000BBEAA)
Hound
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Connotations
(PrimaGames.com) Refers to the race of dragons as a whole, not
Expanded Definition individual or multiple dragons. Related
word diiv refers to the power and spirit of
n. hound, dog
the Dov.
Usage
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list Dovah DOV4
and the Prima Games official guide.
Word Type Pronunciation
Notes
noun /ˈdo və/
Likely from English ‘dog’.
Official Definition

Dov DOV
Dragon (also means “me” when a dragon
speaks)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Word Type Pronunciation
(Dialogue File, 000CC4F2)
noun /dov/
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Official Definition (PrimaGames.com)
Dragon/Dragonkind/Wyrm (referring to the Expanded Definition
race of dragons)
n. dragon
(Bend Will Shout)
pron. me
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue File, 000BBEAA)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)

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Usage Expanded Definition

Nuz aan sul, fent alok, fod fin vul dovah n. dragonstone, a ritual stone bearing a map
nok, fen kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ruz! of dragon burial mounds throughout
But a day, shall arise, when the dark dragon's Skyrim
lies, will be silenced forever and then!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Usage
Het nok Faal Vahlok, deinmaar do
Nonvul Bron, mahfaeraak dahmaan sahrot Dovahgolz ahrk aan Fus do unslaad rahgol
Vahlok wen lot ahkrin shaan ney muz ahrk ahrk vulom.
dovah. Here lies The Guardian, keeper of the
Noble Nord, forever remember the mighty Dragonstone and a Force of eternal rage and
Guardian whose great courage inspired both darkness.
men and dragons. (Word Wall for Fus, Unrelenting Force)
(Word Wall for Shaan, Battle Fury)
Etymology
Sahloknir! Ziil gro dovah ulse! Compound of dovah ‘dragon’ and golz
Sahloknir! Your soul is bound to me for ‘stone’.
eternity!
(Alduin, 000CC4F2)
Dovahkiin DOV4K3N
Connotations
Word Type Pronunciation
Refers to an individual dragon. May also
refer to dragons in general (not all dragons noun /ˈdo və kin/
or the race of dragons). Usage as a pronoun
Official Definition
is very rare, only usable in this way by
dragons. Dragonborn
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Etymology (Dialogue File, 000C8EA0)
From dov ‘dragonkind’. (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)

Dovahgolz Expanded Definition

DOV4GOLZ
n. dragonborn, a mortal born with the blood
and soul of a dragon
Word Type Pronunciation
Usage
noun /ˈdo və golz/
Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, naal ok zin los
Official Definition vahriin, wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst
Dragonstone vaal!
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Dragonborn, Dragonborn, by his honor is
(PrimaGames.com) sworn, To keep evil forever at bay!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)

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Ful, losei Dovahkiin? Zu'u koraav nid nol Connotations

dov do hi.
A formal title for someone who has slain a
So, you're the Dragonborn? I see nothing of the
dragon, usually permanently. Can be used
dragon about you.
to describe past action.
(Alduin, 000C8EA0)
Etymology
Connotations
Compound of dovah ‘dragon’ and kriid
Dragon name for a mortal individual born
‘slayer’.
with the soul of a dragon. Dragonborn
possess a dragon’s ability to Shout and
devour the souls of other dragons. Dovahsebrom
Etymology DOV4SEBROM
Compound of dovah ‘dragon’ and kiin ‘to
Word Type Pronunciation
bear’.
noun /ˌdo və sɛˈbrom/
Notes
Official Definition
Alternate, unofficial interpretations
translate dovahkiin as dov ah kiin (‘born to Dragon of the North
hunt dragonkind’). (Dialogue File, 000C43AE)

Expanded Definition
Dovahkriid n. Dragon of the North

DOV4KR3D Usage

Word Type Pronunciation Lingrah krosis saraan Strundu'ul, voth nid

balaan klov praan nau. Naal Thu'umu, mu
noun /ˈdo və krid, doˈvɑ krid/
ofan nii nu, Dovahkiin, naal suleyk do
Official Definition Kaan, naal suleyk do Shor, ahrk naal suleyk
do Atmorasewuth. Meyz nu Ysmir,
Dragonslayer
Dovahsebrom. Dahmaan daar rok.
(Dialogue File, 000C8EA0)
Long sorrowfully (has) waited the Stormcrown,
Expanded Definition with no worthy head to rest on. By our Voice we
n. dragonslayer, a slayer of dragons or the give it now (to you), Dragonborn, by (the)
slayer of a specific dragon power of Kyne, by the power of Shor, and by the
power of Atmora-of-old. Meyz nu Ysmir,
Usage Dovahsebrom. Dahmaan daar rok.(You have)
Dovahkiin los ok dovahkriid. become now Ysmir, Dragon of the North.
The Dragonborn is his dragonslayer - The Remember these words.
Dragonborn slew him. (Greybeards, 000C43AB, 000C43A7,
(Dragon, 000C8EA0) 000C43A6, 000C43AE)

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Connotations Dreh DREH

Refers to the title ‘Ysmir Stormcrown’.
Word Type Pronunciation
Etymology
strong verb /drɛ/
Se compound of dovah ‘dragon’
and brom ‘north’. Official Definition
Do/Does
(Dialogue File, 0003F9E2)
Draal DR1L (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /drɑl/ Expanded Definition
v. to do
Official Definition
n. doing, action
Pray
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Usage
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Dreh ni nahkip.
(PrimaGames.com)
Do not feed.
Expanded Definition (Paarthurnax, 0003F9E2)
v. to pray
Het nok Fjolmod Bein-Su, wo pook ol
n. prayer
pogaas nau gol ol ok kopraan dreh nu ko
Usage golt.
Here lies Fjolmod Foul-Air, who stank as much
Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal!
on earth as his body does now in the ground.
Dragonborn, for your blessing we pray!
(Word Wall for Su, Elemental Fury)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Connotations
Nonvul Bron, dahmaan daar rok do fin
Modal verb that indicates present action.
Fodiiz Bormah – Draal ni fah Drem, fah grik
Generally unused but can specify present
los hind do sahlo ahrk nivahriin.
tense.
Noble Nord, remember these words of the Hoar
Father – Pray not for Peace, for such is the wish
of the weak and cowardly. Drem DREM
(Word Wall for Drem, Kyne’s Peace)
Word Type Pronunciation
Connotations
noun /drɛm/
To pray to a god or deity, or to wish or hope
for. Official Definition
Peace
Etymology
(Kyne’s Peace Shout)
Possibly related to aal ‘may’ used in prayer (Dialogue File, 00055870)
and well wishes. (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)

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Expanded Definition Official Definition

n. peace; patience, withholding aggression Did (“drey kod” - “did wield”)
or eagerness (Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Usage (Dialogue File, 000ED35D)
Kaan drem ov! (POGGLE, p. 1096)
Kyne peace trust! (PrimaGames.com)
(Kyne’s Peace Shout)
Expanded Definition

Drem. Patience. There are formalities which v. did, past tense of dreh
must be observed, at the first meeting of
Usage
two of the dov.
(Paarthurnax, 0003F890) Ahrk fin zul, rok drey kod, nau tol morokei
frod, rul lot Taazokaan motaad voth kein!
Drem Yol Lok. Greetings. And the Voice, he did wield, on that glorious
(Paarthurnax, 00077360) field, when great Tamriel shuddered with war!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Nonvul Bron, dahmaan daar rok do fin
Fodiiz Bormah – Draal ni fah Drem, fah grik Kel drey ni viik.
los hind do sahlo ahrk nivahriin. The Elder Scroll did not defeat me.
Noble Nord, remember these words of the Hoar (Alduin, 000ED35D)
Father – Pray not for Peace, for such is the wish
of the weak and cowardly. Het nok Yngnavar Gaaf-Kodaav, wo drey
(Word Wall for Drem, Kyne’s Peace) Yah moro nau Frod do Krosis, nuz sinon
siiv dinok ahrk dukaan.
Connotations Here lies Yngnavar Ghost-Bear, who did Seek
Withholding inborn aggressiveness and glory on the Battlefield of Sorrows, but instead
hostility. In the Kyne’s Peace Shout, found death and dishonor.
restrains the aggressive tendencies of wild (Word Wall for Yah, Aura Whisper)
animals. For a dragon, represents restraint
Connotations
from violent power rather than its absence.
Used to specify past tense where it might
otherwise be unclear. Also indicates
Drey DR9 formality, common in prayer and
commemorations.
Word Type Pronunciation
Etymology
weak verb /dreɪ/
From dreh ‘to do’.

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Drog DROG Official Definition

Bring
Word Type Pronunciation (Dialogue File, 00048F09)
noun /drog/ (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Official Definition
Lord Expanded Definition
(POGGLE, p. 1096) v. to bring; to cause, make happen; to usher
(PrimaGames.com) (in)
n. bringing, the act of bringing; cause;
Expanded Definition causation
n. lord, master
Usage
Usage Zok frini grind ko grah drun viiki,
Het nok un mahlaan drogge erei suleyk se Dovahkiin.
Alduin vokrii. My most eagerness (to) meet (you) in battle
[Here lie our fallen lords until the power of brought my defeat.
Alduin (is) restored.] (Odahviing, 00048F09)
(Dragonstone Inscription)
Brothi wahlaan qethsegol kulii vahrukt,
Het mah faasnu ronaan Undveld, aar, kriid Odrav Keyn-Haal, wo drun pogaas zin wah
grohiik, ahrk drog do Lot Nir. Brod Sahqo-Strunmah.
Here fell the fearless archer Undveld, servant, Brothi raised this stone for her son Odrav,
slayer of wolves, and lord of the Great Hunt. Anvil-Hand, who brought much honor to Clan
(Word Wall for Nir, Aura Whisper) Red-Mountain.
(Word Wall for Haal, Disarm)
Connotations
May have initially referred to a dragon lord Connotations
or master, but is found in broader contexts To physically or metaphorically bring
to reference a master of any kind. something, or to bring about something.

Notes Etymology
May be from English ‘dragon’. May relate to dreh ‘to do’.

Drun DRUN
Word Type Pronunciation
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Du DU Usage
Lingrah krosis saraan Strundu'ul, voth nid
Word Type Pronunciation balaan klov praan nau.
strong verb /du/ Long sorrowfully (has) waited the Stormcrown,
with no worthy head to rest on.
Official Definition (Greybeards, 000C43AB)
Devour
(Dialogue File, 00056380) Zeymahi lost ont du'ul Bormahu.
(POGGLE, p. 1096) My brother was once the crown of our father.
(PrimaGames.com) (Paarthurnax, 0009C213)

Expanded Definition
v. to devour, consume, feast on Dukaan DUK1N
n. devouring, consumption
Word Type Pronunciation
Usage strong adjective /duˈkɑn/
Thurri du hin sille ko Sovngarde!
Official Definition
My lord will feast on your souls in Sovngarde!
(Mirmulnir, 00056380) Dishonor
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
Sahrotaar! Ziil los dii du! (POGGLE, p. 1096)
Sahrotaar, your soul is mine to devour! (PrimaGames.com)
(Miraak, 0202A8F0) Expanded Definition
Notes adj. dishonored, dishonorable
Prominently featured in the dragon adv. dishonorably
name Alduin ‘destroyer devour master’. n. dishonor
v. to dishonor, make or become dishonored

Du'ul DU'UL Usage

Het nok Yngnavar Gaaf-Kodaav, wo drey
Word Type Pronunciation Yah moro nau Frod do Krosis, nuz sinon
noun /dul, ˈdu ʌl, duˈul/ siiv dinok ahrk dukaan.
Here lies Yngnavar Ghost-Bear, who did Seek
Official Definition
glory on the Battlefield of Sorrows, but instead
Crown found death and dishonor.
(Dialogue File, 000C43AB) (Word wall for Yah, Aura Whisper)
(PrimaGames.com)
Connotations
Expanded Definition
If related to Kaan ‘Kyne’, denotes something
n. crown; any symbol of authority, power, that is sacrilege to Kyne and the Nords as a
or rightness whole.

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Etymology Connotations
May relate to Kaan ‘Kyne’ involving a Word of Power that embodies grace in
negative prefix du-. battle. Refers to particular finesse or skill, as
with a weapon or with words. Cannot be
Notes
used as a verb meaning ‘to grace with one’s
Namesake of one of Miraak’s acolyte presence’.
priests.

Dur D6
Dun DUN
Word Type Pronunciation
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /dur/
strong adjective /dun/
Official Definition
Official Definition
Curse
Grace (Summon Durnehviir Shout)
(Elemental Fury Shout) (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) Expanded Definition
v. to curse
Expanded Definition
n. curse
adj. graceful, skilled adj. cursed, accursed; cursing
adv. gracefully, skilfully; with grace
n. grace, gracefulness, finesse, skill Usage
v. to make graceful or skilled Dur neh viir!
Curse never dying!
Usage
(Summon Durnehviir Shout)
Su grah dun!
Air battle grace! Connotations
(Elemental Fury Shout) Word of Power. Refers to a supernatural
curse, not expletives.
Qethsegol vahrukiv paaz kulaas Yrsa, wo
ensosin pah do Taazokaan voth ek Dun
ahrk brii. Dwiin DW3N
This stone commemorates the fair princess Yrsa,
Word Type Pronunciation
who bewitched all of Tamriel with her Grace and
beauty. strong adjective /dwin/
(Word Wall for Dun, Elemental Fury) Official Definition
Steel
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)

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Expanded Definition
Usage
adj. steel, steely, made of steel
Sigruuf wahlaan qethsegol briinahii
adv. in a steel-like manner, as if made of
vahrukt, Lanal, wen brit luft los ol kinzon
steel
ahrk sot ol Nus, dwiirok nol nahlaas
n. steel
ozinvey.
v. to make steel; to become like steel
Sigruuf raised this stone for his sister, Lanal,
whose beautiful face was as sharp and white as a
Usage
Statue, carved from living ivory.
Pruzaan Zun ko Keizaal los hahdrim do
(Word Wall for Nus, Ice Form)
dwiin-sil kendov.
The best Weapon in Skyrim is the mind of a Etymology
steel-souled warrior. May share root with dwiin ‘steel’ pertaining
(Word Wall for Zun, Disarm) to solid material. May also relate
to rok ‘word’.
Orin pruzaan dwiin aal kreh ahrk kren, nuz
Slen do vahzah muz los sindugahvon.
Even the best steel may bend and break, but the Ek EK
Flesh of a true man is unyielding.
(Word Wall for Slen, Ice Form) Word Type Pronunciation
pronoun /ɛk/
Connotations
Significant in ancient Nordic culture as the Official Definition
main material of arms and armor. Anything Her (used equally with the “ii” form of the
said to be steel-like imbues the strength of possessive)
the arms and armor they crafted. (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Etymology
May share root with dwiirok ‘to carve’ Expanded Definition
relating to solid material. pron. her; hers

Usage
Dwiirok DW3ROK Nau daar revak golt drey Freda zahrahmiik
ek Laas, ful tol ek pogaan kiir filok, ahrk
Word Type Pronunciation
osos sul qahnaar ek hokoron.
strong verb /ˈdwir ok/ On this sacred ground did Freda sacrifice her
Life, so that her many children might escape,
Official Definition
and some day vanquish her enemies.
Carve (Word Wall for Laas, Aura Whisper)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) Connotations
Third person singular possessive.
Expanded Definition
v. to carve
n. carving

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Etymology Usage
From rek ‘she’. Qethsegol vahrukiv paaz kulaas Yrsa, wo
ensosin pah do Taazokaan voth ek Dun
Notes
ahrk brii.
The possessive suffix -ii can be used instead
This stone commemorates the fair princess Yrsa,
of ek to indicate third person possession.
who bewitched all of Tamriel with her Grace and
beauty.
Enook EN8K (Word Wall for Dun, Elemental Fury)

Connotations
Word Type Pronunciation
To be enchanted by a witch, or to be
adjective /ɛˈnuk/
enchanted as though by a witch’s spell.
Official Definition Negative connotation in its association
Each with sos ‘blood’ and the Nords’ general fear
(POGGLE, p. 1096) of magic and witchcraft.
(PrimaGames.com) Etymology
Expanded Definition May derive from an unattested
adj. each, every, all word sosin meaning ‘witch’ or ‘witchcraft’,
lit. ‘blood-master’.
Usage
Nii los heyv do enook mun wah lahney
voth ahkrin ahrk zin, leh rok Feim
Erei ER2
vodahmin kotin vulom. Word Type Pronunciation
It is the duty of each man to live with courage conjunction /ɛˈraɪ/
and honor, lest he Fade unremembered into
darkness. Official Definition
(Word Wall for Feim, Become Ethereal) Until
(PrimaGames.com)

Ensosin ENSOSIN Expanded Definition

conj. until
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /ɛnˈsos in/ Usage

Official Definition Het nok un mahlaan drogge erei suleyk se

Alduin vokrii.
Bewitch
[Here lie our fallen lords until (the) power of
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Alduin (is) restored.]
(PrimaGames.com)
(Dragonstone Inscription)
Expanded Definition
v. to bewitch
n. bewitchment

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Eruvos ERUVOS warmth cannot be extinguished even by the Cold

of death.
Word Type Pronunciation (Word Wall for Krah, Frost Breath)

noun /ɛrˈru vos/ Connotations

Official Definition To put out or end, esp. fire, light, or

warmth, or something that is physically or
Year
metaphorically burning.
(POGGLE, p. 1096)

Expanded Definition
n. year
Evgir EVG7
Word Type Pronunciation
Usage
noun /ˈɛv gir/
Qethsegol vahrukiv Hrodmir fin Krent, wo
sov pah ok eruvos ahrk faraan wah Nos Official Definition
tum krivaan do ok zeymah. Season
This stone commemorates Hrodmir the Broken, (Dialogue File, 0002A795)
who spent all his years and fortune to Strike (POGGLE, p. 1096)
down the killer of his brother. (PrimaGames.com)
(Word Wall for Nos, Cyclone)
Expanded Definition
n. season
Evenaar EVEN1R
Usage
Word Type Pronunciation
Evgir Unslaad has come at last. The “Season
strong verb /ˈɛv ɛn ɑr/ Unending.” War... without end.
Official Definition (Bergritte Battle-Born, 0002A795)

Extinguish
But once Alduin is defeated - then it will be
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
the Empire's turn. Remember - “Evgir
(PrimaGames.com)
Unslaad.”
Expanded Definition (Ulfric Stormcloak, 0004BA40)
v. to extinguish Notes
n. extinguishment
Seen exclusively in the phrase evgir
unslaad ‘season unending’, an ancient
Usage
Nordic phrase for war.
Evenaar bahlok.
Extinguish (your) hungers.
(Paarthurnax, 0003F9E2)

Het nok brit kaaz Anurassa, wen faad nis

kos evenaar orin naal Krah dinok.
Here lies the beautiful cat Anurassa, whose

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Faad F1D Usage

Faal Kel...?! Nikriinne…
Word Type Pronunciation Elder Scroll...? Cowards...
strong adjective /fɑd/ (Alduin, 000CD9DE)

Official Definition Het nok Faal Vahlok, wo kron pogaas moro.

Warmth Fah ok unslaad mid, rok aav dilon voth lot
(POGGLE, p. 1096) zin.
(PrimaGames.com) Here lies the Guardian, who won much glory.
For his eternal loyalty, he joins the dead with
Expanded Definition
great honor.
adj. warm (Word Wall for Mid, Battle Fury)
adv. warmly
n. warmth, warmness Het nok bein nahgahdinok Azaran faal
v. to warm Munax, wo unt wah Gron krilot dilon do
Sovngarde wah lein do jul, ahrk funt.
Usage Here lies the foul necromancer Azaran the
Het nok brit kaaz Anurassa, wen faad nis Cruel, who tried to Bind the valiant dead of
kos evenaar orin naal Krah dinok. Sovngarde to the world of man, and failed.
Here lies the beautiful cat Anurassa, whose (Word Wall for Gron, Become Ethereal)
warmth cannot be extinguished even by the Cold
of death. Connotations
(Word Wall for Krah, Frost Breath) Rarely used, indicates a proper noun or
otherwise indicates respect or reverence.
Found in more formal speech or writing,
Faal F1L and epithets.

Word Type Pronunciation

article /fɑl/ Faas F1S
Official Definition Word Type Pronunciation
The (rare, only used with specific proper strong verb /fɑs/
nouns or as a sign of reverence, as in “Faal
Krein - The Sun”) Official Definition
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Fear
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (Dismay Shout)
(PrimaGames.com) (Dialogue File, 000D2DBB)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Expanded Definition (PrimaGames.com)
art. the (formal)
Expanded Definition
v. to fear, be afraid of
n. fear

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Het mah faasnu ronaan Undveld, aar, kriid

Usage
grohiik, ahrk drog do Lot Nir.
Faas ru maar!
Here fell the fearless archer Undveld, servant,
Fear run terror!
slayer of wolves, and lord of the Great Hunt.
(Dismay Shout)
(Word Wall for Nir, Aura Whisper)

Ni faas, Dovahkiin! Connotations

(I do) not fear (you), Dragonborn! Connotes bravery, disregarding what may
(Odahviing, 000D2DBB) be perceived by others as a threat or danger.

Faas ni Brendon do Dinok, fah rok los Etymology

qolaas do moro, ahrk hin aak wah lot Faas ‘fear’ with the suffix -nu.
Sovngarde.
Fear not the Specter of Death, for he is the herald
of glory, and your guide to great Sovngarde. Faaz F1Z
(Word Wall for Faas, Dismay)
Word Type Pronunciation
Connotations strong adjective /fɑz/
Word of Power, to be afraid of something
Official Definition
that warrants fear, as in a danger, threat, or
higher power. Pain
(Dialogue File, 000D2D72)
(PrimaGames.com)
Faasnu F1SNU
Expanded Definition
Word Type Pronunciation adj. painful
strong adjective /ˈfɑs nu/ adv. painfully
n. painfulness; pain
Official Definition v. to pain, make or cause pain
Fearless
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Usage
(PrimaGames.com) Faaz! Nah!
“Pain, fury!” = “damn you!”
Expanded Definition
(Alduin, 000D2D72)
adj. fearless
adv. fearlessly Faaz! Paak! Dinok!
n. fearlessness [Pain! Shame! Death!]
v. to make or become fearless (Draugr, 0004C59F)

Usage Connotations
Do not be afraid. Faasnu. Let me feel the Used as a curse or a taunt in battle.
power of your Thu'um.
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Etymology Qethsegol vahrukiv key Sarvirra, zok krin

Raan alun wah fonaar odus frod, ahrk ofan
May relate to aaz ‘mercy’, indicating the
ok sil fah ok drog.
absence of mercy or respite.
This stone commemorates the horse Sarvirra, the
most courageous Animal ever to charge the
Fah F4 snowy battlefields, and give his soul for his lord.
(Word Wall for Raan, Animal Allegiance)
Word Type Pronunciation
preposition /fɑ/ Draal ni fah Drem, fah grik los hind do
sahlo ahrk nivahriin.
Official Definition Pray not for Peace, for such is the wish of the
For weak and cowardly.
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) (Word Wall for Drem, Kyne’s Peace)
(Dialogue File, 000E16F9)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Connotations
(PrimaGames.com) Not used to indicate the passage of time, eg.
‘for many years’.
Expanded Definition
prep. for; in order to gain or acquire; in
payment or punishment of; suiting the Fahdon F4DON
purpose of; in the interest of, on behalf of;
Word Type Pronunciation
conj. for, because, since
noun /ˈfɑ don, fəˈdon/
Usage
Official Definition
Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal!
Friend
Dragonborn, for your blessing we pray!
(Dialogue File, 000B94C6)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Sosaal fah hin vothaarn.
(You will) bleed for your disobedience Expanded Definition
(Nahkriin, 000E16F9)
n. friend, ally or companion

Dov wahlaan fah rel. Usage

Dragons were created for domination.
They are very protective of me. Bahlaan
(Paarthurnax, 0003C574)
fahdonne.
Bahlaan fahdonne = “worthy friends”
(Paarthurnax, 000B94C6)

Krosis. So los mid fahdon.

[Apologies]. Sorrow is (a) loyal friend.
(Paarthurnax, 0009C212)

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Etymology

Het nok kopraan do Hela, Fahdon wah pah May share suffix with gogil ‘goblin’.
sivaas aar do Kaan. Aal rek siiv unahzaal
praan ko Feykro do Hahnu.
Here lies the body of Hela, friend to all beasts
Fahluaan F4LU1N
and servant of Kyne. May she find eternal rest Word Type Pronunciation
in the Forest of Dreams. noun /ˈfɑ lu ɑn/
(Word Wall for Kaan, Kyne’s Peace)
Official Definition
Connotations
Gardener
The dragon concept of friendship differs (POGGLE, p. 1096)
greatly from that of mortals, closer in
meaning to ‘ally’ or ‘companion’. Expanded Definition
n. gardener

Fahliil F4L3L Usage

Word Type Pronunciation Pah werid morokei Miraak, zok suleykaar

do pah Sonaak wen Mul bolaav naal
noun /fəˈlil/
Fahluaan do Jul.
Official Definition All praise the glorious Miraak, most powerful of
Elf all priests, whose Strength was granted by the
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More) Gardener of Men.
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (Word Wall for Mul, Dragon Aspect)
(PrimaGames.com) Connotations
Expanded Definition Only known usage is in the epithet fahluaan
n. elf do jul ‘Gardener of Men’, referring to
Hermaeus Mora.
Usage
Etymology
Qethsegol vahrukiv daanik Fahliil kiir do
Possibly from an unattested
Gravuun Frod, wo bovul ko Maar nol
word fahlu ‘garden’ with the suffix -aan.
kinzon zahkrii do kruziik hokoron.
This stone commemorates the doomed elf
children of the Autumn Field, who fled in Terror
from the sharp swords of the ancient enemy.
(Word Wall for Maar, Dismay)

Connotations
Unknown if formal or informal, or
respectful or derogatory. Ancient Nords
may have used this word to avoid using the
elves’ own name, ‘Mer’.

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Faraan FAR1N
Word Type Pronunciation “Fade” in your tongue. Mortals have
greater affinity for this Word than the dov.
noun /fəˈrɑn/
Everything mortal fades away in time, but
Official Definition the spirit remains. Ponder the meaning of
Fortune/Wealth spirit. Unslaad zii. Where mortal flesh may
wither and die, the spirit endures. That is
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
“Feim.” Let that meaning fill you. Su'um
Expanded Definition ahrk morah. You will find that your spirit
n. fortune, wealth will give you more strength.
(Paarthurnax, 000E8274)
Usage
Qethsegol vahrukiv Hrodmir fin Krent, wo Nii los heyv do enook mun wah lahney
sov pah ok eruvos ahrk faraan wah Nos voth ahkrin ahrk zin, leh rok Feim
tum krivaan do ok zeymah. vodahmin kotin vulom.
This stone commemorates Hrodmir the Broken, It is the duty of each man to live with courage
who spent all his years and fortune to Strike and honor, lest he Fade unremembered into
down the killer of his brother. darkness.
(Word Wall for Nos, Cyclone) (Word Wall for Feim, Become Ethereal)

Connotations
Feim F2M Word of Power, connototes mortality and
ephemeralness. What fades away is not as
Word Type Pronunciation significant as what is left behind.
strong verb /faɪm/

Official Definition Fel FEL

Fade
Word Type Pronunciation
(Become Ethereal Shout)
(Dialogue File, 000E8274) strong adjective /fɛl/
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Official Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
Feral
Expanded Definition (POGGLE, p. 1096)
v. to fade (PrimaGames.com)
n. fade Expanded Definition
Usage adj. feral, ferocious
adv. ferociously
Feim zii gron!
n. ferocity, ferociousness
Fade spirit bind!
v. to make or become feral
(Become Ethereal Shout)

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Usage Connotations
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list Modal verb used to indicate future action.
and the Prima Games official guide.

Notes Fent FENT

Likely from English ‘fell’, Old English ‘fel’
meaning ‘cruel, savage, fierce’. Word Type Pronunciation
weak verb /fɛnt/

Fen FEN Official Definition

Shall
Word Type Pronunciation (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
weak verb /fɛn/ (Dialogue File, 000E16F8)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Official Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
Fen (as in “fen kos” - “will be”)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Expanded Definition
(Dialogue File, 000E1704) v. shall (indicates future tense)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) Usage
Nuz aan sul, fent alok, fod fin vul dovah
Expanded Definition
nok, fen kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ruz!
v. will (indicates future tense) But a day, shall arise, when the dark dragon's
lies, will be silenced forever and then!
Usage
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Nuz aan sul, fent alok, fod fin vul dovah
nok, fen kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ruz! Fent ni filok.
But a day, shall arise, when the dark dragon's (You) shall not escape.
lies, will be silenced forever and then! (Nahkriin, 000E16F8)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Nivahriin muz fent siiv nid aaz het.
Nafni wahlaan qethsegol bormahii vahrukt, Cowardly men shall find no mercy here.
Rognvald, wen Zii fen mahfaeraak aak ok (Morokei, 00080103)
brod, ahrk folook ok hokoron.
Nafni raised this stone for his father, Rognvald, Connotations
whose Spirit will forever guide his clan, and Modal verb used to indicate future action.
haunt his enemies. Largely indistinguishable from fen ‘will’,
(Word Wall for Zii, Become Ethereal) except that the speaker governs the future
action; e.g. fent ni filok ‘you shall not escape’
Fen du hin sille ko Sovngarde! implies the speaker is directly responsible
(I) will devour your souls in Sovngarde! for preventing escape. This differs
(Alduin, 000ED35B) from fen ‘will’, where the future action may
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Etymology Usage
From fen ‘will’. Alduin, feyn do jun, kruziik vokun
staadnau, voth aan bahlok wah diivon fin
lein!
Feykro F9KRO Alduin, Bane of Kings, ancient shadow
unbound, with a hunger to swallow the world!
Word Type Pronunciation (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
noun /ˈfeɪ kro/

Official Definition Fiik F3K

Forest
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Word Type Pronunciation
(PrimaGames.com) noun /fik/

Expanded Definition Official Definition

n. forest Mirror (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Usage
Expanded Definition
Het nok kopraan do Hela, Fahdon wah pah
sivaas aar do Kaan. Aal rek siiv unahzaal n. mirror
praan ko Feykro do Hahnu.
Usage
Here lies the body of Hela, friend to all beasts
and servant of Kyne. May she find eternal rest Fiik lo sah!
in the Forest of Dreams. Mirror deceive phantom!
(Word Wall for Kaan, Kyne’s Peace) (Phantom Form Shout)

Het ont kriist Fiik do Amusan, miiraad wah

Feyn F9N hahvulon ahrk miiraak do hahnu.
[Here once stood the Mirror of Amusan,
Word Type Pronunciation doorway to nightmares and portal of dreams.]
noun /feɪn/ (Unused Word Wall for Fiik, Phantom
Form)
Official Definition
Bane Connotations
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Word of Power in the Phantom Form Shout
(POGGLE, p. 1096) used by the Greybeards during the
(PrimaGames.com) Dragonborn’s trials. Connotates illusion
and departure from reality.
Expanded Definition
n. bane

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Filok FILOK Official Definition

The (not commonly used in regular
Word Type Pronunciation sentence structure)
strong verb /fiˈlok, ˈfi lok/ (Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Official Definition (POGGLE, p. 1096)
Escape (PrimaGames.com)
(Dialogue File, 000E16F8)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Expanded Definition
(PrimaGames.com) art. the

Expanded Definition Usage

v. to escape Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah
n. escape vod, Ahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein!
Hearken now, sons of snow, to an age, long ago,
Usage and the tale, boldly told, of the one!
Fent ni filok. (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(You) shall not escape.
(Nahkriin, 000E16F8) Qethsegol vahrukiv Vulgrum fin Zahkrii ko
fin Ven, sovrahzun wen moro lost maltiid,
Nau daar revak golt drey Freda zahrahmiik nuz ko vahrukt unslaad.
ek Laas, ful tol ek pogaan kiir filok, ahrk This stone commemorates Vulgrum the Sword
osos sul qahnaar ek hokoron. in the Wind, the mercenary whose glory was
On this sacred ground did Freda sacrifice her brief, but in memory eternal.
Life, so that her many children might escape, (Word Wall for Ven, Cyclone)
and some day vanquish her enemies.
(Word Wall for Laas, Aura Whisper) Notes
Rarely used, esp. in speech. Most commonly
Connotations found in poetry where it can lend an extra
Unlike bovul ‘to flee’, does not connotate syllable. See related word faal ‘the (formal)’,
terror or cowardice; finding safety, respite. which is used more commonly in epithets
and with proper nouns.
Etymology
May be from lok ‘sky’ in association with
freedom and openness.

Fin FIN
Word Type Pronunciation
article /fin/

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Fo FO Usage
Ahrk fin norok paal graan fod nust hon
Word Type Pronunciation zindro zaan!
noun /fo/ And the fiercest foes rout when they hear
triumph's shout!
Official Definition
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Frost
(Frost Breath Shout) Ahrk fin Kel lost prodah, do ved viing ko
(POGGLE, p. 1096) fin krah, tol fod zeymah win kein meyz
(PrimaGames.com) fundein!
And the Scrolls have foretold, of black wings in
Expanded Definition
the cold, that when brothers wage war come
n. frost
unfurled!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Usage
Fo krah diin! Notes
Frost cold freeze! See synonym rul ‘when’, which is used
(Frost Breath Shout) exclusively at the beginning of sentences
and phrases.
Pah werid sonaan Lunerio, wen yuvon
lovaas meyz Fo, het ko vulon.
All praise the bard Lunerio, whose golden voice Fodiiz FOD3Z
became Frost, here in the night.
(Word Wall for Fo, Frost Breath) Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /ˈfo diz/
Connotations
Word of Power, tied to freezing cold and Official Definition
wind. Hoar
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Fod FOD
Expanded Definition
Word Type Pronunciation adj. hoar, hoary; venerable; weathered by
conjunction /fod/ age
adv. venerably, in a hoary manner
Official Definition
n. hoar, hoarfrost
When v. to make or become hoary; to age or grow
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) venerable
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
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Usage Usage
Nonvul Bron, dahmaan daar rok do fin Het mah spaan vahdin Valkrys, wo krif
Fodiiz Bormah – Kendov krif ok kosill voth ahkrin, nuz los folaas wah Ov mulaag
Vokul, nuz kaal Gaar ok jun kosill niin nau do bodiis tuz.
ok hokoron. Here fell the shield maiden Valkrys, who fought
Noble Nord, remember these words of the Hoar bravely, but was wrong to Trust the strength of
Father – the warrior fights his inner evils, but a borrowed blade.
the king unleashes them on his enemies. (Word Wall for Ov, Trust)
(Word Wall for Gaar, Cyclone)
Connotations
Connotations Wrong action, choice, or judgment. Does
Occurs only in the epithet fodiiz not refer to something that is morally
bormah ‘Hoar Father’ found in several Word wrong. As a verb, does not mean ‘to do
Walls, possibly in reference to either wrong’.
Ysgramor or Tsun.

Etymology Folook FOL8K

Possibly a compound of fo ‘frost’
and iiz ‘ice’, referring to something or Word Type Pronunciation
someone who is weathered, ancient, and strong verb /foˈluk/
almost part of the land.
Official Definition
Haunt
Folaas FOL1S (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Word Type Pronunciation
Expanded Definition
strong adjective /foˈlɑs/
v. to haunt, torment, plague with fear
Official Definition n. haunting
Wrong
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Usage
(PrimaGames.com) Nafni wahlaan qethsegol bormahii vahrukt,
Rognvald, wen Zii fen mahfaeraak aak ok
Expanded Definition
brod, ahrk folook ok hokoron.
adj. wrong, misjudged, mistaken, incorrect Nafni raised this stone for his father, Rognvald,
in judgment or opinion whose Spirit will forever guide his clan, and
adv. wrongly haunt his enemies.
n. wrongness, misjudgment, mistake (Word Wall for Zii, Become Ethereal)
v. to make or become wrong or misjudged
Connotations

To strike pervading fear, esp. from

something that is incorporeal, inanimate, or
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Fonaar FON1R Usage

Zok frini grind ko grah drun viiki,
Word Type Pronunciation Dovahkiin.
strong verb /ˈfo nɑr, foˈnɑr/ My most eagerness (to) meet (you) in battle
brought my defeat.
Official Definition (Odahviing, 00048F09)
Charge
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Aesa wahlaan qethsegol briinahii vahrukt,
(PrimaGames.com) Thohild fin Toor, wen smoliin ag frin ol
Sahqo Heim.
Expanded Definition
Aesa raised this stone for her sister, Thohild the
v. to charge (into battle) Inferno, whose passion burned hot as the Red
n. charge, battle charge Forge.
(Word Wall for Toor, Fire Breath)
Usage
Qethsegol vahrukiv key Sarvirra, zok krin Connotations
Raan alun wah fonaar odus frod, ahrk ofan Burning with heat. Metaphorically
ok sil fah ok drog. describes a heated eagerness or fervor.
This stone commemorates the horse Sarvirra, the
most courageous Animal ever to charge the
snowy battlefields, and give his soul for his lord. Frod FROD
(Word Wall for Raan, Animal Allegiance)
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /frod/
Frin FRIN
Official Definition
Word Type Pronunciation Battlefield (Field)
strong adjective /frin/ (Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Official Definition (POGGLE, p. 1096)
Hot/Eagerness (PrimaGames.com)
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Dialogue File, 00048F09) Expanded Definition
(POGGLE, p. 1096) n. field, esp. field of battle; battlefield
(PrimaGames.com)
Usage
Expanded Definition Ahrk fin zul, rok drey kod, nau tol morokei
adj. hot; eager; fervent frod, rul lot Taazokaan motaad voth kein!
adv. hotly; eagerly; fervently And the Voice, he did wield, on that glorious
n. heat; eagerness; fervor field, when great Tamriel shuddered with war!
v. to heat; to make or become eager (Book, Songs of Skyrim)

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Het nok Yngnavar Gaaf-Kodaav, wo drey

Connotations
Yah moro nau Frod do Krosis, nuz sinon
Related by blood or heritage.
siiv dinok ahrk dukaan.
Here lies Yngnavar Ghost-Bear, who did Seek
glory on the Battlefield of Sorrows, but instead Frul FRUL
found death and dishonor.
(Word Wall for Yah, Aura Whisper) Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /frul/
Qethsegol vahrukiv daanik Fahliil kiir do
Gravuun Frod, wo bovul ko Maar nol Official Definition
kinzon zahkrii do kruziik hokoron. Ephemeral/Temporary
This stone commemorates the doomed elf (Dragonrend Shout)
children of the Autumn Field, who fled in Terror (POGGLE, p. 1096)
from the sharp swords of the ancient enemy. (PrimaGames.com)
(Word Wall for Maar, Dismay)
Expanded Definition
Connotations
adj. ephemeral, temporary
A field where battle has taken place or will adv. ephemerally, temporarily
take place. n. ephemeralness, temporariness
v. to make or become temporary

Fron FRON Usage

Word Type Pronunciation Joor zah frul!

Mortal finite temporary!
strong adjective /fron/
(Dragonrend Shout)
Official Definition
Connotations
Kin/Related
Attested only as a Word of Power in the
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Dragonrend Shout. Not immortal or
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
everlasting, entirely contrary to a dragon’s
Expanded Definition perspective of existence.
adj. kin, kindred, related Etymology
adv. in a kindred manner
Likely an antonym from ul ‘eternity’.
n. kinship, relations
v. to make or become kin or related

Usage
Wo lost fron wah ney dov, ahrk fin reyliik
do jul, voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein!
Who was kin to both wyrm, and the races of
man, with a power to rival the sun!
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Ful FUL Expanded Definition

v. to tell
Word Type Pronunciation n. telling
adverb /ful/
Usage
Official Definition
Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah
So vod, Ahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein!
(Dialogue File, 0009C20C) Hearken now, sons of snow, to an age, long ago,
(POGGLE, p. 1096) and the tale, boldly told, of the one!
(PrimaGames.com) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Expanded Definition
adv. so, thus, in this way Fundein FUND2N
conj. so, so that, in order that
Word Type Pronunciation
Usage strong verb /funˈdaɪn/
Ful nii los.
So it is / So be it. Official Definition
(Paarthurnax, 0009C20C) Unfurl(ed)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Nau daar revak golt drey Freda zahrahmiik (POGGLE, p. 1096)
ek Laas, ful tol ek pogaan kiir filok, ahrk (PrimaGames.com)
osos sul qahnaar ek hokoron.
On this sacred ground did Freda sacrifice her Expanded Definition
Life, so that her many children might escape, v. to unfurl, unfold, esp. wings
and some day vanquish her enemies. n. unfurling, unfolding
(Word Wall for Laas, Aura Whisper)
Usage
Connotations Ahrk fin Kel lost prodah, do ved viing ko
Occurs separately as an adverb and a fin krah, tol fod zeymah win kein meyz
conjunction. fundein!
And the Scrolls have foretold, of black wings in
the cold, that when brothers wage war come
Fun FUN unfurled!
(Book, Song of Skyrim)
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /fun/

Official Definition
Told
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)

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Funt FUNT Expanded Definition

n. force
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /funt/ Usage
Fus ro dah!
Official Definition
Force balance push!
Fail (Unrelenting Force Shout)
(Dialogue File, 0009C218)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Ro fus... maybe you only balance the forces
(PrimaGames.com) that work to quicken the end of this world.
Expanded Definition (Paarthurnax, 00055771)

v. to fail
It is called “Force” in your tongue. But as
n. failure, failing
you push the world, so does the world push
back. Think of the way force may be applied
Usage
effortlessly. Imagine but a whisper pushing
Rok funta koraav. aside all in its path. That is “Fus.” Let its
He failed to see. meaning fill you. Su'um ahrk morah. You
(Paarthurnax, 0009C218) will push the world harder than it pushes
back.
Het nok bein nahgahdinok Azaran faal
(Paarthurnax, 000E8276)
Munax, wo unt wah Gron krilot dilon do
Sovngarde wah lein do jul, ahrk funt. Het nok Faal Vahlok, deinmaar do
Here lies the foul necromancer Azaran the Dovahgolz ahrk aan Fus do unslaad rahgol
Cruel, who tried to Bind the valiant dead of ahrk vulom.
Sovngarde to the world of man, and failed. Here lies The Guardian, keeper of the
(Word Wall for Gron, Become Ethereal) Dragonstone and a Force of eternal rage and
Etymology darkness.
(Word Wall for Fus, Unrelenting Force)
From unt ‘to try’.
Connotations

Fus FUS Word of Power, noun only. Embodies

physical force and power.
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /fus/

Official Definition
Force
(Unrelenting Force Shout)
(Dialogue File, 00055771)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)

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Usage
Gaaf G1F Zu'u ni faas gaaffesejul.
I do not fear mortal ghosts (“ghosts of
Word Type Pronunciation
men/humans”).
noun /gɑf/ (Alduin, 000ED366)
Official Definition Connotations
Ghost Refers to mortal souls in the afterlife.
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Dialogue File, 000ED366) Etymology
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Se compound of gaaffe ‘ghosts’ and
(PrimaGames.com) jul ‘mankind’.

Expanded Definition
n. ghost Gaan G1N
Usage Word Type Pronunciation
Zu'u ni faas gaaffesejul. noun /gɑn/
I do not fear mortal ghosts (“ghosts of
Official Definition
men/humans”).
(Alduin, 000ED366) Stamina
(Drain Vitality Shout)
Het nok Yngnavar Gaaf-Kodaav, wo drey (POGGLE, p. 1096)
Yah moro nau Frod do Krosis, nuz sinon Expanded Definition
siiv dinok ahrk dukaan.
n. stamina, endurance
Here lies Yngnavar Ghost-Bear, who did Seek
glory on the Battlefield of Sorrows, but instead Usage
found death and dishonor.
Gaan lah haas!
(Word Wall for Yah, Aura Whisper)
Stamina magicka health!
(Drain Vitality Shout)
Gaaffesejul
Het nok kopraan do Svolo, wo piraak
G1FFESEJUL mulaag wah kriin dovah nuz ni gaan wah
kriin pogaan.
Word Type Pronunciation
Here lies the body of Svolo, who possessed the
noun /ˌgɑ fə sɛˈdʒul, ˌgɑ fə sɛˈjul/
strength to slay dragons, but not the stamina to
Official Definition slay many.
(Word Wall for Gaan, Drain Vitality)
Mortal Ghosts (“ghosts of men/humans”)
(Dialogue File, 000ED366) Connotations
Expanded Definition Word of Power that embodies enduring
strength, unyielding to fatigue. In the Drain
n. mortal ghosts, souls of mankind
vitality Shout, drains the victim’s stamina.

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Gaar G1R
Expanded Definition
Word Type Pronunciation
v. to steal
strong verb /gɑr/ n. theft, thievery
Official Definition
Usage
Release/Unleash
Het mah tahrodiis tafiir Skorji Lun-Sinak,
(Cyclone Shout)
wen klov govey naal rinik hahkun rok
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
togaat wah gahrot.
Expanded Definition Here fell the treacherous thief Skorji Leech-
v. to unleash or release Fingers, whose head was removed by the very
n. unleashing, release axe he was attempting to steal.
(Word Wall for Lun, Marked For Death)
Usage
Notes
Ven gaar nos!
Reference to Garrett, protagonist of the
Wind unleash strike!
Thief video game series.
(Cyclone Shout)

Kendov krif ok kosiil vokul, nuz jun Gaar Gahvon G4VON

niin nau ok hokoron.
The warrior fights his inner evils, but the king Word Type Pronunciation
unleashes them on his enemies. strong verb /ˈgɑ von/
(Word Wall for Gaar, Cyclone)
Official Definition
Connotations
Yield
Word of Power, connotates hitherto (Dialogue File, 000E16FF)
restrained power or force and the threat of (POGGLE, p. 1096)
its release. (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
Gahrot G4ROT v. to yield, surrender, give up; to renounce
Word Type Pronunciation n. yielding, surrender; renouncement

strong verb /ˈgɑ rot/ Usage

Official Definition Dovahkiin zol [sic] mul. Zu'u gahvon miri
Steal Alduin.
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More) Dovahkiin is most strong (=stronger). I yield my
allegiance (to) Alduin.
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) (Odahviing, 000E16FF)

Connotations
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Galik GALIK Notes

Likely from Old English ġēa ‘yes, thus, so’,
Word Type Pronunciation origin of German ja and English yeah.
noun /ˈgæl lik/

Official Definition Gein G2N

Pine
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Word Type Pronunciation
pronoun /gaɪn/
Expanded Definition
Official Definition
n. pine, pine tree
One (a single person or thing)
Usage (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Het mah Arnvid faal Staadnau, wen Hass (Dialogue File, 0009E069)
denos mindin Kein do Galik, kolos rok ofaal (POGGLE, p. 1096)
dilos ahraan. (PrimaGames.com)
Here fell Arnvid the Unbound, whose Health
Expanded Definition
declined after the War of Pines, in which he
received a deadly wound. pron. one, a single person or thing; a person
(Word Wall for Haas, Drain Vitality) in general
adj. one, single

Geh GEH Usage

Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah
Word Type Pronunciation vod, Ahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein!
adverb /gɛ/ Wo lost fron wah ney dov, ahrk fin reyliik
do jul, voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein!
Official Definition Hearken now, sons of snow, to an age, long ago,
Yes and the tale, boldly told, of the one! Who was kin
(Dialogue File, 00035B4B) to both wyrm, and the races of man, with a
(POGGLE, p. 1096) power to rival the sun!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Expanded Definition
adv. yes Pruzah wundunne wah Wuth Gein.
Good travels to the old one.
Usage
(Odahviing, 0009E069)
Geh, Sahloknir, kaali mir.
Yes, Sahloknir, my loyal champion. Onikaan koraav gein miraad.
(Alduin, 00035B4B) Wisdom sees the one doorway.
(Odahviing, 0004DE40)
Connotations
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Notes Gogil GOGIL

Officially defined as the pronoun ‘one’ (‘one
must be careful’, ‘the one who will save Word Type Pronunciation
us’), but also used in dialogue as the noun /ˈgo gil/
number ‘one’. Usage as a number should
generally be avoided. Possibly from
German ein or eins, meaning the number
‘one’.
Official Definition
Goblin
Geinmaar G2NM1R (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Word Type Pronunciation
pronoun /gaɪn/ Expanded Definition
n. goblin
Official Definition
Oneself Usage
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Het nok kopraan do sonaan Romerius, wo
(PrimaGames.com) unt Ru nol osos gogil, nuz motmah.
Here lies the body of the bard Romerius, who
Expanded Definition
tried to Run from some goblins, but slipped.
pron. oneself (Word Wall for Ru, Dismay)

Usage Etymology
Wah Krii ko morokei kein los wah zin May share suffix -iil with fahliil ‘elf’.
geinmaar. Wah dir ko morokei kein los wah
zin pah do Keizaal.
To Kill in glorious war is to honor oneself. To Gol GOL
die in glorious war is to honor all of Skyrim.
Word Type Pronunciation
(Word Wall for Krii, Marked for Death)
noun /gol/
Etymology
Official Definition
From gein ‘one’ with the reflexive suffix ‘-
maar’. Stone/Earth
(Bend Will Shout)
(Dialogue File, 0004DE42)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
n. earth, land, ground

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Usage Notes
Gol hah dov! The phrase nau gol ‘on earth’ is used to
Earth mind dragon! mean both ‘grounded’ (‘on the earth’) and
(Bend Will Shout) as an idiom that means ‘while alive’, though
the latter is exclusive to humans.
Kreh zini! The freedom of the sky beckons!
Yet I stay here, nau gol, as promised.
(You) bend my honor! The freedom of the sky Golah GOL4
beckons! Yet I stay here, on earth (grounded), as
Word Type Pronunciation
promised.
(Odahviing, 0004DE42) strong adjective /ˈgo lə/

Official Definition
He is too strong on the wing! Bring him to
Stubborn
gol with Dragonrend!
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(Paarthurnax, 000C64EE)
Expanded Definition
Qethsegol vahrukiv Bhor fin Golah, wo
adj. stubborn, unmoving
praal het mulhaan ol Gol saraan onikiv,
adv. stubbornly
nunon wah meyz wuth sinon do onik.
n. stubbornness
This stone commemorates Bhor the Stubborn,
v. to make or become stubborn
who sat here still as Earth awaiting
enlightenment, only to become old instead of Usage
wise.
Qethsegol vahrukiv Bhor fin Golah, wo
(Word Wall for Gol, Bend Will)
praal het mulhaan ol Gol saraan onikiv,
nunon wah meyz wuth sinon do onik.
Het nok Fjolmod Bein-Su, wo pook ol
This stone commemorates Bhor the Stubborn,
pogaas nau gol ol ok kopraan dreh nu ko
who sat here still as Earth awaiting
golt.
enlightenment, only to become old instead of
Here lies Fjolmod Foul-Air, who stank as much
wise.
on earth as his body does now in the ground.
(Word Wall for Gol, Bend Will)
(Word Wall for Su, Elemental Fury)
Connotations
Connotations
Connotates earth- or stone-like
Word of Power that cleanses the All-Maker
stubbornness, unable to be moved or
Stones of Solstheim from Hermaeus Mora’s
changed; as fixed or set as stone.
influence. Antonym of lok ‘sky’.
Connotations of being constant, immutable, Etymology
also constricting. Likely from gol ‘earth’.

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Golt GOLT Golz GOLZ

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
noun /golt/ noun /golz/

Official Definition Official Definition

Ground Stone
(Dialogue File, 0202BC5A) (POGGLE, p. 1099)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition n. stone
n. ground; place
Usage
Usage Het nok Faal Vahlok, deinmaar do
Mu daal wah golt. Dovahgolz ahrk aan Fus do unslaad rahgol
We will return to the ground. / We will land. ahrk vulom.
(Tamed Dragon, 0202BC5A) Here lies The Guardian, keeper of the
Dragonstone and a Force of eternal rage and
Nau daar revak golt drey Freda zahrahmiik darkness.
ek Laas, ful tol ek pogaan kiir filok, ahrk (Word Wall for Fus, Unrelenting Force)
osos sul qahnaar ek hokoron.
On this sacred ground did Freda sacrifice her Connotations
Life, so that her many children might escape, More general than qethsegol ‘stone’, which
and some day vanquish her enemies. more specifically refers to Word Walls or
(Word Wall for Laas, Aura Whisper) other commemorative stones. Golz refers to
any piece of the earth.
Het nok Fjolmod Bein-Su, wo pook ol
Etymology
pogaas nau gol ol ok kopraan dreh nu ko
golt. From gol ‘earth’.
Here lies Fjolmod Foul-Air, who stank as much Notes
on earth as his body does now in the ground.
Occurs only in the compound
(Word Wall for Su, Elemental Fury)
word dovahgolz ‘dragonstone’.
Connotations
Refers to the physical ground and surface of
the earth, and also a metonym referring to a
Goraan GOR1N
place or location (revak golt ‘sacred Word Type Pronunciation
ground’). Nau golt can mean ‘on the ground’
strong adjective /goˈrɒn/
or ‘on this ground / at this place’’.
Official Definition
Etymology
Young
From gol ‘earth’.
(PrimaGames.com)

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Expanded Definition Usage

adj. young; characterized by youth-like Het mah tahrodiis tafiir Skorji Lun-Sinak,
strength and spirit wen klov govey naal rinik hahkun rok
adv. youngly, in a strong and spirited togaat wah gahrot.
manner Here fell the treacherous thief Skorji Leech-
n. youth, youngness; youth-like strength Fingers, whose head was removed by the very
and spirit axe he was attempting to steal
v. to make or become young; to regain the (Word Wall for Lun, Marked For Death)
strength of youth
Connotations
Usage Specifically to remove with a blade or by
cutting. May be used metaphorically to
Goraan! I feel younger than I have in many
describe sudden or violent removal.
an age.
(Paarthurnax, 0009E073) Etymology
Connotations Likely from vey ‘to cut’.

For dragons, may be closer in meaning to Graag GR1G

liveliness, spirit, and strength that would be
characteristic of youth, rather than youth Word Type Pronunciation
itself. strong adjective /grɑg/

Official Definition
Govey GOV9 Green
(PrimaGames.com)
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /go ˈveɪ/ Expanded Definition
adj. green
Official Definition
adv. greenly
Remove
n. green, greenness
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
v. to make or become green
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) Usage
Expanded Definition Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.
v. to remove, esp. by cutting; to cut off or
cut out
n. removal, esp. by cut

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Graan GR1N Official Definition

Battle
Word Type Pronunciation (Elemental Fury Shout)
strong verb /grɑn/ (Dialogue File, 0005597E)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Official Definition (PrimaGames.com)
Rout (verb)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Expanded Definition
(POGGLE, p. 1096) v. to battle, face in battle
(PrimaGames.com) n. battle

Expanded Definition Usage

v. to rout, flee from battle Su grah dun!
n. rout Air battle grace!
(Elemental Fury Shout)
Usage
Ahrk fin norok paal graan fod nust hon There is no distinction between debate and
zindro zaan! combat to a dragon. Tinvaak los grah. For
And the fiercest foes rout when they hear us it is one and the same.
triumph's shout! (Paarthurnax, 0005597E)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Zok frini grind ko grah drun viiki,
Connotations Dovahkiin.
To flee from battle, esp. in defeat or a loss of My most eagerness (to) meet (you) in battle
courage. brought my defeat.
(Odahviing, 00048F09)
Etymology
Possibly related to grah ‘battle’. Qethsegol vahrukiv kril Thjodrek, wo dir
Notes zohungaar ko Grah do Vith Okaaz.
This stone commemorates the brave Thjodrek,
Intransitive verb, not used to mean ‘to
who died heroically in the Battle of the Serpent
defeat or drive to rout’ (‘the enemy routed’
Sea.
versus ‘we routed the enemy’).
(Word Wall for Grah, Elemental Fury)

Connotations
Grah GR4 Word of Power, embodies the contest of
Word Type Pronunciation strength, ability, and Voice. Refers to a
singular battle, not overarching struggle or
noun /grɑ/
conflict.

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Grah-Zeymahzin Expanded Definition

n. stratagem, trick; strategy, tactic, esp. one
GR4-Z9M4ZIN involving trickery
Pronunciation
Word Type Usage
/ˈgrɑ zeɪˌmɑ zin, ˈgrɑ zeɪˌmɑ
noun My... eagerness to meet you in battle was
zɪn/
my... undoing, Dovahkiin. I salute your,
Official Definition hmm, low cunning in devising such a
Ally grahmindol - strategem.
(Dialogue File, 0201157B) (Odahviing, 00048F09)

Expanded Definition Zu'u ni tahrodiis. It was you that lured me

n. ally, battle companion here and took me prisoner... vobalaan
grahmindol.
Usage I (am) not treacherous. It was you that lured me
Do me this simple honor and I will fight at here and took me prisoner... unworthy
your side as your Grah-Zeymahzin, your stratagem.
Ally, and teach you my Thu’um. (Odahviing, 0004DE32)
(Durnehviir, 0201157B)
Connotations
Connotations A deception or trick in battle, connotations
A person who fights alongside someone in of cowardice and dishonor, something no
battle. Connotates loyalty but not worthy opponent would resort to.
subservience, allegiance that is given as a
Etymology
matter of respect but not owed.
Compound of grah ‘battle’
Etymology and mindol ‘thought’.
Hyphenated compound of grah ‘battle’
and zeymahzin ‘companion’.
Gram GRAM
Word Type Pronunciation
Grahmindol
noun /græm/
GR4MINDOL
Official Definition
Word Type Pronunciation
Cloud
noun /ˈgrɑ min dol/ (PrimaGames.com)
Official Definition Expanded Definition
Stratagem (“battle-thought”, trick) n. cloud
(Dialogue File, 00048F09)
(PrimaGames.com) Usage
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.

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Connotations Connotations
Dragon perspective of clouds might If related to grah ‘battle’, may connotate
connotate gloom, uncertainty, or times of war and the hardships resulting
turbulence. from those times.

Notes Etymology
In Norse mythology, Gram is the sword May derive from grah ‘battle’.
with which Sigurd kills the dragon Fafnir.
Notes
Only instance of uu that is transliterated
Gravuun GRAV5N without an apostrophe, and the only
instance where uu is not the only vowel of
Word Type Pronunciation the word. Should not be spoken as three
noun /ˈgræ vun/ syllables or with a glottal stop.

Official Definition
Autumn Grik GRIK
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
Word Type Pronunciation
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) pronoun grik/

Expanded Definition Official Definition

n. autumn, fall Such
(Dialogue File, 0009C20C)
Usage (POGGLE, p. 1096)
Loknir Mal-Tu wahlaan qethsegol aarii (PrimaGames.com)
vahrukt, bonaar Vakeeza, wo vaat Mir wah
Expanded Definition
jun do Keizaal, ahrk dir ko sadon gravuun.
pron. such, so, someone or something
Loknir Little-Hammer erected this stone in
indicated
memory of his servant, humble Vakeeza, who
swore Allegiance to the kings of Skyrim, and
Usage
died in the gray autumn.
Grik los lein.
(Word Wall for Mir, Animal Allegiance)
Such is the world.
Qethsegol vahrukiv daanik Fahliil kiir do (Paarthurnax, 0009C20C)
Gravuun Frod, wo bovul ko Maar nol
Draal ni fah Drem, fah grik los hind do
kinzon zahkrii do kruziik hokoron.
sahlo ahrk nivahriin.
This stone commemorates the doomed elf
Pray not for Peace, for such is the wish of the
children of the Autumn Field, who fled in Terror
weak and cowardly.
from the sharp swords of the ancient enemy.
(Word Wall for Drem, Kyne’s Peace)
(Word Wall for Maar, Dismay)

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Notes Gro GRO

Pronoun only, not ‘such’ as in ‘such
bravery’ or ‘such a fool’. Word Type Pronunciation
weak adjective /gro/

Grind GRIND Official Definition

Bound
Word Type Pronunciation
(Dialogue File, 000CC4F2)
strong verb /grind/
Expanded Definition
Official Definition
adj. bound, tied, linked, past part. of gron
Meet adv. in a bound, tied, or linked manner
(Dialogue File, 00048F09)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Usage
(PrimaGames.com) Sahloknir! Ziil gro dovah ulse!
Sahloknir! Your soul is bound to me for
Expanded Definition
eternity!
v. to meet, come together, encounter
(Alduin, 000CC4F2)
n. meeting, encounter
Connotations
Usage
Closer in meaning to ‘linked’, describing a
Zok frini grind ko grah drun viiki, physical or metaphysical bond or
Dovahkiin. relationship, rather than ‘tethered’ or
My most eagerness (to) meet (you) in battle ‘fastened’ (‘bound by chains’). Describes a
brought my defeat. bond between spirits or fates, or a bond to
(Odahviing, 00048F09) an oath, but not imprisonment.

Het nok kopraan do Iglif Iiz-Sos, wo grind Etymology

ok oblaan ni ko morokei vukein, nuz ahst From gron ‘to bind’.
munax haalvut do liiv krasaar.
Here lies the body of Iglif Ice-Blood, who met his Notes
end not in glorious combat, but at the cruel Not a verb indicating eventuality, as in
touch of the withering sickness. ‘they are bound to lose’.
(Word Wall for Iiz, Ice Form)

Connotations
To meet, come together, or encounter, as in
battle. Metaphorically, to encounter a fate or
consequence.

Etymology
May relate to gron ‘to bind’.

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Grohiik GROH3K Gron GRON

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ˈgro hik/ strong verb /gron, grɑn/

Official Definition Official Definition

Wolf Bin
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (Become Ethereal Shout)
(PrimaGames.com) (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
n. wolf Expanded Definition
v. to bind, tie, link
Usage n. bond, tie, link
Het dir bruniik rek-grohiik Ulfeidr, kriid
muz ahrk sunvaar, bruniik kinbok Sahqon Usage
Tah. Feim zii gron!
Here died the savage she-wolf Ulfeidr, slayer of Fade spirit bind!
men and beasts, and savage leader of the (Become Ethereal Shout)
Crimson Pack.
(Word Wall for Tah, Animal Allegiance) Het nok bein nahgahdinok Azaran faal
Munax, wo unt wah Gron krilot dilon do
Het mah faasnu ronaan Undveld, aar, kriid Sovngarde wah lein do jul, ahrk funt.
grohiik, ahrk drog do Lot Nir. Here lies the foul necromancer Azaran the
Here fell the fearless archer Undveld, servant, Cruel, who tried to Bind the valiant dead of
slayer of wolves, and lord of the Great Hunt. Sovngarde to the world of man, and failed.
(Word wall for Nir, Aura Whisper) (Word Wall for Gron, Become Ethereal)

Het mah Hrothmar, Bah Grohiik do bruniik Connotations

pindaar. Aal ok sil rovaan Sovngarde Word of Power, closer in meaning to ‘link’
mahfaeraak. rather than ‘tether’ or ‘chain’. Describes a
Here fell Hrothmar, Wrath Wolf of the savage permanent physical or metaphysical bond
plains. May his soul wander Sovngarde forever. or relationship, a bond between spirits or
(Word Wall for Bah, Storm Call) fates, or a bond to an oath. Generally does
not refer to imprisonment.
Connotations
Fearsome, savage, and vicious. No Notes
connotations of nobility or respect. More Pronunciation of /grɑn/ is atypical and
‘beast’ than ‘animal’. should be avoided to prevent a homophone
with graan ‘to rout’.
Etymology
May share suffix -iik with ufiik ‘troll’.

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Gruth GRUTH Usage

Zul mey gut!
Word Type Pronunciation Voice fool far!
strong verb /gruθ/ (Throw Voice Shout)

Official Definition And he is no fool. Ni mey, rinik gut nol. Far

Betrayal from it. He began as the wisest and most
(POGGLE, p. 1096) far-seeing of us all.
(PrimaGames.com) (Paarthurnax, 000556DB)

Expanded Definition Modir fin Gut wahlaan qethsegol zeymahii

v. to betray vahrukt, Oskar fin Mey, wen Zul los sahlo,
n. betrayal ahrk ni sahrot Thu’um do ok brod.
Modir the Far raised this stone for his brother,
Usage Oskar the Fool, whose Voice was weak, and not
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list. the mighty Thu’um of his clan.
(Word Wall for Throw Voice)
Connotations
Possibly specific to defying an order. Connotations
Physical distance, or conceptual distance.
Etymology
May derive from uth ‘order, command’, to
defy an order or command.
Haal H1L
Gut GUT Word Type Pronunciation
noun /hɑl/
Word Type Pronunciation
Official Definition
strong adjective /gut/
Hand
Official Definition (Disarm Shout)
Far (Dialogue File, 000556DB)
(Throw Voice Shout) (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(Dialogue File, 000556DB) (PrimaGames.com)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Expanded Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
n. hand
Expanded Definition
adj. far Usage
adv. distantly Zun haal viik!
n. distance Weapon hand defeat!
v. to distance, make or become far (Disarm Shout)

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Connotations

Brothi wahlaan qethsegol kulii vahrukt, Specifically to touch with one’s hand. May
Odrav Keyn-Haal, wo drun pogaas zin wah be used metaphorically, as though touched
Brod Sahqo-Strunmah. by the hand of something.
Brothi raised this stone for her son Odrav, Etymology
Anvil-Hand, who brought much honor to Clan
From haal ‘hand’.
Red-Mountain.
(Word Wall for Haal, Disarm)

Connotations
Haas H1S
Word of Power, encompasses the physical Word Type Pronunciation
hand and its involvement with weapons in noun /hɑs/
battle.
Official Definition
Notes
Health
Noun only, not the verb ‘to exchange by (Drain Vitality Shout)
hand’. Also does not mean ‘worker’ or (POGGLE, p. 1096)
‘helper’ as in ‘farmhand’.
Expanded Definition

Haalvut H1LVUT n. health

Usage
Word Type Pronunciation
Gaan lah haas!
strong verb /ˈhɑl vut/
Stamina magicka health!
Official Definition (Drain Vitality Shout)
Touch (noun or verb)
(Book: Dragon Language, Myth No More) Het mah Arnvid faal Staadnau, wen Haas
(POGGLE, p. 1096) denos mindin Kein do Galik, kolos rok ofaal
(PrimaGames.com) dilos ahraan.
Here fell Arnvid the Unbound, whose Health
Expanded Definition declined after the War of Pines, in which he
v. to touch, feel with one’s hand received a deadly wound.
n. touch, feeling, esp. by hand (Word Wall for Haas, Drain Vitality)

Connotations
Usage
Word of Power, embodies physical health
Het nok kopraan do Iglif Iiz-Sos, wo grind
and strength, living power.
ok oblaan ni ko morokei vukein, nuz ahst
munax haalvut do liiv krasaar. Etymology
Here lies the body of Iglif Ice-Blood, who met his
Possibly from laas ‘life’.
end not in glorious combat, but at the cruel
touch of the withering sickness.
(Word Wall for Iiz, Ice Form)

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Hah H4 Usage
Our hadrimme [sic], our minds cannot
Word Type Pronunciation even... comprehend its concepts.
noun /hɑ/ (Paarthurnax, 000B94B7)

Official Definition Pruzaan Zun ko Keizaal los hahdrim do

Mind dwiin-sil kendov.
(Bend WIll Shout) The best Weapon in Skyrim is the mind of a
steel-souled warrior.
Expanded Definition
(Word Wall for Zun, Disarm)
n. mind
Connotations
Usage Encompasses the faculties of thought,
Gol hah dov! understanding, and free will. More
Earth mind dragon! commonly used than synonym and
(Bend Will Shout) root hah ‘mind’, which exclusively occurs as
a Word of Power.
Connotations
Occurs independently only as Word of Etymology
Power. Is the root of many related words From hah ‘mind’.
such as hahnu ‘dream’
Notes
and hahvulon ‘nightmare’.
Synonym hahdrim ‘mind’, not a Word of Not the verb ‘to tolerate’. Officially listed
Power, is more common in speech than hah. as hahdrim but plural form is misspelled in
Encompasses the faculties of thought, the dialogue file as hadrimme.
understanding, and free will.

Hahkun H4KUN
Hahdrim H4DRIM Word Type Pronunciation
Word Type Pronunciation noun /ˈhɑ kun/
noun /ˈhɑ drim/
Official Definition
Official Definition Axe
Mind (Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Dialogue File, 000B94B7) (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (PrimaGames.com)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition n. axe, ax
n. mind

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Usage Connotations
Het mah tahrodiis tafiir Skorji Lun-Sinak, Connotates a departure from consciousness
wen klov govey naal rinik hahkun rok and free will, separation from the living
togaat wah gahrot. mind.
Here fell the treacherous thief Skorji Leech-
Etymology
Fingers, whose head was removed by the very
axe he was attempting to steal. From hah ‘mind’ with the suffix -nu, lit.
(Word Wall for Lun, Marked for Death) ‘mindless, without mind’.

Notes
Likely from French hache ‘axe’, related to Hahvulon H4VULON
English ‘hatchet’ and ‘hack’.
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /ˈhɑ vu lon/
Hahnu H4NU Official Definition
Word Type Pronunciation Nightmare
strong verb /ˈhɑ nu/ (PrimaGames.com)

Official Definition Expanded Definition

Dream v. to have a nightmare
(POGGLE, p. 1096) n. nightmare
(PrimaGames.com)
Usage
Expanded Definition Het ont kriist Fiik do Amusan, miiraad wah
v. to dream hahvulon ahrk miiraak do hahnu.
n. dream [Here once stood the Mirror of Amusan,
doorway to nightmares and portal of dreams.]
Usage (Unused Word Wall for Fiik, Phantom
Het mah Herfodr Shul-Kriid, sahrot Form)
konahrik do Lumnaar do Krent Hahnu.
Connotations
Here fell Herfodr Sun-Slayer, mighty warlord of
the Valley of Broken Dreams. A dream that involves darkness, horror, or
(Word Wall for Shul, Fire Breath) doom.

Etymology
Het ont kriist Fiik do Amusan, miiraad wah
hahvulon ahrk miiraak do hahnu. Compound of hah ‘mind’ and vulon ‘night’.
[Here once stood the Mirror of Amusan,
doorway to nightmares and portal of dreams.]
(Unused Word Wall for Fiik, Phantom
Form)

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Heim H2M Usage

Zu'u ni bo nol het.
Word Type Pronunciation I (am) not moving from here.
strong verb /haɪm/ (Odahviing, 0004DE37)

Official Definition
Het nok brit kaaz Anurassa, wen faad nis
Forge kos evenaar orin naal Krah dinok.
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More) Here lies the beautiful cat Anurassa, whose
(POGGLE, p. 1096) warmth cannot be extinguished even by the Cold
(PrimaGames.com) of death.
(Word Wall for Krah, Frost Breath)
Expanded Definition
v. to forge, work at a forge Notes
n. forge; forging Commonly used in Word Walls and other
commemorations. Generally not used to
Usage
mean ‘present’ as in ‘I am here’.
Aesa wahlaan qethsegol briinahii vahrukt,
Thohild fin Toor, wen smoliin ag frin ol
Sahqo Heim. Hevno HEVNO
Aesa raised this stone for her sister, Thohild the
Inferno, whose passion burned hot as the Red Word Type Pronunciation
Forge. weak adjective /hɛv no/
(Word wall for Toor, Fire Breath)
Official Definition
Notes Brutal
Does not mean ‘forge’ as in ‘to produce a (Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
fake’. (Dialogue File, 0004DE37)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Het HET
Expanded Definition
Word Type Pronunciation adj. brutal, harsh
adverb /hɛt/ adv. brutally, harshly
v. to harshen, make or become brutal or
Official Definition
harsh
Here
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More) Usage
(Dialogue File, 0004DE37) Ahrk ond drey sahrot Heimverlund meyz,
(POGGLE, p. 1096) nol hevno Brom, med Strun do uznahgaar
(PrimaGames.com) nahkriin nol Sovngarde nimaar.
And lo did the mighty Heimverlund come, from
Expanded Definition
the brutal North, like a Storm of unbridled
adv. here, this place, at this place
vengeance from Sovngarde itself.

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(Word Wall for Strun, Storm Call)

Heyv H9V
Connotations
Word Type Pronunciation
Brutal or harsh, especially a brutal storm or
a brutal winter. Describes severity in noun /heɪv/
conditions, particularly weather, landscape, Official Definition
or other natural phenomenon.
Duty
(Dialogue File, 0003F9E6)
Hevnoraak (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
HEVNOR1K
Expanded Definition
Word Type Pronunciation
n. duty, moral or ritual obligation
noun /ˈhɛv no rɑk, hɛvˈnor æk/
Usage
Official Definition
Not until introductions are complete. Zin.
Brutality
Heyv. Test your Thu'um against mine,
(PrimaGames.com)
Dovahkiin!
Expanded Definition (Paarthurnax, 0003F9E6)
n. brutality
Nii los heyv do enook mun wah lahney
Usage voth ahkrin ahrk zin, leh rok Feim
vodahmin kotin vulom.
Occurs only in the dragon priest
It is the duty of each man to live with courage
name Hevnoraak.
and honor, lest he Fade unremembered into
Connotations darkness.
Brutal or harsh, especially a brutal storm or (Word Wall for Feim, Become Ethereal)
a brutal winter. Describes severity in Connotations
conditions, particularly weather, landscape,
Bound by honor, formality, or morals.
or other natural phenomenon.
Inborn sense of moral duty that drives
Etymology action. Generally does not refer to duty as
From hevno ‘brutal’. sworn by oath or owed by service (‘a
servant’s duties’).
Notes
Second pronunciation is attributed to a
character who does not speak the dragon
language and should be avoided.

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Hi HI Hillgrundhofkah
Word Type Pronunciation HILLGRUNDHOFK4
pronoun /hi, haɪ/ Word Type Pronunciation

Official Definition noun /ˈhɪl grundˌhof kə/

You Official Definition

(Dialogue File, 000ED365) Hillgrund’s Steading
Expanded Definition (Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund)

pron. you Expanded Definition

n. Ivarstead, formerly known as Hillgrund's
Usage
Steading
Zu'u lost kriaan hi ont, nu hin sille fen
nahkip suleyki. Usage
I've killed you once, now your souls will feed my Hillgrund's Steading - Hillgrundhofkah - A
power. Large Farmstead Near the Base of the
(Alduin, 000ED365) Monahven.
(Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund)
Ful, losei Dovahkiin? Zu'u koraav nid nol
dov do hi. Connotations
So, you're the Dragonborn? I see nothing of the From hofkah ‘house’.
dragon about you.
(Alduin, 000C8EA0) Etymology
From hofkah ‘house’.
Connotations
Second person accusative, singular or
plural. Only observed in the accusative case, Him HIM
but unknown if it may also be nominative.
Word Type Pronunciation
Notes pronoun /him/
Pronunciation of /haɪ/ is atypical and
Official Definition
should be avoided.
Your
(Dialogue File, 000CD9DF)

Expanded Definition
pron. your

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Usage
Meyye! Tahrodiis aanne! Him hinde [sic]
Thurri [sic] du hin sille ko Sovngarde!
pah liiv! Zu'u hin daan!
My lord will feast on your souls in Sovngarde!
Fools! Treacherous slaves! Your hopes (are) all
(Mirmulnir, 00056380)
withered! I (am) your doom.
(Alduin, 000CD9DF)
Faas ni Brendon do Dinok, fah rok los
Etymology qolaas do moro, ahrk hin aak wah lot
From hi ‘you’. Sovngarde.
Fear not the Specter of Death, for he is the herald
Notes of glory, and your guide to great Sovngarde.
Special form of hin ‘your/yours’. Possibly (Word Wall for Faas, Dismay)
used before words that begin with ‘h’, or
Etymology
particular in usage with hind ‘wish’.
Use hin if unsure of whether to From hi ‘you’.
use hin or him. The possessive suffix -iil may Notes
be used instead of him to indicate second
Alternative form him possibly used before
person possession.
words that begin with ‘h’. The possessive
suffix -iil may be used instead of hin to
Hin HIN indicate second person possession.

Word Type Pronunciation

pronoun /hin/
Hind HIND
Official Definition Word Type Pronunciation

Your (formal) strong verb /hind/

(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Official Definition
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
Wish/Hope
(Dialogue File, 00056380)
(Dialogue File, 000CD9DF)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition
pron. your
v. to wish (for); to hope (for)
Usage n. wish; hope

Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal!

Dragonborn, for your blessing we pray!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)

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Usage Notes
Meyye! Tahrodiis aanne! Him hinde [sic] Hof is Old English for ‘house, dwelling, hall,
pah liiv! Zu'u hin daan! or court’.
Fools! Treacherous slaves! Your hopes (are) all
withered! I (am) your doom.
(Alduin, 000CD9DF) Hofkahsejun HOFK4SE
JUN
Draal ni fah Drem, fah grik los hind do
sahlo ahrk nivahriin. Word Type Pronunciation
Pray not for Peace, for such is the wish of the noun /ˌhof kə sɛˈdʒun,ˌhof kə sɛˈjun/
weak and cowardly.
(Word Wall for Drem, Kyne’s Peace) Official Definition
Palace
(Dialogue File, 0004591B)
Hofkah HOFK4
Expanded Definition
Word Type Pronunciation n. palace, hall of a king or ruler
noun /ˈhof kə, hɔf kə/
Usage
Official Definition
The hofkahsejun has been known as
House/Steading Dragonsreach ever since. … Perhaps the
(Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund) hofkahsejun - the palace in Whiterun...
(PrimaGames.com) Dragonsreach. It was originally built to
Expanded Definition house a captive dovah.
(Paarthurnax, 00045D09, 0004591B)
n. house; farm, steading, farmstead
Connotations
Usage
General word for any hall of a king or ruler,
Rorik's Steading - Rorikhofkah - A Small not Dragonsreach specifically.
Farmstead in the Western Plains. Grain,
Leather, Horses. Etymology
(Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund) Se compound of hofkah ‘house’
and jun ‘king’, lit. ‘house of the king’.
Connotations
Occurs only in place names and compound
words. Denotes a house or hall that is a
source of work or pride.

Etymology
May derive from an unattested
word hof meaning ‘hall’, and kah ‘pride’, lit.
‘hall of pride’.

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Hofkiin HOFK3N Hokoron HOKORON

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ˈhof kə, ˈhɔf kə/ noun /ˈho kor on/

Official Definition Official Definition

Home Enemy/Enemies
(PrimaGames.com) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
Expanded Definition
(Dialogue File, 00056382)
n. home; homeland (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Usage
Het mah siigonis Neivaan wo wundun Gut Expanded Definition
nol hofkiin, dir voth zin ko ahmik do n. enemy, adversary, opponent
Zeymahzin.
[Here fell the lizard Nievaan, who wandered Far Usage
from home, and died with honor in service of the Sahrot Thu'um, med aan tuz, vey zeim
Companions.] hokoron pah, ol fin Dovahkiin komeyt ok
(Unused Word Wall for Gut, Throw Voice) rein!
Mighty Thu'um, like a blade, cut through
Connotations
enemies all, as the Dragonborn issued his roar!
Birthplace, the hall where one was born and (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
raised.
You are brave. Balaan hokoron. Your defeat
Etymology
brings me honor.
May derive from an unattested (Mirmulnir, 00056382)
word hof meaning ‘hall’, and kiin ‘birth’, lit.
‘hall of birth’. Qethsegol vahrukiv daanik Fahliil kiir do
Notes Gravuun Frod, wo bovul ko Maar nol
kinzon zahkrii do kruziik hokoron.
Hof is Old English for ‘house, dwelling, hall,
This stone commemorates the doomed elf
or court’.
children of the Autumn Field, who fled in Terror
from the sharp swords of the ancient enemy.
(Word Wall for Maar, Dismay)

Connotations
An enemy or adversary, esp. in battle.

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Hon HON Expanded Definition

n. trap, lure, snare; appeal
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /hon/ Usage
Zin krif horvut se suleyk.
Official Definition
Honor (is) fighting the lure of power.
Hear (“nust hon” - “they hear”) (Paarthurnax, 0003C574)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue File, 0003FA42) Connotations
(PrimaGames.com) A physical trap, or a metaphorical lure,
appeal.
Expanded Definition
v. to hear; to listen (to), heed
n. hearing; listening Horvutah HORVUT4
Usage Word Type Pronunciation
Ahrk fin norok paal graan fod nust hon weak verb /horˈvu tə/
zindro zaan, Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu
Official Definition
draal!
And the fiercest foes rout when they hear Trap/Catch
triumph's shout, Dragonborn, for your blessing (Dialogue File, 00048F04)
we pray! (PrimaGames.com)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Expanded Definition

I warned them against such a rash action. v. to trap, catch, ensnare

Even I could not foresee its consequences.
Usage
Nust ni hon. They would not listen.
(Paarthurnax, 0003FA42) Horvutah med kodaav. Caught like a bear
in a trap…
Connotations (Odahviing, 00048F04)
To audibly perceive, or to listen to words or
Connotations
advice.
To catch in a trap, or as though in a trap.

Etymology
Horvut HORVUT
From horvut ‘trap’.
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ˈhor vut/

Official Definition
Trap/Lure (noun)
(Dialogue File, 0003C574)
(PrimaGames.com)

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Hun HUN Etymology

From hun ‘hero’.
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /hun/ Notes
To avoid confusion
Official Definition with zohungaar ‘heroically’, hungaar should
Hero be used solely as a noun (‘heroism’),
(Call of Valor Shout) and zohungaar should be used solely as a
(Dialogue File, 00048F04) weak adjective (‘heroic/heroically’).
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Huzrah HUZR4
Expanded Definition
n. hero Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /ˈhuz rə/
Usage
Official Definition
Hun kaal zoor!
Hero champion legend! Hearken
(Call of Valor Shout) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Connotations (PrimaGames.com)
Word of Power that calls a hero from
Expanded Definition
Sovngarde, embodies the heroism of
legendary deeds and great strength in v. to hearken (to), heed
battle. n. hearkening

Usage
Hungaar HUNG1R Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah
vod, ahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein!
Word Type Pronunciation Hearken now, sons of snow, to an age, long ago,
strong adjective /ˈhun gɑr, ˈhuŋ gɑr/ and the tale, boldly told, of the one!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Official Definition
Heroic Notes
(PrimaGames.com) Typically used in the imperative.

Expanded Definition
adj. heroic
adv. heroically
n. heroism
v. to become or make heroic

Usage
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.

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Iiz 3Z (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
Word Type Pronunciation
n. master (of a skill or role)
noun /iz/
Usage
Official Definition
Appears only in the dragon
Ice
name Alduin ‘destroyer devour master’, and
(Ice Form Shout)
as the root word of inhus ‘mastery’.
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) Connotations
Expanded Definition Refers to a master of a skill, role, or
position, e.g. ‘a guild master’ or ‘a master of
n. ice
evil’. A leader who rules due to their skill or
Usage ability, but not in the connotation of ‘a slave
master’ or ‘to serve one’s master’.
Iiz slen nus!
Ice flesh statue!
(Ice Form Shout) Inhus INHUS
Het nok kopraan do Iglif Iiz-Sos, wo grind Word Type Pronunciation
ok oblaan ni ko morokei vukein, nuz ahst noun /inˈhus/
munax haalvut do liiv krasaar.
Here lies the body of Iglif Ice-Blood, who met his Official Definition
end not in glorious combat, but at the cruel Mastery
touch of the withering sickness. (Dialogue File, 0202BC55)
(Word Wall for Iiz, Ice Form)
Expanded Definition
Connotations n. mastery
Word of Power, connotates enduring cold,
permanency. Also connotates a lack of Usage
warmth or compassion. Thu'um se Dovahkiin inhus, Miraak. Hin
suleyksejun oblaan.
Notes
The Dragonborn's Voice has the mastery,
From English ‘ice’. Miraak. Your dominion is ended.
(Sahrotaar, 0202BC55)
In IN Connotations
The state of being a master, or possessing
Word Type Pronunciation
the mastery of a skill, role, or position; the
noun /in/
right to rule based on that mastery.
Official Definition
Etymology
Master
From in ‘master’ with the suffix -hus.
(POGGLE, p. 1096)

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Jer JER Usage

Joor zah frul!
Word Type Pronunciation Mortal finite temporary!
strong adjective /dʒɛr/ (Dragonrend Shout)

Official Definition Your kind - joorre - mortals - created it as a

East weapon against the dov... the dragons.
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (Paarthurnax, 000B94B7)
(PrimaGames.com)
Bahloki nahkip sillesejoor.
Expanded Definition
My hunger has been fed by mortal souls.
adj. east, eastern, eastward (Alduin, 000CDDF1)
adv. east, easterly
n. east Ruth wah nivahriin joor!
v. to move or face east Rage/curses to (you) cowardly mortal!
(Alduin, 000C64F1)
Usage
Vegunthar wahlaan qethsegol bormahii Connotations
vahrukt, Hungunthar Tiid-Naak, kriaan se Word of Power in the Dragonrend Shout,
junnesejer, kroniid se Dunkreath. forces a dragon to comprehend mortality.
Vegunthar built (this) stone (in) his father’s Often used to defame or slander, typically
memory, Hungunthar Time-Eater, slayer of the derogatory.
Kings of the East, conqueror of Dunkreath.
(Word Wall for Tiid, Slow Time)
Jot JOT
Joor J8R Word Type Pronunciation
noun /dʒot/
Word Type Pronunciation
Official Definition
noun /dʒɔr, dʒur/
Maw
Official Definition (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Mortal (noun) (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(Dragonrend Shout) (PrimaGames.com)
(Dialogue File, 000B94B7)
Expanded Definition
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) n. maw, jaws; jaw

Expanded Definition Usage

n. mortal Paaz Keizaal fen kos stin nol bein Alduin
jot!
Fair Skyrim will be free from foul Alduin's
maw!
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Notes Expanded Definition

Likely from English ‘jaw’, from Old n. man, men, mankind, humans, the races of
French joe. Appears in the dragon man
name Vuljotnaak ‘dark maw eat’.
Usage
Wo lost fron wah ney dov, ahrk fin reyliik
Jud JUD do jul, voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein!
Who was kin to both wyrm, and the races of
Word Type Pronunciation
man, with a power to rival the sun!
noun /dʒud/ (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Official Definition
Zu'u ni faas gaaffesejul.
Queen
I do not fear mortal ghosts (“ghosts of
(POGGLE, p. 1099)
men/humans”).
(PrimaGames.com)
(Alduin, 000ED366)
Expanded Definition
Qethsegol vahrukiv lot Miraak – sonaak do
n. queen
lot onikaan, aar do faal Diiv, ahrk hokoron
Usage do jul.
This stone commemorates the great Miraak –
Wulfik wahlaan qethsegol judii vahrukt,
priest of great wisdom, servant of the Wyrm,
Hrefna Ruvaak-Om, wen miin Diin sos do
and enemy of man.
naan jul.
(Word Wall for Diiv, Dragon Aspect)
Wulfik raised this stone in memory of his queen,
Hrefna Raven-Hair, whose eyes could Freeze the
Wulfik wahlaan qethsegol judii vahrukt,
blood of any man.
Hrefna Ruvaak-Om, wen miin Diin sos do
(Word Wall for Diin, Frost Breath)
naan jul.
Etymology Wulfik raised this stone in memory of his queen,
Related to jun ‘king’. Hrefna Raven-Hair, whose eyes could Freeze the
blood of any man.
(Word Wall for Diin, Frost Breath)
Jul JUL Connotations
Word Type Pronunciation Similar to dov, refers to mankind as a whole,
noun /dʒul/ not individual men. Usage referring to an
individual man is incorrect and should
Official Definition be mun ‘man’ instead.
Man/Mankind/Humans
Etymology
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue File, 000ED366) Possibly related to joor ‘mortal’.
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)

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Jun JUN Notes

Usage as meaning ‘light’ is likely a typo
Word Type Pronunciation of kun ‘light’.
noun /dʒun/

Official Definition Junaar JUN1R

King(s), Light
Word Type Pronunciation
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue File, 00035B4A) noun /ˈdʒu nɑr, dʒuˈnɑr/
(Dialogue File, 000D2CF5)
Official Definition
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Kingdom
(PrimaGames.com)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition
n. king; supreme ruler of any kind; a king’s
n. kingdom, any place ruled by a king
guidance, guiding light as though led by a
king
Usage
Usage Wo meyz wah dii vul junaar?
[Who comes to my dark kingdom?]
Alduin, feyn do jun, kruziik vokun
(Morokei, 0008010B)
staadnau, voth aan bahlok wah diivon fin
lein! Connotations
Alduin, Bane of Kings, ancient shadow
A place ruled by a king. Refers to a
unbound, with a hunger to swallow the world!
geographical area, in contrast with the
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
general word suleyksejun ‘dominion’.

Pogaan nahlaas, vokrii wah jun. Etymology

Many alive, restored to (the) light. From jun ‘king’.
(Paarthurnax, 000D2CF5)
Notes
Kendov krif ok kosiil Vokul, nuz jun Gaar Also featured in the place
niin nau ok hokoron. name Bromjunaar (lit. ‘north-kingdom’).
The warrior fights his inner evils, but the king
unleashes them on his enemies.
(Word Wall for Gaar, Cyclone)

Connotations
A person with supreme rule to whom all
loyalty is owed. May also refer to a king’s
guidance (‘light’), not ‘light’ as in ‘sunlight’
or ‘light armor’.

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Kaal K1L (Kyne’s Peace Shout)

(Dialogue File, 000C43A7)
Word Type Pronunciation (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
noun /kɑl/
Expanded Definition
Official Definition
n. Kyne, Nordic goddess of the wind
Champion
(Call of Valor Shout) Usage
(Dialogue File, 00035B4B)
Kaan drem ov!
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Kyne peace trust!
(PrimaGames.com)
(Kyne’s Peace Shout)
Expanded Definition
n. champion, victor of battle; defender of a Naal Thu'umu, mu ofan nii nu, Dovahkiin,
cause or person naal suleyk do Kaan, naal suleyk do Shor,
ahrk naal suleyk do Atmorasewuth.
Usage By our Voice we give it now (to you),
Dragonborn, by (the) power of Kyne, by the
Hun kaal zoor!
Hero champion legend! power of Shor, and by the power of Atmora-of-
old.
(Call of Valor Shout)
(Greybeards, 000C43A7)
Geh, Sahloknir, kaali mir.
Het nok kopraan do Hela, Fahdon wah pah
Yes, Sahloknir, my loyal champion.
sivaas aar do Kaan. Aal rek siiv unahzaal
(Alduin, 00035B4B)
praan ko Feykro do Hahnu.
Connotations Here lies the body of Hela, friend to all beasts
Word of Power, connotates someone who and servant of Kyne. May she find eternal rest
has conquered the field of battle and serves in the Forest of Dreams.
a higher cause or authority. (Word Wall for Kaan, Kyne’s Peace)

Notes Connotations
The Kaal Kaaz (‘Champion Cat’) is the Word of Power, Kyne is closely associated
name of a ship that the Five Hundred with the wind, animals, and nature. Nords
Companions sailed from Atmora to Skyrim believe she gave birth to them at the Throat
in Songs of the Return. of the World. She is credited with giving
mankind the power of the Thu’um, either
by her own doing or through the use of
Kaan K1N Paarthurnax.

Word Type Pronunciation Etymology

noun /kɑn/ Possibly related to kiin ‘birth’, as Kyne is the
‘Mother of Men’. May be a loanword of the
Official Definition Nordic name Kyne, or the origin of the
Kyne Nordic name.

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Kaaz K1Z Expanded Definition

adj. proud, prideful
Word Type Pronunciation adv. proudly
noun /kɑz/ n. pride
v. to make proud
Official Definition
Cat/Khajiit Usage
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Pahlok joorre! Hin kah fen kos bonaar.
(PrimaGames.com) Arrogant mortals! Your pride will be humbled.
(Alduin, 000ED361)
Expanded Definition
n. cat; Khajiit Connotations
Self-worth or esteem, superior in worth or
Usage strength.
Het nok brit kaaz Anurassa, wen faad nis
kos evenaar orin naal Krah dinok. Notes
Here lies the beautiful cat Anurassa, whose Featured in the dragon
warmth cannot be extinguished even by the Cold name Kahvozein ‘pride undo worship’.
of death.
(Word Wall for Krah, Frost Breath)
Kein K2N
Connotations
Originally means ‘cat’ but also used to refer Word Type Pronunciation
to Khajiit, likely not derogatory. strong verb /kaɪn/

Notes Official Definition

The Kaal Kaaz (‘Champion Cat’) is the War
name of a ship that the Five Hundred (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Companions sailed from Atmora to Skyrim (POGGLE, p. 1096)
in Songs of the Return. (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
Kah K4 v. to war (against)
n. war
Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /kɑ/ Usage
Ahrk fin zul, rok drey kod, nau tol morokei
Official Definition frod, rul lot Taazokaan motaad voth kein!
Pride And the Voice, he did wield, on that glorious
(Dialogue File, 000ED361) field, when great Tamriel shuddered with war!
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
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Ahrk fin Kel lost prodah, do ved viing ko Usage

fin krah, tol fod zeymah win kein meyz
Paaz Keizaal fen kos stin nol bein Alduin
fundein!
jot!
And the Scrolls have foretold, of black wings in
Fair Skyrim will be free from foul Alduin's
the cold, that when brothers wage war come
maw!
unfurled!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
I warn you, once you've flown the skies of
Wah Krii ko morokei kein los wah zin
Keizaal, your envy of the dov will only
geinmaar. Wah dir ko morokei kein los wah
increase.
zin pah do Keizaal.
(Odahviing, 0004DE3C)
To Kill in glorious war is to honor oneself. To
die in glorious war is to honor all of Skyrim. Het mah sahrot konahrik Aaban, kiin se Klo
(Word Wall for Krii, Marked for Death) se Alikr, praan nu denek Keizaal.
Connotations Here fell the mighty warlord Aaban, born of the
Sand of the Alik’r, at rest now in the soil of
Refers to a specific war or war in general,
Skyrim.
prolonged conflict.
(Word Wall for Klo, Slow Time)
Notes
Connotations
Not to be confused with Kaan ‘Kyne’. The
May refer to a broader geographical region
phrase evgir unslaad ‘season unending’ is an
than contemporary boundaries would
idiom for war.
indicate; the lands and sky east of the
Draudach Mountains, north of the Jerall
Keizaal K2Z1L Mountains, and west of the Velothi
Mountains.
Word Type Pronunciation
Etymology
noun /kaɪˈzɑl, kiˈzɑl/
May share root with unahzaal ‘unending’
Official Definition that means ‘end’ or ‘edge’.
Skyrim
Notes
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue File, 0004DE3C) The Nords once referred to Skyrim as
(POGGLE, p. 1096) ‘Mereth’ in reference to the elves who
(PrimaGames.com) dwelled there (Book, Yngol and the Sea-
Ghosts).
Expanded Definition
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Kel KEL Connotations

Proper noun that refers exclusively to the
Word Type Pronunciation Elder Scrolls and they powers they possess.
noun /kɛl/
Etymology
Official Definition May be related to pel ‘to write’.
Elder Scroll (abbreviated to “Scroll” in the
Song of the Dragonborn) Notes
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) PrimaGames.com definition suggests kel is a
(Dialogue File, 000ED35D) general word for ‘scroll’ rather than a
(POGGLE, p. 1096) proper noun. However, kel is only ever used
(PrimaGames.com) in reference to the Elder Scrolls, and there is
no indication besides the PrimaGames.com
Expanded Definition note that an unabbreviated name
n. Elder Scroll exists. Kel should be used only to mean
‘Elder Scroll’.
Usage
Ahrk fin Kel lost prodah, do ved viing ko
fin krah, tol fod zeymah win kein meyz Kendov KENDOV
fundein!
Word Type Pronunciation
And the Scrolls have foretold, of black wings in
the cold, that when brothers wage war come noun /ˈkɛn dov/
unfurled!
Official Definition
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Warrior
Kel drey ni viik. (POGGLE, p. 1096)
The Elder Scroll did not defeat me. (PrimaGames.com)
(Alduin, 000ED35D) Expanded Definition
n. warrior
Kelle vomindok.
The Elder Scrolls are unknown/unknowable. Usage
(Paarthurnax, 000BD16A)
Kendov krif ok kosiil Vokul, nuz jun Gaar
niin nau ok hokoron.
It is an... artifact from outside time. It does
The warrior fights his inner evils, but the king
not exist, but it has always existed. … They
unleashes them on his enemies.
are...hmm... fragments of creation. The
(Word Wall for Gaar, Cyclone)
Kelle... Elder Scrolls, as you name them,
they have often been used for prophecy.
Yes, your prophecy comes from an Elder
Scroll. But this is only a small part of their
power.
(Paarthurnax, 000BBEAA, 000BBEA8)

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Pruzaan Zun ko Keizaal los hahdrim do Bekkhild wahlaan qethsegol ahmulii

dwiin-sil kendov. vahrukt, Eyolf, wen veysun los sizaan ko
The best Weapon in Skyrim is the mind of a vul Kest ko Okaaz do Luv.
steel-souled warrior. Bekkhild raised this stone for her husband, Eyolf,
(Word Wall for Zun, Disarm) whose ship was lost in a dark Tempest in the Sea
of Tears.
Qethsegol vahrukiv Kendov se Ved Ronax, (Word Wall for Kest, Whirlwind Sprint)
Sille nu yoriik pindaar se Sovngarde pah
Ul. Connotations
This stone commemorates the warriors of the Word of Power in the Whirlwind Sprint
Black Regiment, whose souls now march on the Shout, embodies swift and sudden power,
plains of Sovngarde for all Eternity. esp. that of the wind.
(Word Wall for Ul, Slow Time)

Connotations Key K9
A person in battle sworn to a king or oath.
Word Type Pronunciation
Connotes bravery and honor.
noun /keɪ/
Etymology
Official Definition
Possibly from kein ‘war’ and/or ov ‘trust’.
Horse
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Kest KEST (PrimaGames.com)

Word Type Pronunciation Expanded Definition

noun /kɛst/ n. horse, steed

Official Definition Usage

Tempest Qethsegol vahrukiv key Sarvirra, zok krin
(Whirlwind Sprint Shout) Raan alun wah fonaar odus frod, ahrk ofan
(Dialogue File, 00078B41) ok sil fah ok drog.
(POGGLE, p. 1096) This stone commemorates the horse Sarvirra, the
(PrimaGames.com) most courageous Animal ever to charge the
snowy battlefields, and give his soul for his lord.
Expanded Definition
(Word Wall for Raan, Animal Allegiance)
n. tempest

Usage
Wuld nah kest!
Whirlwind fury tempest!
(Whirlwind Sprint Shout)

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Keyn K9N Connotations

Connotes motherhood.
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /keɪn/ Etymology
Shares root with kiin ‘to birth’
Official Definition and kiir ‘child’.
Anvil
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) Kiin K3N
Expanded Definition Word Type Pronunciation
v. to work or shape at an anvil; to beat, strong verb /kin/
hammer, or shape as though on an anvil
Official Definition
n. anvil
Born
Usage (POGGLE, p. 1096)
Brothi wahlaan qethsegol kulii vahrukt, (PrimaGames.com)
Odrav Keyn-Haal, wo drun pogaas zin wah
Expanded Definition
Brod Sahqo-Strunmah.
v. to bear, birth, give birth to; to begin
Brothi raised this stone for her son Odrav,
n. birth; beginning
Anvil-Hand, who brought much honor to Clan
adj. birthing; born, originating (from),
Red-Mountain.
descended (from)
(Word Wall for Haal, Disarm)
Usage
Kiim K3M Het mah sahrot konahrik Aaban, kiin se Klo
se Alikr, praan nu denek Keizaal.
Word Type Pronunciation Here fell the mighty warlord Aaban, born of the
noun /kim/ Sand of the Alik’r, at rest now in the soil of
Skyrim.
Official Definition (Word Wall for Klo, Slow Time)
Wife
(PrimaGames.com) Connotations
Can reference any birth or beginning. Does
Expanded Definition not mean ‘bear’ as in ‘to bear weight’ or ‘to
n. wife bear arms’.

Usage Etymology
Lo ni hin kiim, fah rek los wol ko hin spaan, Shares root with kiim ‘wife’ and kiir ‘child’.
dwiin ko hin zahkrii.
Notes
[Deceive not your wife, for she is (the) oak in
your shield, and (the) steel in your sword.] Most commonly seen in the compound
(Unused Word Wall for Lo, Phantom Form) word dovahkiin ‘dragonborn’.

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Kiir K3R Kinbok KINBOK

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
noun /kir/ noun /ˈkin bok/

Official Definition Official Definition

Child/Children Leader
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More) (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(Dialogue File, 000ED35E) (PrimaGames.com)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Expanded Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
n. leader, esp. old and experienced
Expanded Definition
n. child Usage
Het dir bruniik rek-grohiik Ulfeidr, kriid
Usage muz ahrk sunvaar, bruniik kinbok Sahqon
Di [sic] kiirre fen alok. Tah.
My children will rise. Here died the savage she-wolf Ulfeidr, slayer of
(Alduin, 000ED35E) men and beasts, and savage leader of the
Crimson Pack.
Nau daar revak golt drey Freda zahrahmiik (Word Wall for Tah, Animal Allegiance)
ek Laas, ful tol ek pogaan kiir filok, ahrk
Connotations
osos sul qahnaar ek hokoron.
On this sacred ground did Freda sacrifice her Connotates someone that leads as a result of
Life, so that her many children might escape, age, wisdom, or experience.
and some day vanquish her enemies.
Etymology
(Word Wall for Laas, Aura Whisper)
May derive from bok ‘age’, though bok only
Qethsegol vahrukiv kiir jun Jafnhar, wo los refers to a period of time. Possibly a
ag nahlaas naal Yol do lot dovah Lodunost. compound of kiin ‘born’ and bok, ‘born of
This stone commemorates the child king Jafnhar, age’.
who was burned alive by the Fire of the great
dragon Lodunost.
(Word Wall for Yol, Fire Breath)
Kinzon KINZON
Word Type Pronunciation
Connotations
strong adjective /ˈkin zon/
For dragons (esp. Alduin), refers to
anything one is responsible for creating or Official Definition
giving life to.
Sharp
Etymology (Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(POGGLE, p. 1098)
Shares root with kiim ‘wife’ and kiin ‘to
(PrimaGames.com)
birth’.

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Expanded Definition Expanded Definition

adj. sharp n. meal, feast, esp. one had while sitting or
adv. sharply lying down
n. sharpness
Usage
v. to sharpen
Het nok kopraan do Omluth fin Mey, wo
Usage unt wah nahkip bruniik Uderfrykte, sinon
Qethsegol vahrukiv daanik Fahliil kiir do meyz kipraan.
Gravuun Frod, wo bovul ko Maar nol Here lies (the) body of Omluth the Fool, who
kinzon zahkrii do kruziik hokoron. tried to feed (the) savage Uderfrykte, (but)
This stone commemorates the doomed elf instead became (the) meal.
children of the Autumn Field, who fled in Terror (Unused Word Wall for Mey, Throw Voice)
from the sharp swords of the ancient enemy.
Connotations
(Word Wall for Maar, Dismay)
Connotates a devotion to eating; rest had
while eating.
Kip KIP Etymology
Word Type Pronunciation Possibly a compound of kip ‘food’
noun /kip/ and praan ‘to rest’. May also relate
to kopraan ‘body’, in a carnivorous sense.
Official Definition
Notes
Food
(PrimaGames.com) Does not refer to ‘meal’ as in ‘bonemeal’.

Expanded Definition
n. food Klo KLO
Word Type Pronunciation
Usage
noun /klo/
Occurs only in the compound
words kipraan ‘meal’ and nahkip ‘to feed’. Official Definition
Sand
Kipraan KIPR1N (Slow Time Shout)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Word Type Pronunciation (PrimaGames.com)
noun /kiˈprɑn/ Expanded Definition
Official Definition n. sand
Meal
(PrimaGames.com)

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Usage Ko KO
Tiid klo ul!
Time sand eternity! Word Type Pronunciation
(Slow Time Shout) preposition /ko/

Het mah sahrot konahrik Aaban, kiin se Klo Official Definition

se Alikr, praan nu denek Keizaal. In
Here fell the mighty warlord Aaban, born of the (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Sand of the Alik’r, at rest now in the soil of (Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
Skyrim. (Dialogue File, 00056380)
(Word Wall for Klo, Slow Time) (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Connotations
Word of Power in the Slow Time Shout. Expanded Definition
Shares connotations with the passage of prep. in, inside (of), within; at, within the
time, ephemeralness, the erosion of land boundaries of; during, in the course of,
over the ages, and the shifting of sand over over; participating in; by means of;
time. experiencing

Usage
Klov KLOV Ahrk fin Kel lost prodah, do ved viing ko
fin krah, tol fod zeymah win kein meyz
Word Type Pronunciation
fundein!
noun /klov/ And the Scrolls have foretold, of black wings in
Official Definition the cold, that when brothers wage war come
unfurled!
Head
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Thurri [sic] du hin sille ko Sovngarde!
(PrimaGames.com)
My lord will feast on your souls in Sovngarde!
Expanded Definition (Mirmulnir, 00056380)
n. head
Wah Krii ko morokei kein los wah zin
Usage geinmaar. Wah dir ko morokei kein los wah
zin pah do Keizaal.
Het mah tahrodiis tafiir Skorji Lun-Sinak,
To Kill in glorious war is to honor oneself. To
wen klov govey naal rinik hahkun rok
die in glorious war is to honor all of Skyrim.
togaat wah gahrot.
(Word Wall for Krii, Marked for Death)
Here fell the treacherous thief Skorji Leech-
Fingers, whose head was removed by the very
axe he was attempting to steal.
(Word Wall for Lun, Marked for Death)

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Qethsegol vahrukiv daanik Fahliil kiir do Official Definition

Gravuun Frod, wo bovul ko Maar nol
Bear
kinzon zahkrii do kruziik hokoron.
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
This stone commemorates the doomed elf
(Dialogue File, 00048F04)
children of the Autumn Field, who fled in Terror
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
from the sharp swords of the ancient enemy.
(PrimaGames.com)
(Word Wall for Maar, Dismay)
Expanded Definition

Kod KOD n. bear

Usage
Word Type Pronunciation
Horvutah med kodaav. Caught like a bear
strong verb /kod/
in a trap...
Official Definition (Odahviing, 00048F04)
Wield
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Het nok Yngnavar Gaaf-Kodaav, wo drey
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Yah moro nau Frod do Krosis, nuz sinon
(PrimaGames.com) siiv dinok ahrk dukaan.
Here lies Yngnavar Ghost-Bear, who did Seek
Expanded Definition glory on the Battlefield of Sorrows, but instead
v. to wield, use, esp. in battle; to possess a found death and dishonor.
weapon or power (Word Wall for Yah, Aura Whisper)
n. wielding, usage, use, utilization
Notes
Usage Not to be confused with kiin ‘to bear, give
Ahrk fin zul, rok drey kod, nau tol morokei birth to’
frod, rul lot Taazokaan motaad voth kein!
And the Voice, he did wield, on that glorious
field, when great Tamriel shuddered with war!
Kogaan KOG1N
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Word Type Pronunciation
Connotations strong verb /koˈgɑn/
To wield or use a weapon, instrument, or Official Definition
power, esp. in battle, or to possess a Blessing
weapon, instrument, or power. (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue File, 0003FA43)
Kodaav KOD1V (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Word Type Pronunciation
Expanded Definition
noun /koˈdɑv/
v. to bless
n. blessing
interj. thanks; thankfully

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Usage
Usage
Qethsegol vahrukiv ahzid Viik do
Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal!
Briinahmaar do Sot Peyt, naako wah fin laat
Dragonborn, for your blessings we pray!
naal ufiik do Korvag Kol.
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
This stone commemorates the bitter Defeat of the
I cannot tell you in detail. I never heard it Sisterhood of the White Rose, eaten to the last by
used. Kogaan. It was the first Thu'um the Trolls of Korvag Crag.
created solely by mortals. (Word Wall for Viik, Disarm)
Kogaan = blessings (“thankfully”) Etymology
(Paarthurnax, 0003FA43)
From gol ‘earth’.
There is no question. You are doom-driven.
Kogaan Akatosh. The very bones of the Kolos KOLOS
earth are at your disposal.
Kogaan Akatosh = “blessed of Akatosh” Word Type Pronunciation
(Paarthurnax, 000C64EC) conjunction /koˈlos/
Connotations Official Definition
The intervention or influence of a god, fate, In Which
or other power. Also used to express relief (POGGLE, p. 1096)
or gratitude, referring to something as (PrimaGames.com)
though it were a blessing.
Expanded Definition
conj. in which, during which, where,
Kol KOL whereat
Word Type Pronunciation Usage
noun /kol/ Het mah Arnvid faal Staadnau, wen Hass
Official Definition denos mindin Kein do Galik, kolos rok ofaal
dilos ahraan.
Crag
Here fell Arnvid the Unbound, whose Health
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
declined after the War of Pines, in which he
(PrimaGames.com)
received a deadly wound.
Expanded Definition (Word Wall for Haas, Drain Vitality)
n. crag, cliff, ridge, any protrusion of the Etymology
earth
Compound of ko ‘in’ and los ‘to be’.

Notes
Conjunction only, not to be confused for the
adverb ‘where’ as in ‘Where is Whiterun?’.

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Komeyt KOM9T Usage

Het mah Herfodr Shul-Kriid, sahrot
Word Type Pronunciation konahrik do Lumnaar do Krent Hahnu.
strong verb /koˈmeɪt, ˈko meɪt/ Here fell Herfodr Sun-Slayer, mighty warlord of
the Valley of Broken Dreams.
Official Definition (Word Wall for Shul, Fire Breath)
Issue(d) / let loose (verb)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Connotations
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Someone who has triumphed in war, and
(PrimaGames.com) leads in battle.

Expanded Definition Etymology

v. to issue, let loose May be related to qahnaar ‘to vanquish’
n. issuing and qahnaarin ‘vanquisher’.

Usage Notes

Sahrot Thu'um, med aan tuz, vey zeim Namesake of the ninth dragon priest mask.
hokoron pah, ol fin Dovahkiin komeyt ok
rein!
Mighty Thu'um, like a blade, cut through
Koor K8R
enemies all, as the Dragonborn issued his roar! Word Type Pronunciation
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
noun /kɔr, kur/

Alduin komeyt tiid. Official Definition

Alduin set loose (by) time. Summer
(Paarthurnax, 000B94C5) (Clear Skies Shout)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Konahrik KON4RIK (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
Word Type Pronunciation
n. summer
noun /koˈnɑ rik/
Usage
Official Definition
Lok vah koor!
Warlord
Sky spring summer!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Clear Skies Shout)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) Connotations
Expanded Definition Appears only as a Word of Power, connotes
fair weather and clear skies.
n. warlord

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Kopraan KOPR1N Koraav KOR1V

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
noun /koˈprɑn/ strong verb /koˈrɑv/

Official Definition Official Definition

Body See/Recognize
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (Dialogue File, 000C8EA0)
(PrimaGames.com) (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
n. body, remains Expanded Definition
v. to see; to recognize, perceive, be aware of
Usage n. sight; recognition, perception; awareness
Het nok kopraan do sonaan Romerius, wo
unt Ru nol osos gogil, nuz motmah. Usage
Here lies the body of the bard Romerius, who Ful, losei Dovahkiin? Zu'u koraav nid nol
tried to Run from some goblins, but slipped. dov do hi.
(Word Wall for Ru, Dismay) So, you're the Dragonborn? I see nothing of the
dragon about you.
Het nok Fjolmod Bein-Su, wo pook ol (Alduin, 000C8EA0)
pogaas nau gol ol ok kopraan dreh nu ko
golt. Niid [sic] koraav zeim dinoksetiid.
Here lies Fjolmod Foul-Air, who stank as much (There is) no seeing through (the) end of time.
on earth as his body does now in the ground. (Paarthurnax, 0009C20D)
(Word Wall for Su, Elemental Fury)
Onikaan koraav gein miraad. It is wise to
Connotations recognize when you only have one choice.
Used extensively in memorials. Refers Onikaan koraav gein miraad = “Wisdom sees the
exclusively to a dead body, the remains of one doorway”
the dead, indicating a final resting place. (Odahviing, 0004DE40)
Contrast with slen ‘flesh’, which refers to the
living body. Connotations
To see with one’s eyes, or to perceive in
Etymology general. Should only be used to indicate
May be a compound of ko ‘in’ understanding (as in ‘I see’) if it involves
and praan ‘rest’, roughly ‘in which one something that is physically seen. See
rests’. instead mindok ‘to know’ or mindoraan ‘to
understand’.

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Korvanjund Usage
Paaz Keizaal fen kos stin nol bein Alduin
KORVANJUND jot, Dovahkiin kos fin saviik do muz!
Word Type Pronunciation Fair Skyrim will be free from foul Alduin's
maw, Dragonborn be the savior of men!
noun /ˈkor væn dʒund /
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Official Definition
Skuldafn fen kos dinok.
Korvanjund
(Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund) Skuldafn will be your death.
(Dragon, 000E1704)
Expanded Definition
n. Korvanjund Het nok brit kaaz Anurassa, wen faad nis
kos evenaar orin naal Krah dinok.
Usage Here lies the beautiful cat Anurassa, whose
Korvanjund - A Small Fortified Settlement. warmth cannot be extinguished even by the Cold
Hides and Meat. of death.
(Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund) (Word Wall for Krah, Frost Breath)

Notes Notes
Most likely Nordic in origin, and only exists Only verb in the language that conjugates
in the dragon language as transcribed according to tense. Kos is infinitive and used
in Holdings of Jarl Gjalund. either in the imperative (kos kril ‘be brave’)
or with modal verbs (zu’u fen kos brave ‘I
will be brave’).
Kos KOS
Word Type Pronunciation Kosil KOSIL
strong verb /kos/
Word Type Pronunciation
Official Definition strong adjective /koˈsil/
Be
Official Definition
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue File, 000E1704) Inner/Within
(PrimaGames.com) (Dialogue File, 000E1704)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition
v. to be, infinitive form
n. being, the state of being (something) adj. inner, inward, within, esp. within the
soul or mind
adv. inward, inwardly
n. innerness, the state or quality of being
within the mind or soul

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Usage Etymology
Kendov krif ok kosil Vokul, nuz jun Gaar From ko ‘in’.
niin nau ok hokoron.
The warrior fights his inner evils, but the king
unleashes them on his enemies. Krah KR4
(Word Wall for Gaar, Cyclone)
Word Type Pronunciation
Connotations strong adjective /krɑ/
Used to indicate something that is within
the mind or soul, or metaphorically so. Official Definition
Generally not used in reference to Into
inanimate things. (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Etymology
Compound of ko ‘in’ and sil ‘soul’. Expanded Definition
adj. cold
adv. coldly
Kotin KOTIN n. cold, coldness
v. to cool, chill, make or become cold
Word Type Pronunciation
preposition /ˈko tin, koˈtin/ Usage
Fo krah diin!
Official Definition
Frost cold freeze!
Into
(Frost Breath Shout)
(Dialogue File, 000E16F5)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Het nok brit kaaz Anurassa, wen faad nis
(PrimaGames.com) kos evenaar orin naal Krah dinok.
Expanded Definition Here lies the beautiful cat Anurassa, whose
warmth cannot be extinguished even by the Cold
prep. into; towards; to a state or condition
of death.
Usage (Word Wall for Krah, Frost Breath)
Amativ! Mu bo kotin stinselok. Connotations
Onward! We fly into the sky's freedom. Word of Power, embodies the freezing cold
(Odahviing, 000E16F5) of Skyrim.

Nii los heyv do enook mun wah lahney

voth ahkrin ahrk zin, leh rok Feim
vodahmin kotin vulom.
It is the duty of each man to live with courage
and honor, lest he Fade unremembered into
darkness.
(Word Wall for Feim, Become Ethereal)

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Kras KRAS Usage

Het nok kopraan do Iglif Iiz-Sos, wo grind
Word Type Pronunciation ok oblaan ni ko morokei vukein, nuz ahst
weak adjective /kræs, krɑs/ munax haalvut do liiv krasaar.
Here lies the body of Iglif Ice-Blood, who met his
Official Definition end not in glorious combat, but at the cruel
Sick touch of the withering sickness.
(PrimaGames.com) (Word Wall for Iiz, Ice Form)

Expanded Definition Etymology

adj. sick, sickly From kras ‘sick’.
adv. sickly, in a sick manner
v. to sicken, make sick
Krasnovaar
Usage
KRASNOV1R
Occurs only in the derived
words krasaar ‘sickness’ Word Type Pronunciation
and krasnovaar ‘disease’. noun /ˈkræs no vɑr/
Connotations Official Definition
Refers to bodily sickness. Disease
(PrimaGames.com)

Krasaar KRAS1R Expanded Definition

n. disease
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ˈkræ sɑr, ˈkrɑ sɑr/ Usage

Official Definition Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.

Sickness Connotations
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More) Lingering or unfaltering sickness, more
(POGGLE, p. 1096) permanent than krasaar ‘sickness’.
(PrimaGames.com)
Etymology
Expanded Definition
From kras ‘sick’.
n. sickness

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Kreh KREH Krein KR2N

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /krɛ/ noun /kraɪn/

Official Definition Official Definition

Bend Sun
(Dialogue File, 0004DE42) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Expanded Definition

adj. bent; twisted; distorted n. sun; Magnus
adv. in a bent or distorted manner
n. bending; twist; distortion; the state or Usage
quality of being bent Wo lost fron wah ney dov, ahrk fin reyliik
v. to bend, twist, distort do jul, voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein!
Who was kin to both wyrm, and the races of
Usage man, with a power to rival the sun!
Kreh zini! (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(You) bend my honor!
Connotations
(Odahviing, 0004DE42)
Rarely used, refers to the celestial presence
You have it. The Kel - the Elder Scroll. Tiid of the sun and the divine powers it
kreh... qalos. Time shudders at its touch. possesses. See also shul ‘sun’, which has
(Paarthurnax, 000C64EC) closer connotations to sunlight, daylight,
heat, and fire.
Orin pruzaan dwiin aal kreh ahrk kren, nuz
Slen do vahzah muz los sindugahvon.
Even the best steel may bend and break, but the Kren KREN
Flesh of a true man is unyielding.
Word Type Pronunciation
(Word Wall for Slen, Ice Form)
strong verb /krɛn/
Connotations
Official Definition
To distort, bend, or twist. May refer to
Break
physical distortion, or metaphorical
(Dialogue File, 0003FA46)
distortion or tampering of a principle or
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
thing.
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
v. to break, shatter
n. breaking, shattering

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(Paarthurnax, 0003FA49)
Usage
Kren sosaal! Qethsegol vahrukiv Hrodmir fin Krent, wo
[Break (and) bleed!] sov pah ok eruvos ahrk faraan wah Nos
(Draugr, 0004C5A0) tum krivaan do ok zeymah.
This stone commemorates Hrodmir the Broken,
Orin pruzaan dwiin aal kreh ahrk kren, nuz
who spent all his years and fortune to Strike
Slen do vahzah muz los sindugahvon.
down the killer of his brother.
Even the best steel may bend and break, but the
(Word Wall for Nos, Cyclone)
Flesh of a true man is unyielding.
(Word Wall for Slen, Ice Form) Het mah Herfodr Shul-Kriid, sahrot
Connotations konahrik do Lumnaar do Krent Hahnu.
Here fell Herfodr Sun-Slayer, mighty warlord of
To physically break or shatter; to make
the Valley of Broken Dreams.
pieces of something that is whole; to
(Word Wall for Shul, FIre Breath)
similarly disrupt or destroy.
Connotations
Etymology
Not whole; disrupted, destroyed, or
From kreh ‘to bend’.
otherwise in fragments.
Notes
Etymology
Has an irregular past tense form in krent.
From kren ‘to break’.

Krent KRENT Kriaan KRI1N

Word Type Pronunciation
Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /krɛnt/
noun /kriˈɑn/
Official Definition
Official Definition
Broken/Shattered
Slayer
(Dialogue File, 0003FA49)
(POGGLE, p. 1099)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition n. killer, slayer
adj. broken, shattered, past part. of kren Usage
adv. brokenly, in a broken or shattered
Vegunthar wahlaan qethsegol bormahii
manner
vahrukt, Hungunthar Tiid-Naak, kriaan se
Usage junnesejer, kroniid se Dunkreath.
Vegunthar built (this) stone (in) his father’s
Tiid krent. Time was... shattered here
memory, Hungunthar Time-Eater, slayer of the
because of what the ancient Nords did to
Kings of the East, conqueror of Dunkreath.
Alduin.
(Word Wall for Tiid, Slow Time)

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Connotations Krif KRIF

Rarely used compared to the more
common kriid ‘killer/slayer’. Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /krif/
Etymology
From krii ‘to kill’ with the noun suffix -aan. Official Definition
Fight
Notes (Dialogue File, 0005637F)
Not to be confused for the identical past (POGGLE, p. 1096)
participle of krii ‘to kill’. (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
Kriaan KRI1N v. to fight, battle, struggle, esp. to the death
n. fight, battle, struggle
Word Type Pronunciation
adjective /kriˈɑn/ Usage
Krif krin. Pruzah!
Official Definition
(You) fight couragously [sic]. Good!
Killed
(Mirmulnir, 0005637F)
(Dialogue File, 000ED365)

Expanded Definition Zin krif horvut se suleyk.

Honor (is) fighting the lure of power.
adj. killed, past part. of krii
(Paarthurnax, 0003C574)
Usage
Kendov krif ok kosil Vokul, nuz jun Gaar
Zu'u lost kriaan hi ont, nu hin sille fen
niin nau ok hokoron.
nahkip suleyki.
The warrior fights his inner evils, but the king
I've killed you once, now your souls will feed my
unleashes them on his enemies.
power.
(Word wall for Gaar, Cyclone)
(Alduin, 000ED365)
Connotations
Etymology
To fight against, face in battle, esp. to the
Past participle of krii ‘to kill’.
death.
Notes
Etymology
Not to be confused for the identical
Likely shares root with krii ‘to kill’.
noun kriaan ‘killer/slayer’.
Notes
The phrase krif voth ahkrin is used to mean
‘fight bravely’ or ‘bravely fought’.

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Krii KR3 Kriid KR3D

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /kri/ strong verb /krid/

Official Definition Official Definition

Fight Slayer
(Marked for Death Shout) (Marked for Death Shout)
(Dialogue File, 000C8EA1) (Dialogue File, 000C8EA1)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Expanded Definition

v. to kill n. slayer, killer
n. kill; killing
Usage
Usage Het dir bruniik rek-grohiik Ulfeidr, kriid
Krii lun aus! muz ahrk sunvaar, bruniik kinbok Sahqon
Kill leech suffer! Tah.
(Marked for Death Shout) Here died the savage she-wolf Ulfeidr, slayer of
men and beasts, and savage leader of the
Sahloknir, krii daar joorre. Crimson Pack.
Sahloknir, kill these mortals. (Word Wall for Tah, Animal Allegiance)
(Alduin, 000C8EA1)
Het mah Herfodr Shul-Kriid, sahrot
Wah Krii ko morokei kein los wah zin konahrik do Lumnaar do Krent Hahnu.
geinmaar. Wah dir ko morokei kein los wah Here fell Herfodr Sun-Slayer, mighty warlord of
zin pah do Keizaal. the Valley of Broken Dreams.
To Kill in glorious war is to honor oneself. To (Word Wall for Shul, Fire Breath)
die in glorious war is to honor all of Skyrim.
(Word Wall for Krii, Marked for Death) Connotations
More common than synonym kriaan ‘slayer’,
Connotations connotates superiority in battle.
For dragons, refers to permanent death.
Etymology
Etymology From krii ‘to kill’ with the noun suffix -iid.
Likely shares root with krif ‘to fight’.

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Kriin KR3N Usage

Het ont kriist Miraak, wo ahtiid ok sahvot
Word Type Pronunciation ol Qah, spaan naal Deyra fah ok unslaad
strong verb /krin/ midun.
Here once stood Miraak, who wore his faith as
Official Definition
Armor, shielded by the Daedra for his unending
Slay loyalty.
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (Word Wall for Qah, Dragon Aspect)
Expanded Definition
v. to slay Kriivah KR3V4
n. slaughter
Word Type Pronunciation
Usage strong verb /ˈkri və/
Het nok kopraan do Svolo, wo piraak
mulaag wah kriin dovah nuz ni Gaan wah Official Definition
kriin pogaan. Murder
Here lies the body of Svolo, who possessed the (PrimaGames.com)
strength to slay dragons but not the Stamina to
Expanded Definition
slay many.
(Word Wall for Gaan, Drain Vitality) v. to murder
n. murder
Connotations
To kill, particularly a dragon, beast, or an Usage
enemy. Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.

Etymology Etymology
From krii ‘to kill’. From krii ‘to kill’.

Kriist KR3ST
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /krist/

Official Definition
Stand
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
v. to stand
n. stand; standing

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Kril KRIL Expanded Definition

adj. valiant
Word Type Pronunciation adv. valiantly
strong adjective /kril/ n. valor
v. to make or become valiant
Official Definition
Brave Usage
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Odahviing will come to your challenge.
(PrimaGames.com) Boziik. Krilot. He will not be able to resist
your call, from the Hill of the Dovah itself...
Expanded Definition
he will come.
adj. brave (Paarthurnax, 000D2CF4)
adv. bravely
n. bravery, braveness Het nok bein nahgahdinok Azaran faal
v. to make or become brave Munax, wo unt wah Gron krilot dilon do
Sovngarde wah lein do jul, ahrk funt.
Usage
Here lies the foul necromancer Azaran the
Qethsegol vahrukiv kril Thjodrek, wo dir Cruel, who tried to Bind the valiant dead of
zohungaar ko Grah do Vith Okaaz. Sovngarde to the world of man, and failed.
This stone commemorates the brave Thjodrek, (Word Wall for Gron, Become Ethereal)
who died heroically in the Battle of the Serpent
Sea. Connotations
(Word Wall for Grah, Elemental Fury) Greater in magnitude than kril ‘brave’
or krin ‘courageous’, connotates extreme
Connotations
bravery in the face of danger or challenge,
Connotates bravery in battle, esp. in the face or having performed a great feat.
of death or defeat.
Etymology
Etymology
From kril ‘brave’, possibly a compound
May share root with krif ‘fight’ and krii ‘to with lot ‘great’ meaning ‘great bravery’.
kill’.

Krin KRIN
Krilot KRILOT
Word Type Pronunciation
Word Type Pronunciation
weak adjective /krin/
strong adjective /ˈkri lot/
Official Definition
Official Definition
Courageous
Valiant (Dialogue File, 0005637F)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) (PrimaGames.com)

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Expanded Definition Usage

adj. courageous Qethsegol vahrukiv Hrodmir fin Krent, wo
adv. courageously sov pah ok eruvos ahrk faraan wah Nos
v. to encourage, make or become tum krivaan do ok zeymah.
courageous This stone commemorates Hrodmir the Broken,
who spent all his years and fortune to Strike
Usage down the killer of his brother.
Krif krin. Pruzah! (Word Wall for Nos, Cyclone)
(You) fight couragously [sic]. Good!
Connotations
(Mirmulnir, 000D2CF4)
Connotes wrongful killing, not the triumph
Qethsegol vahrukiv key Sarvirra, zok krin in battle implied with kriid ‘slayer’.
Raan alun wah fonaar odus frod, ahrk ofan
Etymology
ok sil fah ok drog.
This stone commemorates the horse Sarvirra, the From kriivah ‘to murder’ with the noun
most courageous Animal ever to charge the suffix -aan.
snowy battlefields, and give his soul for his lord.
(Word Wall for Raan, Animal Allegiance)
Kro KRO
Etymology
Word Type Pronunciation
May share root with krif ‘fight’ and krii ‘to
noun /kro/
kill’.
Official Definition

Krivaan KRIV1N Sorcerer

(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Word Type Pronunciation (PrimaGames.com)
noun /ˈkri vɑn, kriˈvɑn/ Expanded Definition
Official Definition n. sorcerer
Murderer/Killer
Usage
(POGGLE, p. 1096, 1098)
(PrimaGames.com) Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list
and Prima Games guide.
Expanded Definition
n. murderer, killer

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Kron KRON Usage

Lot krongrah. You truly have the Voice of a
Word Type Pronunciation dovah. Alduin's allies will think twice after
weak verb /kron/ this victory.
Lot krongrah = “(a) great victory”
Official Definition (Paarthurnax, 00045919)
Win/Conquer
(Dialogue File, 0003FA46) You have won a mighty victory. Sahrot
(POGGLE, p. 1096) krongrah - one that will echo through all the
(PrimaGames.com) ages of this world for those who have eyes
to see.
Expanded Definition
(Paarthurnax, 0009C212)
v. to conquer; to win, earn through victory;
be victorious Connotations
To achieve victory in battle.
Usage
Viik nuz ni kron. Etymology
Defeat but not victory. [Defeated but not Compound of kron ‘to conquer’
conquered.] and grah ‘battle’.
(Paarthurnax, 0003FA46)

Het nok Faal Vahlok, wo kron pogaas moro.

Kroniid KRON3D
Fah ok unslaad mid, rok aav dilon voth lot Word Type Pronunciation
zin.
noun /ˈkron id/
Here lies the Guardian, who won much
glory. For his eternal loyalty, he joins the Official Definition
dead with great honor. Become Ethereal
Conqueror
(Word Wall for Mid, Battle Fury)
(Dialogue File, 0003FA46)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Krongrah KRONGR4 (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
Word Type Pronunciation
n. conqueror; victor
noun /ˈkron grɑ/

Official Definition Usage

Victory Vegunthar wahlaan qethsegol bormahii
(Dialogue File, 00045919) vahrukt, Hungunthar Tiid-Naak, kriaan se
(PrimaGames.com) junnesejer, kroniid se Dunkreath.
Vegunthar built (this) stone (in) his father’s
Expanded Definition memory, Hungunthar Time-Eater, slayer of the
n. victory, conquest Kings of the East, conqueror of Dunkreath.
(Word Wall for Tiid, Slow Time)

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Etymology
From kron ‘to conquer’ with the noun Het nok Yngnavar Gaaf-Kodaav, wo drey
suffix -iid. Yah moro nau Frod do Krosis, nuz sinon
siiv dinok ahrk dukaan.
Krosis KROSIS Here lies Yngnavar Ghost-Bear, who did Seek
glory on the Battlefield of Sorrows, but instead
Word Type Pronunciation found death and dishonor.
strong adjective /ˈkro sɪs/ (Word Wall for Yah, Aura Whisper)

Official Definition Connotations

Sorrow/Apologies Often used as an interjection to express

(Dialogue File, 000556D9) misfortune or regret, not to be confused as
(POGGLE, p. 1096) exclusively meaning ‘apologies’.
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Kruziik KRUZ3K

adj. sorrowful; unfortunate Word Type Pronunciation
adv. sorrowfully; unfortunately
strong adjective /ˈkru zik/
n. sorrow
v. to sorrow, feel sorrow; to make or Official Definition
become sorrowful Ancient
interj. apologies, pardon, sorry (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue File, 00035F88)
Usage
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
But you have indulged my weakness for (PrimaGames.com)
speech long enough. Krosis. Now I will
answer your question. Expanded Definition
Krosis = sorrow (“Apologies”) adj. ancient
(Paarthurnax, 000556D9) adv. in an ancient manner
n. ancientness
Lingrah krosis saraan Strundu'ul, voth nid v. to age greatly, make or become ancient;
balaan klov praan nau. to pass out of time or memory
Long sorrowfully (has) waited the Stormcrown,
with no worthy head to rest on. Usage
(Greybeards, 000C43AB) Alduin, feyn do jun, kruziik vokun
staadnau, voth aan bahlok wah diivon fin
lein!
Alduin, Bane of Kings, ancient shadow
unbound, with a hunger to swallow the world!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)

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Usage
Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah
Alduin, thuri! Boaan tiid vokriiha
vod, Ahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein!
suleyksejun kruziik?
Hearken now, sons of snow, to an age, long ago,
Alduin, my king (overlord)! Has the time
and the tale, boldly told, of the one!
arrived (flown) to restore (unkill) your ancient
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
dominion (power-of-king)?
(Sahloknir, 00035F88)
Brothi wahlaan qethsegol kulii vahrukt,
Odrav Keyn-Haal, wo drun pogaas zin wah
Qethsegol vahrukiv daanik Fahliil kiir do
Brod Sahqo-Strunmah.
Gravuun Frod, wo bovul ko Maar nol
Brothi raised this stone for her son Odrav,
kinzon zahkrii do kruziik hokoron.
Anvil-Hand, who brought much honor to Clan
This stone commemorates the doomed elf
Red-Mountain.
children of the Autumn Field, who fled in Terror
(Word Wall for Haal, Disarm)
from the sharp swords of the ancient enemy.
(Word Wall for Maar, Dismay) Connotations

Connotations May be a gender neutral word referring to

any child, descendant, or heir given the
Refers to something old beyond memory, or
etymology of kulaan ‘prince’
powerful due to its age.
and kulaas ‘princess’.
Etymology
Notes
May share adjective suffix -
Not to be confused with kul ‘good’.
iik with boziik ‘bold’ and bruniik ‘savage’.

Kul KUL Kul KUL

Word Type Pronunciation
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /kul/
noun /kul/
Official Definition
Official Definition
Good
Son(s)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue File, 00035F88) Expanded Definition
(POGGLE, p. 1096) n. good, moral good
(PrimaGames.com)
Usage
Expanded Definition
Occurs only as the root of vokul ‘evil’.
n. son; child, descendant
Connotations
Refers to moral good; a good deed.
rightness.

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Etymology Usage
Reverse-derived from vokul ‘evil’, described Qethsegol vahrukiv paaz kulaas Yrsa, wo
by official notes as ‘literally “ungood”’. ensosin pah do Taazokaan voth ek Dun
ahrk brii.
Notes This stone commemorates the fair princess Yrsa,
Not to be confused with pruzah, which who bewitched all of Tamriel with her Grace and
means ‘good’ as in ‘well’ or ‘fair’. beauty.
(Word Wall for Dun, Elemental Fury)

Kulaan KUL1N Etymology

From kul ‘son/descendant’, or likely a
Word Type Pronunciation variation of kulaan ‘prince’ that disregards
noun /ˈkul ɑn/ the root word kul.

Official Definition
Prince Kun KUN
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) Word Type Pronunciation
noun /kun/
Expanded Definition
n. prince; male heir Official Definition
Light
Usage (Dialogue File, 000D2CF5)
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list
Expanded Definition
and Prima Games guide.
n. light; rightness, goodness, the right path
Etymology
From kul ‘son’. Usage
I have tasted the voices of Alduin's allies on
the wind. Pogaan nahlaas, vokrii wah jun
Kulaas KUL1S [sic].
Pogaan nahlaas, vokrii wah jun [sic] = “many
Word Type Pronunciation
alive, restored to (the) light”
noun /ˈkul ɑs/ (Paarthurnax, 000D2CF5)
Official Definition Connotations
Princess Literal light, or as a metaphor for right
(POGGLE, p. 1096) cause or purpose.
(PrimaGames.com)
Etymology
Expanded Definition
Does not officially occur in-game or in
n. princess; female heir official material. Based on the
word vokun ‘shadow’ (most likely ‘un-
light’).

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Laan L1N Expanded Definition

n. life
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /lɑn/ Usage
Laas yah nir!
Official Definition
Life seek hunt!
Want/Request (Aura Whisper Shout)
(Dialogue File, 00048F05)

Expanded Definition Hin laas los dii.

Your life (is) mine.
v. to want; to request; to ask, inquire
(000E16F7)
n. want; request; question, query, inquiry
Connotations
Usage
Word of Power, refers to the life of an
You will release me - ro laan - if in return I individual, not in the abstract sense (as in
promise to take you to Skuldafn and stop ‘life is short’).
helping Alduin?
Ro laan = balanced request Etymology
(Odahviing, 000E16EE) Possibly related
to lah ‘magicka’, lahney ‘live’.
Zu'u lost ofan hin laan.
I have given your want/request.
(Odahviing, 00048F05) Laat L1T
Connotations Word Type Pronunciation
Not equivalent to ‘want’ as in ‘desire’, noun /lɑt/
something that is asked or requested.
Official Definition
Notes Last
Ro laan ‘balanced request’ seems to a favour (POGGLE, p. 1096)
done in return for another favour, quid pro (PrimaGames.com)
quo.
Expanded Definition
n. last, end or conclusion
Laas L1S
Usage
Word Type Pronunciation
Qethsegol vahrukiv ahzid viik do
noun /lɑs/ Briinahmaar do Sot Peyt, naako wah fin laat
naal ufiik do Korvag Kol
Official Definition
This stone commemorates the bitter Defeat of the
Life Sisterhood of the White Rose, eaten to the last by
(Aura Whisper Shout) the Trolls of Korvag Crag.
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (Word Wall for Viik, Disarm)
(PrimaGames.com)

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Connotations Lahney L4N9

Noun only, means ‘last’ or ‘end’ as in ‘the
last of day’. Word Type Pronunciation
weak verb /ˈlɑ neɪ/
Etymology
Possibly related Official Definition
to unslaad ‘unending/ceaseless/eternal’ Live
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)
Lah L4
Expanded Definition
Word Type Pronunciation v. to live
noun /lɑ/
Usage
Official Definition
Nii los heyv do enook mun wah lahney
Magicka voth ahkrin ahrk zin leh rok feim vodahmin
(Drain Vitality Shout) kotin vulom.
(POGGLE, p. 1096) It is duty of each man to live with courage and
honor lest he fade unremembered into darkness.
Expanded Definition
(Word Wall for Feim, Become Ethereal)
n. magicka
Connotations
Usage
Used in the sense ‘to spend one’s life’ (not
Lungerd wahlaan qethsegol ahmulii ‘to be alive’, or ‘to reside, dwell’).
vahrukt Thorgrima Deinmaar do sahqon
yolos ahrk drog do lah. Etymology
Lungerd raised this stone in memory of her Likely from laas ‘life’, or related
husband, Thorgrima, keeper of the crimson to lah ‘magicka’,
flame, and lord of Magicka.
(Word Wall for Lah, Drain Vitality)
Lahvraan L4VR1N
Connotations
Word of Power, refers to the essence of Word Type Pronunciation
Magicka, not magic in general. strong verb /ləˈvrɑn, ˈlɑ vrɑn/

Official Definition
Muster/Gather
(Dialogue File, 00048F05)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
v. to muster, gather, esp. an army
n. mustering, gathering

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Usage Leh LEH

Mindoraan, pah ok middovahhe lahvraan
til. Word Type Pronunciation
As you know, all his dragon-loyalists (are) conjunction /lɛ/
mustered there.
Official Definition
(Odahviing, 00048F05)
Lest
Connotations (POGGLE, p. 1096)
Primarily military in definition, ‘to gather (PrimaGames.com)
an army’.
Expanded Definition
conj. lest; for fear that
Lahvu L4VU
Usage
Word Type Pronunciation Nii los heyv do enook mun wah lahney
noun /ˈlɑ vu/ voth ahkrin ahrk zin leh rok feim vodahmin
kotin vulom.
Official Definition
It is duty of each man to live with courage and
Army honor lest he fade unremembered into darkness.
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (Word Wall for Feim, Become Ethereal)
(PrimaGames.com)
Connotations
Expanded Definition
Used to express fear, caution, or danger.
n. army

Usage Lein L2N

Het nok kopraan do Wynjolf faal wuld wen
viintaas tuz vey zeim lahvu do Rahgron Word Type Pronunciation
ogiim. noun /laɪn/
Here lies the body of Wynjolf the Whirlwind,
Official Definition
whose shining blades cut through an army of
angry Orcs. World (equivalent to Mundus - the
(Word Wall for Wuld, Whirlwind Spirit) universe, everything)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Connotations (Dialogue File, 0009C20C)
Refers to any gathered military force. (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Etymology
Related to lahvraan ‘muster/gather’. Expanded Definition
n. Mundus, the world; world

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Usage Usage
Alduin, feyn do jun, kruziik vokun Him hinde [sic] pah liiv!
staadnau, voth aan bahlok wah diivon fin Your hopes (are) all withered!
lein! (Alduin, 000CD9DF)
Alduin, Bane of Kings, ancient shadow
unbound, with a hunger to swallow the world! Het nok kopraan do Iglif Iiz-sos wo grind
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) ok oblaan ni ko morokei vukein nuz ahst
munax haalvut do liiv krasaar.
Grik los lein. Here lies the body of Iglif Ice-Blood, who met his
Such is the world. end not in glorious combat, but at the cruel
(Paarthurnax, 0009C20C) touch of the withering sickness.
(World Wall for Iiz, Ice Form)
Daar Lein los dii.
This world is mine. Notes
(Alduin, 000ED35F) Often used as a participle ‘withered,
withering’. Featured in the dragon
Zu'u Alduin, zok sahrot do naan ko Lein. name Nahagliiv ‘fury burn wither’.
I (am still) Alduin, most mighty of any in
Mundus (the world).
(Alduin, 000ED362) Liivrah L3VR4
Notes Word Type Pronunciation
Sometime used as a proper strong verb /ˈliv rə/
noun; Lein means “the World” in and by
Official Definition
itself. The definite article fin is only used for
metric reasons in the Song of the Diminish/Wither
Dragonborn. (Dialogue File, 0004591A)

Expanded Definition
Liiv L3V v. to diminish
n. diminishment
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /liv/ Usage
Ni liivrah hin moro.
Official Definition Do not diminish /wither/ your glory.
Wither (Paarthurnax, 0004591A)
(Dialogue File, 000CD9DF)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Connotations
(PrimaGames.com) Generally transitive, used in the transferred
sense ‘to belittle’, to cause something to
Expanded Definition diminish or wither.
v. to wither
n. withering Etymology
From liiv ‘to wither’.

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Lingrah LINGR4 Lir L7

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /ˈliŋ grɑ, ˈlin grɑ/ noun /lir/

Official Definition Official Definition

Long (as in “long ago”) Worm
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) (PrimaGames.com)
(Dialogue File, 000D2CF5)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Expanded Definition
(PrimaGames.com) n. worm; vermin; weakling

Expanded Definition Usage

adj. long, enduring, lasting Bolog aaz, mal lir!
adv. lengthily, at length [Beg (for) mercy, little worm!]
n. length (of time), duration (Draugr, 0004C59E)
v. to lengthen, prolong
Connotations
Usage Vulgar, used as a taunt or insult.
Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah
vod, Aahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein!
Hearken now, sons of snow, to an age, long ago,
Lo LO
and the tale, boldly told, of the one! Word Type Pronunciation
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
strong verb /lo/
Lingrah morah. Official Definition
Long concentration/thought.
Deceive
(Paarthurnax, 000D2CF5)
(Phantom Form Shout)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Lingrah krosis saraan Strundu'ul, voth nid
(PrimaGames.com)
balaan klov praan nau.
Long sorrowfully (has) waited the Stormcrown, Expanded Definition
with no worthy head to rest on. v. to deceive
(Greybeards, 000C4368) n. deception
Connotations
Usage
Used exclusively in reference to time, not
Fiik lo sah!
physical length or distance as in ‘a long
Mirror deceive phantom!
river’ or ‘a long ways off’. See
(Phantom Form Shout)
instead gut ‘far’.

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Lo ni hin kiim, fah rek los wol ko hin spaan, Amativ! Mu bo kotin stinselok.
dwiin ko hin zahkrii. Onward! We fly into the sky's freedom.
[Deceive not your wife, for she is the oak in your (Odahviing, 000E16F5)
shield, and the steel in your sword.]
Connotations
(Unused Word Wall for Lo, Phantom Form)
Strong association with freedom, openness,
Connotations unbridled strength and power.
Word of Power, associated with illusion and
Notes
trickery.
Drem Yol Lok ‘Peace Fire Sky’ is a phrase of
Notes greeting. Similarly, Lok, Thu’um ‘Sky above,
Possibly featured in the dragon voice within’ is a phrase of parting and
name Lodunost. goodwill among the Greybeards. Featured
in the dragon name Sahloknir ‘phantom sky
hunt’.
Lok LOK
Word Type Pronunciation Lon LON
noun /lok/
Word Type Pronunciation
Official Definition
noun /lon/
Sky
(Clear Skies Shout) Official Definition
(Dialogue File, 000E16F50) Fist
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (PrimaGames.com)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition n. fist
n. sky
Usage
Usage Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.
Lok vah koor!
Sky spring summer!
(Clear Skies Shout) Loost L8ST
Word Type Pronunciation
Lok, Thu'um.
Sky (above), Voice (within). weak verb /lust/
(Arngeir, 000BF4B0) Official Definition
Hath
Drem Yol Lok.
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Peace Fire Sky.
(PrimaGames.com)
(Paarthurnax, 0003F88B)
Expanded Definition
v. to have, possess (formal or obsolete)

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Usage
Usage
Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, naal ok zin los
Oblivion loost nid nah med spaan vahdin
vahriin, wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst
beyn.
vaal!
Oblivion hath no Fury like a shield maiden
Dragonborn, Dragonborn, by his honor is
scorned.
sworn, To keep evil forever at bay!
(Word Wall for Nah, Whirlwind Spirit)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Connotations
Rarely seen, either formal, archaic, or Rok los Dovahkiin, Strundu'ul.
obsolete. He is Dragonborn, Stormcrown.
(Einarth, 000B3980)
Etymology
From lost ‘have/was’. Thu'umii los nahlot.
His Voice is silenced.
Notes (Dragon, 0009E072)
Though from lost ‘have’, lost is exclusively
an auxiliary verb (‘have returned’), not ‘to Nii los heyv do enook mun wah lahney
have’ as in ‘to possess’. Piraak ‘to possess’ voth ahkrin ahrk zin leh rok feim vodahmin
should be used instead of loost to avoid this kotin vulom.
confusion. It is duty of each man to live with courage and
honor lest he fade unremembered into darkness.
(Word Wall for Feim, Become Ethereal)
Los LOS
Qethsegol vahrukiv kiir jun Jafnhar wo los
Word Type Pronunciation
ag nahlaas nal yol do lot dovah Lodunost.
weak verb /los/ This stone commemorates the child king Jafnhar,
who was burned alive by the Fire of the great
Official Definition
dragon Lodunost.
Is/Was (Combine with other verbs to form
(Word Wall for Yol, Fire Breath)
present tense: “is helping”, “Is sworn”)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Sigruuf wahlaan qethsegol briinahii
(Dialogue File, 0009E072) vahrukt Lanal wen brit luft los ol kinzon
(POGGLE, p. 1097, 1098) ahrk sot ol nus dwiirok nol nahlaas
(PrimaGames.com) ozinvey.
Expanded Definition Sigruuf raised this stone for his sister, Lanal,
whose beautiful face was as sharp and white as a
v. is, are, am, present or past tense
Statue, carved from living ivory.
conjugation of kos
(Word Wall for Nus, Ice Form)

Connotations
Always indicates present tense in spoken
dialogue. On Word Walls may be used for
past or perfect, as well as present tense.

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Etymology Official Definition

From kos ‘be’. Have/Was
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Notes (Dialogue File, 0009C213)
Typically omitted from regular speech (as (POGGLE, p. 1097)
in Alduin mahlaan ‘Alduin (is) fallen’, rok (PrimaGames.com)
mul ‘he (is) strong, and nu hin sil dii ‘now
Expanded Definition
your soul (is) mine’). May be used to create
emphasis. v. have, was (indicates past and present
perfect tenses)

Losei LOS2 Usage

Wo lost fron wah ney dov, ahrk fin reyliik
Word Type Pronunciation do jul … Ahrk fin Kel lost prodah, do ved
weak verb /loˈsɑɪ/ viing ko fin krah ...
Who was kin to both wyrm, and the races of man
Official Definition
… And the Scrolls have foretold, of black wings
You’re in the cold ...
(Dialogue File, 000C8EA0) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Expanded Definition
Zeymahi lost ont du'ul Bormahu.
v. you’re, contraction of los hi
My brother was once the crown of our father
(Paarthurnax, 0009C213)
Usage
Ful, losei Dovahkiin? Zu'u koraav nid nol Zu'u lost kriaan hi ont
dov do hi. I've killed you once.
So, you’re the Dragonborn? I see nothing of the (Alduin, 000ED365)
dragon about you.
(Alduin, 000C8EA0) Lost funt.
Connotations (You) have failed.
(Paarthurnax, 00044C4F)
Colloquialism, only used in question
formation. Etymology

Etymology From los ‘is’.

Contraction of los hi ‘are you’. Notes

Can be omitted when the sense is clear, as
Lost LOST in Zu'u uth nall [sic] thurri [sic] ‘I (was)
ordered by my lord’ (000E16FA), Alduin
Word Type Pronunciation mah ‘Alduin (has) fallen’ (000E16FD). Not
used in the sense “possess, contain”. See
weak verb /lost/
instead piraak.

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Lot LOT Lovaas LOV1S

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /lot/ strong verb /loˈvɑs/

Official Definition Official Definition

Great Music/Song/Voice
(Dialogue File, 00045919) (POGGLE, p. 1097, 1098)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (PrimaGames.com)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition v. to sing; to make music; to voice through
adj. great song
adv. greatly n. music, song; singing voice
n. greatness
v. to make or become great Usage
Pah werid Sonaan Lunerio wen yuvon
Usage lovaas meyz fo het ko vulon.
Lot krongrah. All praise Bard Lunerio whose golden music
(A) great victory. became frost here in night.
(Paarthurnax, 00045919) (Word Wall for Fo, Frost Breath)

Het mah faasnu ronaan Undveld aar kriid Connotations

grohiik ahrk drog do Lot Nir. Refers to ‘voice’ as in ‘singing voice’, not the
Here fell the fearless archer Undveld, servant, voice used for speech or for Shouting.
slayer of wolves, and lord of the Great Hunt.
Etymology
(Word Wall for Nir, Aura Whisper)
Possibly related tinvaak ‘talk’, or may share
Het nok Faal Vahlok, wo kron pogaas moro. feminine suffix -aas with kulaas ‘princess’
Fah ok unslaad mid, rok aav dilon voth lot and sivaas ‘beast/animal’.
zin.
Here lies the Guardian, who won much glory.
For his eternal loyalty, he joins the dead with
Luft LUFT
great honor. Word Type Pronunciation
(Word Wall for Mid, Battle Fury)
noun /luft/
Connotations
Official Definition
Great in magnitude, power, or significance.
Face
Should not be used colloquially as ‘that is
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
great’. See instead pruzah ‘good/well’.
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
n. face

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Usage Lun LUN

Sigruuf wahlaan qethsegol briinahii
vahrukt Lanal wen brit luft los ol kinzon Word Type Pronunciation
ahrk sot ol nus dwiirok nol nahlaas strong verb /lun/
ozinvey.
Official Definition
Sigruuf raised this stone for his sister, Lanal,
whose beautiful face was as sharp and white as a Leech
Statue, carved from living ivory. (Marked for Death Shout)
(Word Wall for Nus, Ice Form) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Connotations
Expanded Definition
Noun only, refers to the bodily face, rather
than ‘to face in battle’. See instead grind ‘to v. to leech, sap
meet’. n. leeching; leech, something that leeches

Usage
Lumnaar LUMN1R Krii lun aus!
Kill leech suffer!
Word Type Pronunciation (Marked for Death Shout)
noun /ˈlum nɑr/
Het mah tahrodiis tafiir Skorji Lun-Sinak
Official Definition wen klov govey naal rinik hahkun rok
Valley togaat wah gahrot.
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Here fell the treacherous thief Skorji Leech-
(PrimaGames.com) Fingers, whose head was removed by the very
axe he was attempting to steal.
Expanded Definition
(Word Wall for Lun, Marked for Death)
n. valley
Connotations
Usage Word of Power in the Marked for Death
Het mah Herfodr Shul-Kriid sahrot Shout, connotates the draining of strength
konahrik do Lumnaar do Krent Hahnu. and vitality. Negative connotation, as in a
Here fell Herfodr Sun-Slayer, mighty warlord of parasite or corruption.
(the) Valley of Broken Dreams.
(Word Wall for Shul, Fire Breath)
Luv LUV
Etymology
Possibly a compound of naar ‘summit’ with Word Type Pronunciation
an unattested word lum meaning ‘low’ or strong verb /luv/
‘descent’.
Official Definition
Tear(s)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

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Expanded Definition Usage

v. to cry, to tear up Faas ru maar!
n. tear; crying Fear run terror!
(Dismay Shout)
Usage
Bekkhild wahlaan qethsegol ahmulii Maar saraan ko Sovngarde
vahrukt Eyolf wen veysun los sizaan ko vul Terror awaits in Sovngarde.
kest ko okaaz do luv. (Alduin, 000CDDF6)
Bekkhild raised this stone for her husband, Eyolf,
whose ship was lost in a dark Tempest in the Sea Qethsegol vahrukiv daanik Fahliil kiir do
of Tears. Gravuun Frod, wo bovul ko Maar nol
(Word Wall for Kest, Whirlwind Spirit) kinzon zahkrii do kruziik hokoron.
This stone commemorates the doomed elf
Etymology children of the Autumn Field, who fled in Terror
Possibly related to unattested from the sharp swords of the ancient enemy.
word lum found in lumnaar ‘valley’ meaning (Word Wall for Maar, Dismay)
‘low’ or ‘descent’.
Connotations
Notes Connotes an absolute loss of courage or
See vaaz for the ‘tear’ in the sense of ‘to rip’. hope, doom.

Mah M4
Maar M1R
Word Type Pronunciation
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /mɑ/
strong verb /mɑr/
Official Definition
Official Definition
Fall/Fell
Terror (Dialogue File, 0009C20A)
(Dismay Shout) (PrimaGames.com)
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(Dialogue File, 000CDDF6)
(PrimaGames.com) Expanded Definition
(POGGLE, p. 1097) v. to fall, esp. in battle
n. fall
Expanded Definition
v. to terrify, terrorize Usage
n. terror Zu'u tiiraaz ahst ok mah.
adj. terrifying, terrible; terrified, terrorized I am sad at his fall.
adv. terrifyingly, terribly (Paarthurnax, 0009C20A)

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Alduin mah nol thur. Nonvul Bron, mahfaeraak dahmaan sahrot

Alduin (has) fallen from (the) overlord(ship). Vahlok wen lot ahkrin shaan ney muz ahrk
(Odahviing, 000E16FD) dovah.
Noble Nord, forever remember the mighty
Het mah spaan vahdin Valkrys wo krif voth Guardian whose great courage inspired both
ahkrin nuz los folaas vah ov mulaag do men and dragons.
bodiis tuz. (Word Wall for Shaan, Battle Fury)
Here fell the shield maiden Valkrys, who fought
bravely, but was wrong to Trust the strength of Notes
a borrowed blade. Only word in the language to use ‘ae’
(Word Wall for Ov, Kyne’s Peace) instead of ‘ey’, likely created early in
development.
Connotations
Used in the sense ‘to be defeated’, but the
metaphorical phrase mah nol thur ‘fell from Mahlaan M4L1N
overlordship’ implies that the original sense
Word Type Pronunciation
is that of actual, spatial fall.
weak verb /məˈlɑn/

Mahfaeraak M4FAER1 Official Definition

Fallen
K (Dialogue File, 0009E051)
Word Type Pronunciation (PrimaGames.com)

adverb /məˈfeɪ rɑk, ˈmɑ feɪ rɑk/ Expanded Definition

Official Definition v. fallen, past part. of mah

Forever Usage
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Alduin mahlaan.
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Alduin is fallen.
(PrimaGames.com)
(Dragon, 0009E051)
Expanded Definition
Het nok un mahlaan drogge erei suleyk se
adv. forever
Alduin vokrii.
Usage Here lie our fallen lords until power of Alduin
(is) restored.
Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, naal ok zin los
(Dragonstone Inscription)
vahriin, wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst
vaal! Connotations
Dragonborn, Dragonborn, by his honor is
Used in the sense ‘defeated’ or ‘killed’.
sworn, To keep evil forever at bay!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Etymology
Past participle of mah ‘to fall’.

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Mal MAL Official Definition

Brief
Word Type Pronunciation (POGGLE, p. 1097)
strong adjective /mæl, mɑl/
Expanded Definition
Official Definition adj. brief, short, momentary
Little adv. briefly, shortly, momentarily
(POGGLE, p. 1097) n. briefness, brevity, shortness,
(PrimaGames.com) momentariness
v. to shorten, make or become brief
Expanded Definition
adj. little, small, short Usage
adv. in a little or small manner Qethsegol vahrukiv Vulgrum fin Zahkrii ko
n. littleness, smallness, shortness fin ven sovrahzun wen moro lost maltiid
v. to belittle; to shrink, make or become nuz ko vahrukt unslaad.
small This stone commemorates Vulgrum the Sword
in the Wind, the mercenary whose glory was
Usage brief, but in memory eternal.
Bolog aaz, mal lir! (Word Wall for Ven, Cyclone)
[Beg (for) mercy, little worm!]
(Draugr, 0004C59E) Connotations
Refers to a short span or duration, not used
Laknir Mal-Tu wahlaan qethsegol aarii to mean ‘briefly’ or ‘shortly’ as in ‘soon’.
vahrukt bonaar Vakeeza wo vaat mir wah
Etymology
jun do Keizaal ahrk dir ko sadon gravuun.
Laknir Little-Hammer raised (this) stone in Compound of mal ‘little’ and tiid ‘time’.
memory of his servant, humble Vakeeza, who
Notes
swore allegiance to (the) kings of Skyrim and
Antonym of lingrah ‘long (of time)’.
died in Gray Autumn.
(Word Wall for Mir, Animal Allegiance)

Connotations Med MED

Physically small or a small amount of time. Word Type Pronunciation
Notes preposition /mɛd/
Likely from English ‘small’. Official Definition
Like/Similar To
Maltiid MALT3D (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue File, 00048F04)
Word Type Pronunciation (POGGLE, p. 1097)
strong adjective /ˈmæl tid/ (PrimaGames.com)

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Expanded Definition Usage

prep. like, similar to Zul mey gut!
Voice fool far!
Usage
(Throw Voice Shout)
Sahrot Thu'um, med aan tuz, vey zeim
hokoron pah, ol fin Dovahkiin komeyt ok Boziik, Dovahkiin. Nuz mey.
rein! (You are) bold, Dovahkiin. But a fool.
Mighty Thu'um, like a blade, cut through (Dragon, 000E1707)
enemies all, as the Dragonborn issued his
roar! Modir fin gut wahlaan qethsegol zeymahii
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) vahrukt Oskar fin Mey wen zul los sahlo
ahrk ni sahrot thu’um do ok brod.
Horvutah med kodaav. Caught like a bear Modir the Far raised this stone for his brother,
in a trap... Oskar the Fool, whose Voice was weak, and not
(Odahviing, 00048F04) the mighty Thu’um of his clan.
(Word Wall for Throw Voice)
Connotations
May have been inspired by Connotations
Scandinavian med ‘with’. Word of Power to trick and deceive. Used
as a derogatory term to refer to someone
Etymology
who is easily fooled, or is prone to foolish
May have been inspired by action.
Scandinavian med ‘with’.

Notes
Meyz M9Z
Not to be confused for the verb ‘to like’.
Word Type Pronunciation

Mey M9 strong verb /meɪz/

Official Definition
Word Type Pronunciation
Come (Become) (“meyz fundein” - “come
strong verb /meɪ/ unfurled”)
Official Definition (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue File, 000C43AE)
Fool
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(Throw Voice Shout)
(PrimaGames.com)
(Dialogue File, 000E1707)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Expanded Definition
(PrimaGames.com) v. to come, become
Expanded Definition n. becoming

v. to fool
n. fool; foolery

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Usage Expanded Definition

Ahrk fin Kel lost prodah, do ved viing ko adj. loyal, leal
fin krah, tol fod zeymah win kein meyz adv. loyally
fundein! n. loyalty
And the Scrolls have foretold, of black wings in v. to make or become loyal; to swear loyalty
the cold, that when brothers wage war come
unfurled! Usage
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Mid vur shaan!
Loyal valor inspire!
Meyz nu Ysmir, Dovahsebrom. (Battle Fury Shout)
(You have) become now Ysmir, Dragon of the
North. So los mid fahdon.
(Greybeards, 000C43AE) Sorrow is (a) loyal friend.
(Paarthurnax, 0009C212)
Wo meyz wah dii vul junaar?
Who comes to my dark kingdom? Het nok Faal Vahlok, wo kron pogaas moro.
(Morokei, 0008010B) Fah ok unslaad mid, rok aav dilon voth lot
zin.
Ahrk ond drey sahrot Heimverlund meyz Here lies the Guardian, who won much glory.
nol hevno brom For his eternal loyalty, he joins the dead with
And lo did mighty Heimverlund come from the great honor. Become Ethereal
brutal north (Word Wall for Mid, Battle Fury)
(Word Wall for Strun, Storm Call)
Connotations
Notes
Word of Power that inspires loyalty,
Can be used with nouns (‘to become king’) embodies the bond of loyalty between
or adjectives (‘to become cold’). Officially allies. Usage as a noun is rare, and
defined as meaning ‘to become’, but used in both midun and midrot should be favored.
some cases in the sense of ‘arrive’. Bo ‘to
fly/move’ should be used instead. Etymology
Shares root with mir ‘allegiance’.

Mid MID Notes

Featured in the
Word Type Pronunciation
compound middovah ‘loyalist / dragon ally’.
strong adjective /mid/ May possibly be compounded with other
nouns to form similar words (e.g. middok ‘a
Official Definition
loyal dog’).
Loyal/Loyalty
(Battle Fury Shout)
(Dialogue File, 0009C212)
(POGGLE, p. 1097, 1098)
(PrimaGames.com)

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Middovah MIDDOV4 Usage

Alduin sizaan midroti.
Word Type Pronunciation Alduin has lost my loyalty.
noun /midˈdo və/ (Odahviing, 000E16FE)

Official Definition Connotations

Loyalist/Ally (dragon) Etymology suggests sworn loyalty, loyalty
(Dialogue File, 00048F05) as given by an oath.
(PrimaGames.com)
Etymology
Expanded Definition Compound of mid ‘loyal’ and rot ‘word’.
n. dragon loyalist or ally

Usage Midun MIDUN

Mindoraan, pah ok middovahhe lahvraan
Word Type Pronunciation
til.
noun /ˈmi dun/
As you know, all his dragon-loyalists (are)
mustered there. Official Definition
(Odahviing, 00048F05)
Loyalty
Connotations (POGGLE, p. 1097)
Can only reference dragons. See Grah- Expanded Definition
Zeymahzin ‘ally’ for a more general word.
n. loyalty
Etymology
Usage
Compound of mid ‘loyal’
Het ont kriist Miraak, wo ahtiid ok sahvot
and dovah ‘dragon’.
ol Qah, spaan naal Deyra fah ok unslaad
midun.
Midrot MIDROT Here once stood Miraak, who wore his faith as
Armor, shielded by the Daedra for his unending
Word Type Pronunciation loyalty.
noun /ˈmid rot/ (Word Wall for Qah, Dragon Aspect)

Official Definition Connotations

Loyalty More general than synonym midrot, which
(Dialogue File, 000E16FE) refers to loyalty specifically given by word
or vow.
Expanded Definition
n. loyalty; oath, vow; sworn word Etymology
From mid ‘loyal’.

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Miin M3N Usage

Onikaan koraav gein miraad [sic].
Word Type Pronunciation Wisdom sees the one doorway.
noun /min/ (Odahviing, 0004DE40)

Official Definition Het ont kriist Fiik do Amusan, miiraad wah

Eye(s) hahvulon ahrk miiraak do hahnu.
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Here once stood the Mirror of Amusan, doorway
(PrimaGames.com) to nightmares and portal of dreams.
(Unused Word Wall for Fiik, Phantom
Expanded Definition
Form)
n. eye
Connotations
Usage Given dragons’ limited experience with
Wulfin wahlaan qethsegol judii vahrukt doorways, may be a much broader word
Hrefna Ruvaak-Om wen miin diin sos do that refers to any opening, metaphorically
naan jul. an option or opportunity.
Wulfik raised this stone in memory of his queen,
Hrefna Raven-Hair, whose eyes could Freeze the Etymology
blood of any man. Related to miiraak ‘portal’ (and possibly
(Word Wall for Diin, Frost Breath) to miin ‘eye’; compare window from Old
Norse vind-auga ‘wind-eye’). Might also be
Etymology connected to Ayleidoon mitta ‘enter’.
Possibly related
to miiraad ‘doorway’, miiraak ‘portal’ Notes
(compare window from Old Norse vind- Spelt miiraad in the dictionary on
auga ‘wind-eye’). PrimaGames.com, miraad in the in-game
dialogue.

Miiraad M3R1D
Miiraak M3R1K
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ˈmir ɑd, mirˈɑd/ Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ˈmir ɑk, mirˈɑk/
Official Definition
Official Definition
Door/Doorway
(Dialogue File, 0004DE40) Portal
(PrimaGames.com) (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Expanded Definition

n. door, doorway; opening, path, option, n. portal
opportunity

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Usage Mindok MINDOK

Zu'u uth nall [sic] thurri dein daar miiraak.
I (was) ordered by my lord to keep/guard this Word Type Pronunciation
portal. strong verb /ˈmin dok/
(Nahkriin, 000E16FA)
Official Definition
Etymology Think
Related to miiraad ‘doorway’ (and possibly (PrimaGames.com)
to miin ‘eye’; compare window from Old
Norse vind-auga ‘wind-eye’). May also relate Expanded Definition
to aak ‘guide’, in the sense of something that v. to think; to know
leads somewhere. Possibly connected to n. thought; knowledge
Ayleidoon mitta ‘enter’.
Usage
Notes Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.
Not to be confused for the dragon priest
name Miraak ‘allegiance-guide’. Connotations
Never occurs in dialogue or inscriptions,
though the related words mindol ‘to
Mindin MINDIN think’, mindoraan ‘to understand’ suggest
that the primary meaning is ‘to use one’s
Word Type Pronunciation
mental faculty’, not ‘believe, suppose’.
preposition /ˈmin din/
Etymology
Official Definition
Related
After to vomindok ‘unknown’, mindol ‘think’, mind
(POGGLE, p. 1097) oraan ‘understanding’.
Expanded Definition Notes
prep. after Likely from English ‘mind’.

Usage
Het mah Arnvid faal Staadnau, wen Haas Mindol MINDOL
denos mindin Kein do Galik, kolos rok ofaal
dilos ahraan. Word Type Pronunciation
Here fell Arnvid the Unbound, whose Health strong verb /ˈmin dol/
declined after the War of Pines, in which he
Official Definition
received a deadly wound.
(Word Wall for Haas, Drain Vitality) Thought
(PrimaGames.com)
Connotations
Expanded Definition
After the time of, not pursuit (as in ‘to go
after something’). v. to think
n. thought

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Usage Mir M7
Occurs only in the
compound grahmindol ‘battle-thought’ Word Type Pronunciation
(‘strategem’). strong adjective /mir/

Connotations Official Definition

May be closer in meaning to ‘devise’, ‘plan’, Allegiance/Loyal
or ‘plot’ given its association (Animal Allegiance Shout)
with grahmindol ‘stratagem’. (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Etymology
Related to mindok ‘to know’, mindoraan ‘to Expanded Definition
understand’. adj. allied, loyal
adv. loyally, in the manner of an ally
n. allegiance, loyalty
Mindoraan v. to ally with, make or become loyal to
MINDOR1N Usage
Word Type Pronunciation Raan mir tah!
strong verb /ˈmin do rɑn/ Animal allegiance pack!
(Animal Allegiance Shout)
Official Definition
Understanding Geh, Sahloknir, kaali mir.
(PrimaGames.com) Yes, Sahloknir, my loyal champion.
(Alduin, 00035B4B)
Expanded Definition
v. to understand, comprehend Laknir Mal-Tu wahlaan qethsegol aarii
n. understanding, comprehension vahrukt bonaar Vakeeza wo vaat mir wah
jun do Keizaal ahrk dir ko sadon gravuun.
Usage Loknir Little-Hammer erected this stone in
Mindoraan, pah ok middovahhe lahvraan memory of his servant, humble Vakeeza, who
til. swore Allegiance to the kings of Skyrim, and
As you know, all his dragon-loyalists (are) died in the gray autumn.
mustered there. (Word Wall for Mir, Animal Allegiance)
(Odahviing, 00048F05)
Connotations
Etymology Word of Power in the Animal Allegiance
Related to mindok ‘to Shout, unwavering loyalty, the binding of
think’, mindol ‘thought’. cause and strength.

Etymology
Shares root with mid ‘loyal’

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Miraad M71D Connotations

Unlike kul, specifically refers to a female
Word Type Pronunciation child or descendant.
noun /mirˈɑd/

Official Definition Monah MON4

Doorway
Word Type Pronunciation
(Dialogue File, 0004DE40)
strong verb /ˈmo nə/
Expanded Definition
Official Definition
n. doorway, see miiraad
Mother
Usage (PrimaGames.com)
Onikaan koraav gein miraad [sic]. Expanded Definition
Wisdom sees the one doorway.
v. to mother, raise or create as a mother
(Odahviing, 0004DE40)
n. mother; origin; creator
Notes
Usage
Misspelling of miiraad.
Occurs only in the name Monahven ‘Throat
of the World’ (lit. ‘Mother of the Wind’).
Mon MON
Etymology
Word Type Pronunciation From mon ‘daughter’.
noun /mon/
Notes
Official Definition Like bormah ‘father’, original meaning may
Daughter be much broader. Associated with Kyne
(POGGLE, p. 1099) and nature.
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Monahven MON4VEN

n. daughter
Word Type Pronunciation
Usage noun /moˈnɑ vɛn/
Thoringar wahlaan qethsegol monii Official Definition
vahrukt, Noomi, wen dez los wah Aus nin
Throat of the World = Mother (of the) Wind
do pogaan Ogiim ronaaz.
(Dialogue File, 0003FA3F)
Thoringar raised this stone for his daughter’s
(PrimaGames.com)
memory, Noomi, whose fate it was to Suffer the
sting of many Orc arrows. Expanded Definition
(Word Wall for Aus, Marked for Death)
n. Throat of the World

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Usage Expanded Definition

Do you know why I live here, at the peak of v. to focus, concentrate, give attention to; to
the Monahven - what you name Throat of contemplate, think
the World? n. focus, concentration, attention;
Monahven = “Mother (of the) Wind” = dragon contemplation, thought
name for Throat of the World
Usage
(Paarthurnax, 0003FA3F)
Su'um ahrk morah.
Connotations Breath and focus.
Proper noun but may be used with definite (Paarthurnax, 000E8276)
articles. Refers to the entire mountain, not
just the peak. Lingrah morah.
Long concentration/thought.
Etymology (Paarthurnax, 000D2CF5)
Compound of monah ‘mother’
and ven ‘wind’ Connotations
Refers to mental focus and concentration,
Notes meditation, and long thought. Not to be
Reference to the Nordic belief that they are used in non-mental senses such as “to focus
Children of the Sky, where the Throat of the efforts’ or ‘to concentrate forces’. See
World was “where the sky exhaled on the instead ro ‘balance’.
land and formed them” (Book, Children of
the Sky). Officially noted as being dragon in Notes
origin, which either corroborates the legend Su'um ahrk morah ‘Breath and focus’ is
or refers to ‘wind’ in a more literal sense, officially noted as “sort of a mantra for the
given the altitude and fierce winds of the Greybeards” (0003FAF8).
mountain.

Moro MORO
Morah MOR4
Word Type Pronunciation
Word Type Pronunciation noun /ˈmo ro/
strong verb /ˈmo rə, moˈrɑ/
Official Definition
Official Definition Glory
Focus (also attention/concentration), (Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
Thought (Dialogue File, 0004591A)
(Dialogue File, 000D2CF5) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
n. glory

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Usage
Ni liivrah hin moro.
Wah Krii ko morokei kein los wah zin
Do not diminish [wither] your glory.
geinmaar. Wah dir ko morokei kein los wah
(Paarthurnax, 0004591A)
zin pah do Keizaal.
To Kill in glorious war is to honor oneself. To
Het nok Yngnavar Gaaf-Kodaav, wo drey
die in glorious war is to honor all of Skyrim.
Yah moro nau Frod do Krosis, nuz sinon
(Word Wall for Krii, Marked for Death)
siiv dinok ahrk dukaan.
Here lies Yngnavar Ghost-Bear, who did Seek
Zok morokei!
glory on the Battlefield of Sorrows, but instead
Most glorious!
found death and dishonor.
(Mirmulnir, 000A27BD)
(Word Wall for Yah, Aura Whisper)
Connotations
Connotations
Glorious as a result of triumph, or
Personal glory in battle.
something that will bring glory.

Etymology
Morokei MOROK2
From moro ‘glory’
Word Type Pronunciation
Notes
weak adjective /ˈmo ro kaɪ/
Name of one of the eight dragon priests.
Official Definition
Glorious
Motaad MOT1D
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Word Type Pronunciation
(POGGLE, p. 1097) strong verb /moˈtɑd, ˈmo tɑd/
(PrimaGames.com)
Official Definition
Expanded Definition
Shudder(ed)
adj. glorious (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
adv. gloriously (POGGLE, p. 1097)
v. to glorify (PrimaGames.com)
Usage Expanded Definition
Ahrk fin zul, rok drey kod, nau tol morokei v. to shudder, tremble, shake
frod, rul lot Taazokaan motaad voth kein! n. shudder, tremble, shake
And the Voice, he did wield, on that glorious
field, when great Tamriel shuddered with war!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)

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Usage
Ahrk fin zul, rok drey kod, nau tol morokei Motmahus MOTM4US
frod, rul lot Taazokaan motaad voth kein!
And the Voice, he did wield, on that glorious Word Type Pronunciation
field, when great Tamriel shuddered with war! strong adjective /motˈmɑ hus/
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Official Definition
Connotations Slippery/Elusive/Tricky
The shaking or trembling of the earth as (PrimaGames.com)
from some cataclysm or great power. Does
not refer to fear as in ‘to tremble with fear’. Expanded Definition
adj. slippery; elusive, tricky, difficult to
Etymology grasp
Possibly related to motmah ‘slip’. adv. in a slippery manner; elusively
n. slipperiness; elusiveness
v. to make or become slippery or elusive
Motmah MOTM4
Usage
Word Type Pronunciation
Dez motmahus.
strong verb /ˈmot mə/ Fate is elusive/slippery.
Official Definition (Paarthurnax, 000556DB)
Slip
Yes... one of his allies could tell us.
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Motmahus... But it will not be so easy to...
(PrimaGames.com)
convince one of them to betray him.
Expanded Definition Motmahus = “slippery” = “tricky”
v. to slip (Paarthurnax, 0004591B)
n. slip Connotations

Usage Means slippery, elusive; hard to catch,

difficult to grasp.
Het nok kopraan do sonaan Romerius, wo
unt Ru nol osos gogil, nuz motmah. Etymology
Here lies the body of the bard Romerius, who From motmah ‘slip’ with the adjective
tried to Run from some goblins, but slipped. suffix -us.
(Word Wall for Ru, Dismay)

Connotations
Primarily ‘to trip or fall’.
Given motmahus ‘slippery/elusive’, may also
be used to mean ‘to slip away’.

Etymology
Related to motaad ‘shudder’ and mah ‘fall’.

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Mu MU Usage
Mul qah diiv!
Word Type Pronunciation Strength armor wyrm!
pronoun /mu/ (Dragon Aspect Shout)

Official Definition
Dovahkiin zol [sic] mul. Zu'u gahvon miri
We Alduin.
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Dovahkiin is most strong (=stronger). I yield my
(Dialogue File, 000E16F5) allegiance (to) Alduin.
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (Odahviing, 000E16FE)
(PrimaGames.com)
Pah werid morokei Miraak, zok suleykaar
Expanded Definition
do pah Sonaak wen Mul bolaav naal
pron. we, first person plural Fahluaan do Jul.
All praise the glorious Miraak, most powerful of
Usage
all priests, whose Strength was granted by the
Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal! Gardener of Men.
Dragonborn, for your blessing we pray! (Word Wall for Mul, Dragon Aspect)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Connotations
Mu bo kotin stinselok. Connotes power in general, physical or
We fly into the sky's freedom. otherwise. Also connotes truth, rightness,
(Odahviing, 000E16F5) the right to rule based on strength. As a
Word of Power, embodies the inborn
Etymology
strength and power of dragonkind.
Possibly related to zu’u ‘I’, mun ‘man’.

Mulaag MUL1G
Mul MUL
Word Type Pronunciation
Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /ˈmul ɑg, mulˈɑg/
strong adjective /mul/
Official Definition
Official Definition
Strength/Strengthen
Strong/Strength
(Dialogue File, 00044968)
(Dragon Aspect Shout)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition
adj. strong, powerful
adj. strong
adv. strongly, powerfully, with strength
adv. strongly
n. strength, power
n. strength
v. to strengthen, gain power
v. to strengthen

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Usage Usage
Suleyki mulaag, Paarthurnax. Qethsegol vahrukiv Bhar fin Golah wo
My power (has) strengthened, Paarthurnax. praal het mulhaan ol gol saraan onikiv
(Alduin, 00044968) nunon wah meyz wuth sinon do onik.
This stone commemorates Bhor the Stubborn,
Het mah spaan vahdin Valkrys, wo krif who sat here still as Earth awaiting
voth ahkrin, nuz los folaas wah Ov mulaag enlightenment, only to become old instead of
do bodiis tuz. wise.
Here fell the shield maiden Valkrys, who fought (Word Wall for Gol, Bend Will)
bravely, but was wrong to Trust the strength of
Etymology
a borrowed blade.
(Word Wall for Ov, Kyne’s Peace) Likely related to mul ‘strong’.

Connotations
Refers to any form of strength or power, or
Mun MUN
the magnitude of that strength. Connotates Word Type Pronunciation
truth, rightness, the right to rule based on
noun /mun/
strength.
Official Definition
Etymology
Man
From mul ‘strong’.
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Mulhaan MULH1N Expanded Definition
Word Type Pronunciation n. man, person, individual person
strong adjective /ˈmul hɑn/
Usage
Official Definition Nii los heyv do enook mun wah lahney
Unmoving/Unchanging/Still voth ahkrin ahrk zin leh rok feim vodahmin
(POGGLE, p. 1097) kotin vulom.
It is duty of each man to live with courage and
Expanded Definition honor lest he fade unremembered into darkness.
adj. unmoving, unchanging, still (Word Wall for Feim, Become Ethereal)
adv. unchangingly, in a still or unmoving
manner Connotations
n. stillness, lack of motion or change Means ‘person’ or ‘human’, not gender
v. to still, make or become still specific. Refers to an individual person.

Etymology
Possibly related to mu ‘we’ or mul ‘strong’.

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Munax MUNAX Muz MUZ

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
weak adjective /ˈmun æks/ noun /muz/

Official Definition Official Definition

Cruel Men (plural of “man”, not “mankind”)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(PrimaGames.com) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
adj. cruel Expanded Definition
adv. cruelly n. men, plural of mun
v. to make or become cruel
Usage
Usage Dovahkiin kos fin saviik do muz!
Het nok kopraan do Iglif Iiz-Sos wo grind Dragonborn, be the savior of men!
ok oblaan ni ko morokei vukein nuz ahst (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
munax haalvut do liiv krasaar.
Here lies the body of Iglif Ice-Blood, who met his Nivahriin muz fent siiv nid aaz het.
end not in glorious combat, but at the cruel Cowardly men shall find no mercy here.
touch of the withering sickness. (Morokei, 00080103)
(World Wall for Iiz, Ice Form)
Het dir bruniik Rek-Grohiik Ulfeidr kriid
Het nok bein nahgahdinok Azaran faal muz ahrk sunvaar bruniik kinbok sahqon
munax wo unt wah gron krilot dilon do tah.
Sovngarde wah lein do jul ahrk funt. Here died the savage she-wolf Ulfeidr, slayer of
Here lies the foul necromancer Azaran the men and beasts, and savage leader of the
Cruel, who tried to Bind the valiant dead of Crimson Pack.
Sovngarde to the world of man, and failed. (Word Wall for Tah, Animal Allegiance)
(Word Wall for Gron, Become Ethereal)
Connotations
Connotations Not gender specific, means ‘humans’ rather
Cruel in nature or disposition; unfair, than ‘male persons’.
unjust.
Etymology
Etymology Irregular plural of mun ‘man’.
From nax ‘cruelty’.
Notes
Only known irregular plural noun in the
language. Not to be confused
with jul ‘mankind / the races of man’.

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Naak N1K Usage

Qethsegol vahrukiv ahzid Viik do
Word Type Pronunciation Briinahmaar do Sot Peyt, naako wah fin laat
strong verb /nɑk/ naal ufiik do Korvag Kol.
This stone commemorates the bitter Defeat of the
Official Definition Sisterhood of the White Rose, eaten to the last by
Eat the Trolls of Korvag Crag.
(Dialogue File, 000B3984) (Word Wall for Viik, Disarm)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com) Etymology
Irregular past participle of naak ‘to eat’.
Expanded Definition
v. to eat
n. eating, consumption Naal N1L
Usage Word Type Pronunciation
Vegunthar wahlaan qethsegol bormahii preposition /nɑl/
vahrukt, Hungunthar Tiid-Naak, kriaan se Official Definition
junnesejer, kroniid se Dunkreath.
By
Vegunthar built (this) stone (in) his father’s
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
memory, Hungunthar Time-Eater, slayer of the
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Kings of the East, conqueror of Dunkreath.
(Dialogue File, 000E16FA)
(Word Wall for Tiid, Slow Time)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
Notes (PrimaGames.com)
Irregular past participle naako. Featured in Expanded Definition
the dragon name Vuljotnaak ‘dark maw eat’.
prep. by, according to; with; through the
authority or action of
Naako N1KO
Usage
Word Type Pronunciation Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, naal ok zin los
weak adjective /ˈnɑ ko/ vahriin, wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst
vaal!
Official Definition Dragonborn, Dragonborn, by his honor is
Eaten sworn, To keep evil forever at bay!
(POGGLE, p. 1096) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
adj. eaten
adv. in an eaten manner, having been eaten

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Naal Thu'umu, mu ofan nii nu, Dovahkiin, Usage

naal suleyk do Kaan, naal suleyk do Shor,
Wulfik wahlaan qethsegol judii vahrukt,
ahrk naal suleyk do Atmorasewuth.
Hrefna Ruvaak-Om, wen miin Diin sos do
By our Voice we give it now (to you),
naan jul.
Dragonborn, by (the) power of Kyne, by the
Wulfik raised this stone in memory of his queen,
power of Shor, and by the power of Atmora-of-
Hrefna Raven-Hair, whose eyes could Freeze the
old.
blood of any man.
(Greybeards, 000C43A7)
(Word Wall for Diin, Frost Breath)

Het mah tahrodiis tafiir Skorji Lun-Sinak,

Zu'u Alduin, zok sahrot do naan ko Lein.
wen klov govey naal rinik hahkun rok
I (am still) Alduin, most mighty of any in
togaat wah gahrot.
Mundus (the world).
Here fell the treacherous thief Skorji Leech-
(Alduin, 000ED362)
Fingers, whose head was removed by the very
axe he was attempting to steal. Connotations
(Word Wall for Lun, Marked for Death) Typically in reference to a person, not
inanimate things.
Zu'u uth nall [sic] thurri [sic] dein daar
miiraak. Notes
I (was) ordered by my lord to keep/guard this Used as both a pronoun ‘any/anyone’, and
portal. an adjective as in ‘any thing’.
(Nahkriin, 000E16FA)

Notes Naar N1R

Not used to mean ‘at’ or ‘near’.
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /nɑr/
Naan N1N
Official Definition
Word Type Pronunciation Summit
pronoun /nɑn/ (PrimaGames.com)

Official Definition Expanded Definition

Any n. summit, peak
(Dialogue File, 000ED362)
(POGGLE, p. 1096) Usage
(PrimaGames.com) May only occur as the root
of lumnaar ‘valley’.
Expanded Definition
pron. any, anyone
adj. any

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Nah N4 Official Definition

Necromancer
Word Type Pronunciation (POGGLE, p. 1097)
noun /nɑ/ (PrimaGames.com)

Official Definition Expanded Definition

Fury n. necromancer
(Whirlwind Sprint Shout)
(Dialogue File, 000D2D72) Usage
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Het nok bein nahgahdinok Azaran faal
(PrimaGames.com) Munax, wo unt wah Gron krilot dilon do
Sovngarde wah lein do jul, ahrk funt.
Expanded Definition Here lies the foul necromancer Azaran the
n. fury Cruel, who tried to Bind the valiant dead of
Sovngarde to the world of man, and failed.
Usage (Word Wall for Gron, Become Ethereal)
Wuld nah kest!
Whirlwind fury tempest! Etymology
(Whirlwind Sprint Shout) From dinok, ‘death’, possibly a compound
with nah ‘fury’ and/or portmanteau
Oblivion loost nid Nah med spaan vahdin with gahvon ‘to yield’ meaning ‘fury yields
beyn. death’.
Oblivion hath no Fury like a shield maiden
scorned.
(Word Wall for Nah, Whirlwind Sprint) Nahkip N4KIP
Word Type Pronunciation
Faaz! Nah!
“Pain, fury!” = “damn you!” strong verb /ˈnɑ kip, nəˈkip/
(Alduin, 000D2D72) Official Definition
Connotations Feed
Word of Power that embodies the sudden (Dialogue File, 000CDDF1)
release of strength, speed, or power. Used (PrimaGames.com)
as a curse to express anger. Expanded Definition
v. to feed; to be fed by
Nahgahdinok N4G4DI n. feeding

NOK Usage

Word Type Pronunciation Bahloki nahkip sillesejoor.

My hunger has been fed by mortal souls.
noun /ˌnɑ gəˈdi nok, nəˈgɑ diˌnok/
(Alduin, 000CDDF1)

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Zu'u lost kriaan hi ont, nu hin sille fen Etymology

nahkip suleyki.
Compound of nah ‘fury’ and kriin ‘to slay’,
I've killed you once, now your souls will feed my
‘to slay in fury’.
power.
(Alduin, 000ED365) Notes
Namesake of one of the dragon priest
There are many hungers it is better to deny masks.
than to feed. Dreh ni nahkip.
Dreh ni nahkip = “do not feed”
(Paarthurnax, 0003F9E2, 0003F9E2) Nahl N4L
Connotations Word Type Pronunciation
Can refer to the feeding of any power or weak adjective /nɑl/
force, esp. from the devouring of souls.
Official Definition
Etymology Living (opposite of dead)
Possibly a compound of naak ‘to eat’ (POGGLE, p. 1097)
and kip ‘food’. (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
Nahkriin N4KR3N adj. living, alive
adv. in a living manner
Word Type Pronunciation
v. to liven, enliven, make or become living
strong verb /ˈnɑ krin/
Usage
Official Definition
Nahl...Daal...Vus!
Vengeance
Living return Nirn!
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(Tsun, 000EC399, 000EC397)
(PrimaGames.com)
Connotations
Expanded Definition
Word of Power, appears only in the Shout
v. to kill in revenge; to exact vengeance
used by Tsun to return a person from
n. revenge, vengeance
Sovngarde to Nirn. Generally not used in
Usage regular speech. See instead nahlaas ‘alive’.

Ahrk ond drey sahrot Heimverlund meyz, Etymology

nol hevno Brom, med Strun do uznahgaar From nahlaas ‘alive’, and laas ‘life’, likely
nahkriin nol Sovngarde nimaar. truncated from nahlaas to form a Word of
And lo did the mighty Heimverlund come, from Power.
the brutal North, like a Storm of unbridled
vengeance from Sovngarde itself. Notes
(Word Wall for Strun, Storm Call) Homophone of naal ‘by’.

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Nahlaas N4L1S Nahlot N4LOT

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
weak adjective /nəˈlɑs/ strong verb /ˈnɑ lot/

Official Definition Official Definition

Alive Silenced (verb)
(Dialogue File, 000D2CF5) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (Dialogue File, 0009E072)
(PrimaGames.com) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
adj. alive Expanded Definition
adv. while alive adj. silent
v. to liven, enliven, make or become alive adv. silently
n. silence
Usage v. to silence
Pogaan nahlaas, vokrii wah jun.
Many alive, restored to (the) light. Usage
(Paarthurnax, 000D2CF5) Nuz aan sul, fent alok, fod fin vul dovah
nok, fen kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ruz!
Sigruuf wahlaan qethsegol briinahii But a day, shall arise, when the dark dragon's
vahrukt, Lanal, wen brit luft los ol kinzon lies, will be silenced forever and then!
ahrk sot ol Nus, dwiirok nol nahlaas (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
ozinvey.
Sigruuf raised this stone for his sister, Lanal, Thu'umii los nahlot.
whose beautiful face was as sharp and white as a His Voice is silenced.
Statue, carved from living ivory. (Dragon, 0009E072)
(Word Wall for Nus, Ice Form)
Connotations
Qethsegol vahrukiv kiir jun Jafnhar, wo los In reference to the Voice, refers to death or
ag nahlaas naal Yol do lot dovah Lodunost. the removal of former power.
This stone commemorates the child king Jafnhar,
who was burned alive by the Fire of the great
dragon Lodunost.
(Word Wall for Yol, Fire Breath)

Connotations
Can describe a living person, or something
metaphorically said to be living or alive.

Etymology
From laas ‘life’.

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Nau NAU Nax NAX

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
preposition /naʊ/ noun /næks/

Official Definition Official Definition

On Cruelty
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More) (PrimaGames.com)
(Dialogue File, 0004DE42)
Expanded Definition
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) n. cruelty

Expanded Definition Usage

prep. on, upon; at, down upon Occurs only in the dragon
name Paarthurnax ‘ambition overlord
Usage cruelty’ and as the root of munax ‘cruel’.
Ahrk fin zul, rok drey kod, nau tol morokei
Connotations
frod, rul lot Taazokaan motaad voth kein!
And the Voice, he did wield, on that glorious Given relations to munax, is closer in
field, when great Tamriel shuddered with war! meaning to ‘injustice’ than ‘atrocity’, the
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) cruelties of unfair circumstances or
something that is unyielding and beyond
The freedom of the sky beckons! Yet I stay control.
here, nau gol, as promised.

Neh NEH
Nau gol = “on earth” = “grounded”
(Odahviing, 0004DE42)
Word Type Pronunciation
Kendov krif ok kosiil Vokul, nuz jun Gaar
adverb /nɛ/
niin nau ok hokoron.
The warrior fights his inner evils, but the king Official Definition
unleashes them on his enemies.
Never
(Word Wall for Gaar, Cyclone)
(Summon Durnehviir Shout)
Notes (POGGLE, p. 1097)
Means ‘on top of’ or ‘down upon’. Does not Expanded Definition
mean ‘active’ as in ‘to turn on’. Not used in
adv. never
reference to time as in ‘on time’ or ‘on this
day’. Not used to indicate condition, as in Usage
‘on cue’ or ‘on demand’.
Occurs only in the dragon
name Durnehviir ‘curse never dying’.

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Etymology Official Definition

Negative related to ni ‘not’ and nid ‘no’. Not
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Dialogue File, 000D2DBB)
Ney N9 (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Word Type Pronunciation
conjunction /neɪ/ Expanded Definition
adv. not, no (indicates negative)
Official Definition
Both Usage
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Ni faas, Dovahkiin!
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (I do) not fear (you), Dragonborn!
(PrimaGames.com) (Odahviing, 000D2DBB)
Expanded Definition
And he is no fool. Ni mey, rinik gut nol.
conj. both; alike, equally
Ni mey = “no fool”, Rinik gut nol = “very far
Usage from”
(Paarthurnax, 000556DB)
Wo lost fron wah ney dov, ahrk fin reyliik
do jul, voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein!
Ni liivrah hin moro.
Who was kin to both wyrm, and the races of
Do not diminish [wither] your glory.
man, with a power to rival the sun!
(Paarthurnax, 0004591A)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Het nok kopraan do Iglif Iiz-Sos, wo grind
Nonvul Bron, mahfaeraak dahmaan sahrot
ok oblaan ni ko morokei vukein, nuz ahst
Vahlok wen lot ahkrin shaan ney muz ahrk
munax haalvut do liiv krasaar.
dovah.
Here lies the body of Iglif Ice-Blood, who met his
Noble Nord, forever remember the mighty
end not in glorious combat, but at the cruel
Guardian whose great courage inspired both
touch of the withering sickness.
men and dragons.
(Word Wall for Iiz, Ice Form)
(Word Wall for Shaan, Battle Fury)
Connotations
Notes
Broadly used to indicate a negative of any
Not used as an adjective meaning ‘two’ as
kind. Should be used instead of nid ‘no’ to
in ‘both kings’.
indicate a negative in phrases such as zu’u
ni mey ‘I am no fool’ unless for emphasis.
Ni NI Notes

Word Type Pronunciation Homophone with pronoun nii ‘it’.

adverb /ni/

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Nid NID Etymology

From ni ‘not’.
Word Type Pronunciation
adverb /nid/
Nii N3
Official Definition
Word Type Pronunciation
No/None/Nothing
(Dialogue File, 000C8EA0) pronoun /ni/
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Official Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
It
Expanded Definition (Dialogue File, 000C43A7)
adv. no (POGGLE, p. 1097)
adj. no, none (PrimaGames.com)
n. nothing
Expanded Definition
pron. none
pron. it; an inanimate object; a concept or
Usage abstract idea
Ful, losei Dovahkiin? Zu'u koraav nid nol
Usage
dov do hi.
Naal Thu'umu, mu ofan nii nu, Dovahkiin,
So, you're the Dragonborn? I see nothing of the
naal suleyk do Kaan, naal suleyk do Shor,
dragon about you.
ahrk naal suleyk do Atmorasewuth.
(Alduin, 000C8EA0)
By our Voice we give it now (to you),
Lingrah krosis saraan Strundu'ul, voth nid Dragonborn, by (the) power of Kyne, by the
balaan klov praan nau. power of Shor, and by the power of Atmora-of-
Long sorrowfully (has) waited the Stormcrown, old.
with no worthy head to rest on. (Greybeards, 000C43A6)
(Greybeards, 000C43AB)
Ful nii los.
Oblivion loost nid Nah med spaan vahdin Ful nii los. = “so it is” = “so be it”
beyn. (Paarthurnax, 0009C20C)
Oblivion hath no Fury like a shield maiden
Nii los heyv do enook mun wah lahney
scorned.
voth ahkrin ahrk zin, leh rok Feim
(Word Wall for Nah, Whirlwind Sprint)
vodahmin kotin vulom.
Connotations It is the duty of each man to live with courage
Interchangeable with ni ‘not’ in some cases, and honor, lest he Fade unremembered into
such as zu’u nid mey ‘I am no fool’. Ni is darkness.
more common but nid may be used as a (Word Wall for Feim, Become Ethereal)
matter of emphasis or formality.

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Connotations Usage
Third person singular neuter. May refer to Kendov krif ok kosil Vokul, nuz jun Gaar
inanimate objects (a crown), or abstractions niin nau ok hokoron.
as the subject of ‘to be’ as in ‘it is an honor’ The warrior fights his inner evils, but the king
or ‘it is cold here’. unleashes them on his enemies.
(Word Wall for Gaar, Cyclone)
Notes
Homophone with ni ‘not’. May lengthen Connotations
pronunciation or stress to avoid confusion. Third person plural accusative.

Notes
Niid N3D Homophone with nin ‘to sting’. Only
known pronoun with an explicit accusative
Word Type Pronunciation
form.
adverb /nid/

Official Definition
Nikriin NIKR3N
Niid No
(Dialogue File, 0009C20D) Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /ˈni krin, niˈkrin/
Expanded Definition
adv. no; see nid Official Definition
Coward
Usage
(Dialogue File, 000CD9DE)
Niid koraav zeim dinoksetiid. (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(There is) no seeing through (the) end of time.
(Paarthurnax, 0009C20D) Expanded Definition
adj. cowardly
Notes
adv. cowardly, like a coward
Likely a misspelling of nid ‘no’. n. coward
v. to cower, lose courage, become cowardly;

Niin N3N to dishearten, dismay, make cowardly

Usage
Word Type Pronunciation
Faal Kel...?! Nikriinne…
pronoun /nin/
Elder Scroll...? Cowards...
Official Definition (Alduin, 000CD9DE)
Them Connotations
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Connotes a loss of courage, unwillingness to
Expanded Definition face a fear, danger, or challenge.
pron. them

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Etymology Usage
Likely a compound of ni ‘not’ Ahrk ond drey sahrot Heimverlund meyz,
and krin ‘courageous’. nol hevno Brom, med Strun do uznahgaar
nahkriin nol Sovngarde nimaar.

Nil NIL And lo did the mighty Heimverlund come, from

the brutal North, like a Storm of unbridled
Word Type Pronunciation vengeance from Sovngarde itself.
(Word Wall for Strun, Storm Call)
strong adjective /nil/
Connotations
Official Definition
Third person singular neuter reflexive.
Void
Used for emphasis (e.g. ‘the Empire itself’).
(PrimaGames.com)
Etymology
Expanded Definition
From nii ‘it’ with the reflexive suffix -maar.
adj. void, empty
adv. emptily, in a void manner
n. void, emptiness Nin NIN
v. to empty, make void
Word Type Pronunciation
Usage
strong verb /nin/
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.
Official Definition
Etymology
Sting
From ni ‘not’ and nid ‘nothing’. (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Notes
Unknown whether a general word or a Expanded Definition
proper noun referring to the space beyond v. to sting, strike; to pierce
the Aurbis. n. sting, strike; piercing

Usage
Nimaar NIM1R Come, Dovahkiin. Nin Yol. Strike me with
Word Type Pronunciation the fire of your Thu'um.
(Paarthurnax, 000559DC)
pronoun /niˈmɑr/

Official Definition Thoringar wahlaan qethsegol monii

Itself vahrukt, Noomi, wen dez los wah Aus nin
(POGGLE, p. 1097) do pogaan Ogiim ronaaz.
(PrimaGames.com) Thoringar raised this stone for his daughter’s
memory, Noomi, whose fate it was to Suffer the
Expanded Definition sting of many Orc arrows.
pron. itself (Word Wall for Aus, Marked for Death)

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Connotations Nis NIS

Connotes a painful or piercing strike, as
from an arrow, or the burning of flames. Word Type Pronunciation
weak verb /nis/
Etymology
Official Definition
Possibly from nos ‘to strike’.
Cannot
Notes (Dialogue File, 000ED359)
Homophone with the pronoun niin ‘them’. (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

Nir N7 Expanded Definition

v. cannot, can’t
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /nir/ Usage
Zu'u unslaad! Zu'u nis oblaan!
Official Definition
I am eternal! I cannot end! (be ended/be killed)
Hunt (Alduin, 000ED359)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) Het nok brit kaaz Anurassa, wen faad nis
Expanded Definition kos evenaar orin naal Krah dinok.
Here lies the beautiful cat Anurassa, whose
v. to hunt
warmth cannot be extinguished even by the
n. hunt
Cold of death.
Usage (Word Wall for Krah, Frost Breath)

Het mah faasnu ronaan Undveld, aar, kriid Etymology

grohiik, ahrk drog do Lot Nir. From ni ‘not’, possibly a contraction
Here fell the fearless archer Undveld, servant, of ni and an unattested word his ‘can’
slayer of wolves, and lord of the Great Hunt. analogous to losei (los hi).
(Word Wall for Nir, Aura Whisper)
Notes
Connotations
Modal verb.
Word of Power, encompasses the bond
between hunter and prey, and a hunter’s
skill and sight.

Etymology
May share root with nos ‘to strike’
and nin ‘to sting’.

Notes
Featured in the dragon
name Sahloknir ‘phantom sky hunt’.

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Nivahriin NIV4R3N Nok NOK

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /ˈni və rin/ strong verb /nok/

Official Definition Official Definition

Cowardly Lie(s)
(Dialogue File, 000C64F1) (Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(PrimaGames.com) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
adj. cowardly; disloyal; having abandoned Expanded Definition
an oath v. to lie (buried), rest (as in death); to lay or
adv. cowardly, like a coward be laid to rest; to lie, tell a falsehood
n. cowardice; disloyalty n. rest; lie
v. to become cowardly; to abandon an oath
Usage
Usage Nuz aan sul, fent alok, fod fin vul dovah
Ruth wah nivahriin joor! nok, fen kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ruz!
Rage/curses to (you) cowardly mortal! But a day, shall arise, when the dark dragon's
(Alduin, 000C64F1) lies, will be silenced forever and then!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Draal ni fah Drem, fah grik los hind do
sahlo ahrk nivahriin. Het nok Yngnavar Gaaf-Kodaav, wo drey
Pray not for Peace, for such is the wish of the Yah moro nau Frod do Krosis, nuz sinon
weak and cowardly. siiv dinok ahrk dukaan.
(Word Wall for Drem, Kyne’s Peace) Here lies Yngnavar Ghost-Bear, who did Seek
glory on the Battlefield of Sorrows, but instead
Connotations
found death and dishonor.
Usage is comparable to nikriin ‘cowardly’, (Word Wall for Yah, Aura Whisper)
but etymology suggests the abandonment
of loyalty. May have originally meant this Connotations
but grew to encompass a broader meaning. Specifically refers to death, the final resting
place of a body or thing, usually buried.
Etymology
Likely a compound of ni ‘not’ Notes
and vahriin ‘sworn’. 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.

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Nol NOL Ahrk ond drey sahrot Heimverlund meyz,

nol hevno Brom, med Strun do uznahgaar
Word Type Pronunciation nahkriin nol Sovngarde nimaar.
And lo did the mighty Heimverlund come, from
preposition /nol/
the brutal North, like a Storm of unbridled
Official Definition vengeance from Sovngarde itself.
From (Word Wall for Strun, Storm Call)
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More) Notes
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Do ‘of’ and se ‘of’ are more commonly used
(Dialogue File, 000556DB)
to indicate origin than nol.
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Nonvul NONVUL

prep. from, indicating difference or Word Type Pronunciation
separation; indicating source or origin
strong adjective /ˈnon vul/
Usage Official Definition
Paaz Keizaal fen kos stin nol bein Alduin Noble
jot! (POGGLE, p. 1097)
Fair Skyrim will be free from foul Alduin's (PrimaGames.com)
maw!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Expanded Definition
adj. noble, honorable
Ni mey, rinik gut nol. adv. nobly, honorably
No fool, very far from. n. nobleness, nobility
(Paarthurnax, 000556DB) v. to distinguish, ennoble, dignify, make or
become noble
Het nok kopraan do sonaan Romerius, wo
unt Ru nol osos gogil, nuz motmah. Usage
Here lies the body of the bard Romerius, who Nonvul Bron, mahfaeraak dahmaan sahrot
tried to Run from some goblins, but slipped. Vahlok wen lot ahkrin shaan ney muz ahrk
(Word Wall for Ru, Dismay) dovah.
Noble Nord, forever remember the mighty
Sigruuf wahlaan qethsegol briinahii Guardian whose great courage inspired both
vahrukt, Lanal, wen brit luft los ol kinzon men and dragons.
ahrk sot ol Nus, dwiirok nol nahlaas (Word Wall for Shaan, Battle Fury)
ozinvey.
Sigruuf raised this stone for his sister, Lanal,
whose beautiful face was as sharp and white as a
Statue, carved from living ivory.
(Word Wall for Nus, Ice Form)

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Qethsegol vahrukiv vur do Faal Vahlok, Connotations

nonvul aar se dovah wen dez lost wah
Fierce or unyielding in battle, fighting to the
qahnaar tahrodiis Miraak.
last; does not connotate viciousness or
This stone commemorates the valor of the
wildness, as in a fierce animal. See
Guardian, noble servant of dragons whose fate it
instead fel ‘feral’ or bruniik ‘savage’.
was to vanquish the treacherous Miraak.
(Word Wall for Vur, Valor) Notes
The superlative meaning in the Song of the
Connotations
Dragonborn is implied and should be
Means ‘honorable’ and ‘worthy’ rather than
considered inherent to norok.
‘highborn’, not pertaining to royalty or
royal families.

Etymology
Nos NOS
Possibly an antonym of vul ‘dark’. Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /nos/
Norok NOROK Official Definition
Strike
Word Type Pronunciation
(Cyclone Shout)
strong adjective /ˈnor ok/
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Official Definition
Expanded Definition
Fierce (“Fiercest” in the Song of the
v. to strike, attack
Dragonborn)
n. strike, attack
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Usage
(PrimaGames.com)
Qethsegol vahrukiv Hrodmir fin Krent, wo
Expanded Definition sov pah ok eruvos ahrk faraan wah Nos
tum krivaan do ok zeymah.
adj. fierce
This stone commemorates Hrodmir the Broken,
adv. fiercely
who spent all his years and fortune to Strike
n. fierceness, ferocity
down the killer of his brother.
v. to make or become fierce
(Word Wall for Nos, Cyclone)
Usage
Connotations
Ahrk fin norok paal graan fod nust hon
Word of Power, to strike with a weapon,
zindro zaan!
Voice, or withheld power. Not used to
And the fiercest foes rout when they hear
mean ‘inflict’ as in ‘to strike fear’.
triumph's shout!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)

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Nu NU Nunon NUNON
Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
adverb /nu/ conjunction /nuˈnon, ˈnu non/

Official Definition Official Definition

Now Only
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(Dialogue File, 0004DE35) (PrimaGames.com)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Expanded Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
conj. only; except, but
Expanded Definition
adv. now; currently, presently; yet, still Usage
Qethsegol vahrukiv Bhor fin Golah, wo
Usage praal het mulhaan ol Gol saraan onikiv,
Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah nunon wah meyz wuth sinon do onik.
vod, Ahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein! This stone commemorates Bhor the Stubborn,
Hearken now, sons of snow, to an age, long ago, who sat here still as Earth awaiting
and the tale, boldly told, of the one! enlightenment, only to become old instead of
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) wise.
(Word Wall for Gol, Bend Will)
Hin aar, orin nu.
Your servant/slave, even now. Connotations
(Odahviing, 0004DE35)
Etymology
Het mah sahrot konahrik Aaban, kiin se Klo May relate to sinon ‘instead’, indicating the
se Alikr, praan nu denek Keizaal. contrary, root nuz ‘but’.
Here fell the mighty warlord Aaban, born of the Notes
Sand of the Alik’r, at rest now in the soil of
Conjunction only, used to indicate the
Skyrim.
contrary, not used as in ‘only a dragon can
(Word Wall for Klo, Slow Time)
fly’ or ‘an only child’.
Notes
Not to be confused with the suffix -nu seen
in the words hahnu ‘dream’
and faasnu ‘fearless’.

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Nus NUS Nust NUST

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
noun /nus/ pronoun /nust/

Official Definition Official Definition

Statue They/Those
(Ice Form Shout) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (Dialogue File, 000ED363)
(PrimaGames.com) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
n. statue Expanded Definition
pron. they; those
Usage
Iiz slen nus! Usage
Ice flesh statue! Ahrk fin norok paal graan fod nust hon
(Ice Form Shout) zindro zaan!
And the fiercest foes rout when they hear
Sigruuf wahlaan qethsegol briinahii triumph's shout!
vahrukt, Lanal, wen brit luft los ol kinzon (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
ahrk sot ol Nus, dwiirok nol nahlaas
ozinvey. Nust wo ni qiilaan fen kos duaan.
Sigruuf raised this stone for his sister, Lanal, Those who (do) not bow will be devoured.
whose beautiful face was as sharp and white as a (Alduin, 000ED363)
Statue, carved from living ivory.
Connotations
(Word Wall for Nus, Ice Form)
Third person plural nominative.
Connotations
Notes
Word of Power, permanent and
unchanging, facilitates and the transition Pronoun only. Not to be confused with the
between flesh and ice. adjective daar ‘this/these/those’.

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Nuz NUZ Oblaan OBL1N

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
conjunction /nuz/ strong verb /oˈblɑn, ˈo blɑn/

Official Definition Official Definition

But End
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) (Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Dialogue File, 0003FA46) (Dialogue File, 000ED359)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Expanded Definition

conj. but, on the contrary v. to end; to die, be killed
n. end; death
Usage
Nuz aan sul, fent alok, fod fin vul dovah Usage
nok, fen kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ruz! Zu'u unslaad! Zu'u nis oblaan!
But a day, shall arise, when the dark dragon's I am eternal! I cannot end! (be ended/be killed)
lies, will be silenced forever and then! (Alduin, 000ED359)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Het nok kopraan do Iglif Iiz-Sos, wo grind
Viik nuz ni kron. ok oblaan ni ko morokei vukein, nuz ahst
Defeat but not victory. munax haalvut do liiv krasaar.
(Paarthurnax, 0003FA46) Here lies the body of Iglif Ice-Blood, who met his
end not in glorious combat, but at the cruel
Het nok Yngnavar Gaaf-Kodaav, wo drey touch of the withering sickness.
Yah moro nau Frod do Krosis, nuz sinon (Word Wall for Iiz, Ice Form)
siiv dinok ahrk dukaan.
Here lies Yngnavar Ghost-Bear, who did Seek Connotations
glory on the Battlefield of Sorrows, but instead Typically refers to death (of a person,
found death and dishonor. period of time, rule, etc.).
(Word Wall for Yah, Aura Whisper)
Etymology
Notes Typically refers to death (of a person,
Used as a conjunction only to indicate the period of time, rule, etc.).
contrary; not used as in ‘there is but one
king’ or ‘no one knew but me’.

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Oblivion OBLIVION Usage

Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah
Word Type Pronunciation vod, ahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein!
noun /oˈblɪv i on/ Hearken now, sons of snow, to an age, long ago,
and the tale, boldly told, of the one!
Official Definition (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Oblivion
(POGGLE, p. 1099) Connotations
Word of Power, relates to both the sky and
Expanded Definition the land of Skyrim.
n. Oblivion
Notes
Usage Featured prominently in the dragon
Oblivion loost nid Nah med spaan vahdin name Odahviing ‘snow hunter wing’.
beyn.

Odus ODUS
Oblivion hath no Fury like a shield maiden
scorned.
(Word Wall for Nah, Whirlwind Sprint) Word Type Pronunciation
Etymology strong adjective /ˈo dus/
Origin of the Tamrielic name ‘Oblivion’ is Official Definition
unknown. Appearance as a loanword in the
Snowy
Word Walls indicates it was contemporary
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
with the ancient Nords.
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
Od OD
adj. snowy
Word Type Pronunciation adv. snowily
noun /od/ n. snowiness
v. to make or become snowy
Official Definition
Snow Usage
(Call Dragon Shout) Qethsegol vahrukiv key Sarvirra, zok krin
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Raan alun wah fonaar odus frod, ahrk ofan
(POGGLE, p. 1097) ok sil fah ok drog.
(PrimaGames.com) This stone commemorates the horse Sarvirra, the
most courageous Animal ever to charge the
Expanded Definition snowy battlefields, and give his soul for his lord.
n. snow (Word Wall for Raan, Animal Allegiance)

Etymology
From od ‘snow’ with the suffix -us.

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Ofaal OF1L Usage

Zu'u lost ofan hin laan.
Word Type Pronunciation I have given your want/request.
strong verb /oˈfɑl/ (Odahviing, 00048F05)

Official Definition Naal Thu'umu, mu ofan nii nu, Dovahkiin,

Receive naal suleyk do Kaan, naal suleyk do Shor,
(POGGLE, p. 1097) ahrk naal suleyk do Atmorasewuth.
By our Voice we give it now (to you),
Expanded Definition
Dragonborn, by (the) power of Kyne, by the
v. to receive, earn, acquire power of Shor, and by the power of Atmora-of-
n. reception, acquisition, the act of earning old.
(Greybeards, 000C43A7)
Usage
Het mah Arnvid faal Staadnau, wen Haas Qethsegol vahrukiv key Sarvirra, zok krin
denos mindin Kein do Galik, kolos rok ofaal Raan alun wah fonaar odus frod, ahrk ofan
dilos ahraan. ok sil fah ok drog.
Here fell Arnvid the Unbound, whose Health This stone commemorates the horse Sarvirra, the
declined after the War of Pines, in which he most courageous Animal ever to charge the
received a deadly wound. snowy battlefields, and give his soul for his lord.
(Word Wall for Haas, Drain Vitality) (Word Wall for Raan, Animal Allegiance)
Etymology Etymology
Related to ofan ‘to give’. Related to ofaal ‘to receive’.

Ofan OFAN Ogiim OG3M

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /oˈfæn, oˈfɑn/ noun /ˈo gim/
Official Definition Official Definition
Give Orc
(Dialogue File, 00048F05) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (PrimaGames.com)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition n. orc, orsimer
v. to give adj. orcish
n. giving; gift

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Usage Qethsegol vahrukiv key Sarvirra, zok krin

Raan alun wah fonaar odus frod, ahrk ofan
Thoringar wahlaan qethsegol monii
ok sil fah ok drog.
vahrukt, Noomi, wen dez los wah Aus nin
This stone commemorates the horse Sarvirra, the
do pogaan Ogiim ronaaz.
most courageous Animal ever to charge the
Thoringar raised this stone for his daughter’s
snowy battlefields, and give his soul for his lord.
memory, Noomi, whose fate it was to Suffer the
(Word Wall for Raan, Animal Allegiance)
sting of many Orc arrows.
(Word Wallf for Aus, Marked for Death) Etymology
Etymology From rok ‘he’.
May relate to gogil ‘goblin’. Notes
Notes The possessive suffix -ii can be used instead
of ok to indicate third person possession.
Occurs as an adjective meaning ‘orcish’.

Ok OK Okaaz OK1Z
Word Type Pronunciation
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /oˈkɑz/
pronoun /ok/
Official Definition
Official Definition
Sea
His
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(PrimaGames.com)
(Dialogue File, 0009E058)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Expanded Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
n. sea, ocean
Expanded Definition
Usage
pron. his
Qethsegol vahrukiv kril Thjodrek, wo dir
Usage zohungaar ko Grah do Vith Okaaz.
This stone commemorates the brave Thjodrek,
Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, naal ok zin los
who died heroically in the Battle of the Serpent
vahriin, wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst
Sea.
vaal!
(Word Wall for Grah, Elemental Fury)
Dragonborn, Dragonborn, by his honor is
sworn, To keep evil forever at bay!
Bekkhild wahlaan qethsegol ahmulii
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
vahrukt, Eyolf, wen veysun los sizaan ko
vul Kest ko Okaaz do Luv.
Dovahkiin los ok dovahkriid.
Bekkhild raised this stone for her husband, Eyolf,
The Dragonborn is his dragonslayer - The
whose ship was lost in a dark Tempest in the Sea
Dragonborn slew him.
of Tears.
(Dragon, 0009E058)
(Word Wall for Kest, Whirlwind Sprint)

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Het nok Fjolmod Bein-Su, wo pook ol

Connotations
pogaas nau gol ol ok kopraan dreh nu ko
Only known occurrences are in place
golt.
names.
Here lies Fjolmod Foul-Air, who stank as much
on earth as his body does now in the ground.
Ol OL (Word Wall for Su, Elemental Fury)

Notes
Word Type Pronunciation
Used to mean ‘while/when’ only in the Song
adverb /ol/
of the Dragonborn. Should only be used to
Official Definition form comparisons.
As
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue File, 000EDF49)
Om OM
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Word Type Pronunciation
(PrimaGames.com)
noun /om/
Expanded Definition
Official Definition
adv. as, similarly, equally
Hair
conj. in the degree or manner of; while,
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
when
(PrimaGames.com)
Usage Expanded Definition
Sahrot Thu'um, med aan tuz, vey zeim n. hair
hokoron pah, ol fin Dovahkiin komeyt ok
rein! Usage
Mighty Thu'um, like a blade, cut through Wulfik wahlaan qethsegol judii vahrukt,
enemies all, as the Dragonborn issued his roar! Hrefna Ruvaak-Om, wen miin Diin sos do
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) naan jul.
Wulfik raised this stone in memory of his queen,
Pruzah ol aar. Hrefna Raven-Hair, whose eyes could Freeze the
Good as (a) slave. blood of any man.
(Alduin, 000EDF49) (Word Wall for Diin, Frost Breath)

Qethsegol vahrukiv Bhor fin Golah, wo Connotations

praal het mulhaan ol Gol saraan onikiv, Used to refer to human hair rather than
nunon wah meyz wuth sinon do onik. animal hair or fur.
This stone commemorates Bhor the Stubborn,
who sat here still as Earth awaiting
enlightenment, only to become old instead of
wise.
(Word Wall for Gol, Dragon Aspect)

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Ond OND Usage

They see me as master. Wuth. Onik. Old
Word Type Pronunciation and wise.
interjection /ond/ (Paarthurnax, 0003F88E)

Official Definition Qethsegol vahrukiv Bhor fin Golah, wo

Lo praal het mulhaan ol Gol saraan onikiv,
(POGGLE, p. 1097) nunon wah meyz wuth sinon do onik.
(PrimaGames.com) This stone commemorates Bhor the Stubborn,
who sat here still as Earth awaiting
Expanded Definition
enlightenment, only to become old instead of
interj. lo (look, hearken) wise.
(Word Wall for Gol, Bend Will)
Usage
Ahrk ond drey sahrot Heimverlund meyz, Connotations
nol hevno Brom, med Strun do uznahgaar Connotes wisdom gained from experience.
nahkriin nol Sovngarde nimaar.
And lo did the mighty Heimverlund come, from
the brutal North, like a Storm of unbridled Onikaan ONIK1N
vengeance from Sovngarde itself.
Word Type Pronunciation
(Word Wall for Strun, Storm Call)
noun /ˈo ni kɑn/
Connotations
Official Definition
Rarely used, calls attention to a particular
statement or detail. Wisdom
(Dialogue File, 0003C574)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Onik ONIK (PrimaGames.com)

Word Type Pronunciation Expanded Definition

weak adjective /ˈo nik/ n. wisdom

Official Definition Usage

Wise I can be trusted. I know this. But they do
(Dialogue File, 0003F88E) not. Onikaan ni ov dovah. It is always wise
(POGGLE, p. 1097) to mistrust a dovah.
(PrimaGames.com) Onikaan ni ov dovah = “Wisdom is not trusting
a dragon”
Expanded Definition
(Paarthurnax, 0003C574)
adj. wise
adv. wisely
v. to wisen

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Qethsegol vahrukiv lot Miraak – sonaak do

lot onikaan, aar do faal Diiv, ahrk hokoron
Ont ONT
do jul. Word Type Pronunciation
This stone commemorates the great Miraak –
adverb /ont/
priest of great wisdom, servant of the Wyrm,
and enemy of man. Official Definition
(Word Wall for Diiv, Dragon Aspect) Once
Connotations (Dialogue File, 0009C213, 000ED365)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Connotes wisdom gained from experience.
(PrimaGames.com)
Etymology
Expanded Definition
From onik ‘wise’.
adv. once, formerly, at one time; already

Usage
Onikiv ONIKIV
Zeymahi lost ont du'ul Bormahu.
Word Type Pronunciation My brother was once the crown of our father.
strong verb /ˈo ni kiv/ (Paarthurnax, 0009C213)

Official Definition Zu'u lost kriaan hi ont, nu hin sille fen

Enlightenment nahkip suleyki.
(POGGLE, p. 1097) I've killed you once, now your souls will feed my
power.
Expanded Definition (Alduin, 000ED365)
v. to enlighten
n. enlightenment Het ont kriist Miraak, wo ahtiid ok sahvot
ol Qah, spaan naal Deyra fah ok unslaad
Usage midun.
Qethsegol vahrukiv Bhor fin Golah, wo Here once stood Miraak, who wore his faith as
praal het mulhaan ol Gol saraan onikiv, Armor, shielded by the Daedra for his unending
nunon wah meyz wuth sinon do onik. loyalty.
This stone commemorates Bhor the Stubborn, (Word Wall for Qah, Dragon Aspect)
who sat here still as Earth awaiting
enlightenment, only to become old instead of Notes
wise. Likely from English ‘once’. Used to mean
(Word Wall for Gol, Bend Will) ‘in the past’, not ‘one time’ (‘he struck once’)
or ‘whenever’ (‘once he strikes, strike
Connotations back’).
To gain wisdom, become wise, have an
experience that gives wisdom.

Etymology
From onik ‘wise’.

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Orin ORIN Osos OSOS

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
adverb /ˈor in/ weak adjective /ˈo sos/

Official Definition Official Definition

Even (adverb, meaning “fully” or “quite”) Some
(Dialogue File, 0004DE36, 0004DE35) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (PrimaGames.com)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition adj. uncertain or unspecified; an unspecified
adv. even, fully, quite (used to emphasize number of
coincidence, occurrence, or unlikeliness)
Usage
Usage Nau daar revak golt drey Freda zahrahmiik
Orin brit ro. ek Laas, ful tol ek pogaan kiir filok, ahrk
“(A) fully beautiful balance” = dragon phrase osos sul qahnaar ek hokoron.
for irony. On this sacred ground did Freda sacrifice her
(Odahviing, 0004DE36) Life, so that her many children might escape,
and some day vanquish her enemies.
Hin aar, orin nu. (Word Wall for Laas, Aura Whisper)
Your servant/slave, even now.
(Odahviing, 0004DE35) Het nok kopraan do sonaan Romerius, wo
unt Ru nol osos gogil, nuz motmah.
Het nok brit kaaz Anurassa, wen faad nis Here lies the body of the bard Romerius, who
kos evenaar orin naal Krah dinok. tried to Run from some goblins, but slipped.
Here lies the beautiful cat Anurassa, whose (Word Wall for Ru, Dismay)
warmth cannot be extinguished even by the Cold
of death. Notes
(Word Wall for Krah, Frost Breath) Not technically a pronoun but may be used
similarly (osos fen hon ‘some (one) will
Connotations listen’).
Can indicates unlikeliness. Emphasizes an
adjective or agent.

Notes
Adverb only. Not used to mean ‘even’ as in
‘equal’.

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Oth OTH Het mah spaan vahdin Valkrys, wo krif

voth ahkrin, nuz los folaas wah Ov mulaag
Word Type Pronunciation do bodiis tuz.
Here fell the shield maiden Valkrys, who fought
noun /oθ/
bravely, but was wrong to Trust the strength of
Official Definition a borrowed blade.
Orphan (Word Wall for Ov, Kyne’s Peace)
(PrimaGames.com) Connotations
Expanded Definition Word of Power, implies lowering one’s
n. orphan guard or suspicion (around a predator or
fellow dragon), inhibiting territorial urges.
Usage To believe in or depend on the strength of
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list. something (a weapon, force, or power).

Ov OV Ozinvey OZINV9
Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation

strong verb /ov/ strong adjective /ˈo zin veɪ/

Official Definition Official Definition

Trust Ivory
(Kyne’s Peace Shout) (POGGLE, p. 1099)
(Dialogue File, 0003C575) (PrimaGames.com)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Expanded Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
adj. ivory, ivory-like, made of ivory
Expanded Definition adv. in an ivory-like manner, as if made of
v. to trust, have confidence in, rely on ivory
n. trust, confidence, reliance n. ivory; the quality of being like ivory
v. to make ivory; to become like ivory
Usage
Usage
Kaan drem ov!
Kyne peace trust! Sigruuf wahlaan qethsegol briinahii
(Kyne’s Peace Shout) vahrukt, Lanal, wen brit luft los ol kinzon
ahrk sot ol Nus, dwiirok nol nahlaas
I can be trusted. I know this. But they do ozinvey.
not. Onikaan ni ov dovah. It is always wise Sigruuf raised this stone for his sister, Lanal,
to mistrust a dovah. whose beautiful face was as sharp and white as a
Onikaan ni ov dovah = “Wisdom is not trusting Statue, carved from living ivory.
a dragon” (Word Wall for Nus, Ice Form)
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Connotations Paal P1L

Precious to the ancient Nords, whose main
source of ivory would have been Word Type Pronunciation
mammoths, horkers, and sabre cats. As an noun /pɑl/
adjective, connotes something perfect,
valuable, and perhaps deadly given the Official Definition
dangerous means to obtain it. Foe/Enemy
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Paak P1K (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
Word Type Pronunciation
n. foe, enemy, adversary
strong adjective /pɑk/

Official Definition Usage

Shame Ahrk fin norok paal graan fod nust hon

(Dialogue File, 00045D09) zindro zaan, Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu
(PrimaGames.com) draal!
And the fiercest foes rout when they hear
Expanded Definition triumph's shout, Dragonborn, for your blessing
adj. shamed, ashamed we pray!
adv. ashamedly (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
n. shame, ashamedness
Connotations
v. to shame
More conversational than hokoron ‘enemy’,
Usage which is more common in formal speech or
writing.
I do not know how he came to be caught.
But the bronjun... the Jarl... was very proud
of his pet. Paak! Paar P1R
Paak = “shame” - said with deep disgust.
(Paarthurnax, 00045D09) Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /pɑr/
Faaz! Paak! Dinok!
[Pain! Shame! Death!] Official Definition
(Draugr, 0004C59F) Ambition
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Connotations
(PrimaGames.com)
Often used as an interjection to indicate
despicable or horrid circumstances, or as a Expanded Definition
taunt, impending shame (in defeat). v. to ambition, seek after or aspire to, crave,
yearn; to pursue
n. ambition, desire

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Qethsegol vahrukiv paaz kulaas Yrsa, wo

Usage
ensosin pah do Taazokaan voth ek Dun
Occurs only in the dragon
ahrk brii.
name Paarthurnax ‘ambition cruelty
This stone commemorates the fair princess Yrsa,
overlord’.
who bewitched all of Tamriel with her Grace and
Connotations beauty.
(Word Wall for Dun, Elemental Fury)
Close synonym to bahlok ‘hunger’, the drive
to achieve or accomplish, typically through Connotations
strength or power. Not positive or
Closer in meaning to ‘great’, ‘beautiful’, or
constructive in connotation as the English
‘pleasant’ (‘a fair day’), should typically not
word ‘aspiration’, connotes acts of
be used to mean ‘equal’ or ‘just’.
dominance.

Pah P4
Paaz P1Z
Word Type Pronunciation
Word Type Pronunciation
weak adjective /pɑ/
strong adjective /pɑz/
Official Definition
Official Definition
All
Fair
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue File, 000CD9DF)
(Dialogue File, 00055771)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition
adj. all, the whole of; every
adj. fair
adv. all, wholly, entirely, completely
adv. fairly
pron. all, everyone
n. fairness
v. to make or become fair Usage
Sahrot Thu'um, med aan tuz, vey zeim
Usage
hokoron pah, ol fin Dovahkiin komeyt ok
Paaz Keizaal fen kos stin nol bein Alduin
rein!
jot!
Mighty Thu'um, like a blade, cut through
Fair Skyrim will be free from foul Alduin's
enemies all, as the Dragonborn issued his roar!
maw!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)

Paaz. A fair answer.

(Paarthurnax, 00055771)

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Meyye! Tahrodiis aanne! Him hinde pah Connotations

liiv! Zu'u hin daan!
For dragons, the belief of power or rule that
Fools! Treacherous slaves! Your hopes (are) all
one is not right to, heedless of consequence
withered! I (am) your doom.
or greater strength.
(Alduin, 000CD9DF)
Etymology
Pah werid morokei Miraak, zok suleykaar May share root with paar ‘ambition’ or
do pah Sonaak wen Mul bolaav naal relate to bahlok ‘hunger’.
Fahluaan do Jul.
All praise the glorious Miraak, most powerful of
all priests, whose Strength was granted by the Pel PEL
Gardener of Men.
(Word Wall for Mul, Dragon Aspect) Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /pɛl/

Pahlok P4LOK Official Definition

Write
Word Type Pronunciation (PrimaGames.com)
strong adjective /pɑ lok/
Expanded Definition
Official Definition v. to write
Arrogance/Arrogant n. writing; writ
(Dialogue File, 0004591A)
(PrimaGames.com) Usage
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.
Expanded Definition
adj. arrogant Etymology
adv. arrogantly Possibly from kel ‘scroll’, though kel is
n. arrogance generally attested to refer to an Elder Scroll,
v. to make or become arrogant which is not ‘written’ by conventional
means.
Usage
Alduin always was pahlok - arrogant in his Notes
power. Uznahgar paar. He took domination Possibly from English ‘spell’.
as his birthright.
Uznahgar [paar] = unending ambition.
(Paarthurnax, 0004591A)

You did what was necessary. Alduin had

flown far from the path of right action in his
pahlok.
(Paarthurnax, 0009C219)

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Peyt P9T Usage

Qethsegol vahrukiv Kendov se Ved Ronax,
Word Type Pronunciation Sille nu yoriik pindaar se Sovngarde pah
noun /peɪt/ Ul.
This stone commemorates the warriors of the
Official Definition Black Regiment, whose souls now march on the
Rose plains of Sovngarde for all Eternity.
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (Word Wall for Ul, Slow Time)
(PrimaGames.com)
Het mah Hrothmar, Bah Grohiik do bruniik
Expanded Definition
pindaar. Aal ok sil rovaan Sovngarde
n. rose mahfaeraak.
Here fell Hrothmar, Wrath Wolf of the savage
Usage
plains. May his soul wander Sovngarde forever.
Qethsegol vahrukiv ahzid Viik do (Word Wall for Bah, Storm Call)
Briinahmaar do Sot Peyt, naako wah fin laat
naal ufiik do Korvag Kol. Connotations
This stone commemorates the bitter Defeat of the Refers to a geographical plain, more general
Sisterhood of the White Rose, eaten to the last by than frod ‘battlefield’ which specifically
the Trolls of Korvag Crag. refers to a field of battle.
(Word Wall for Viik, Disarm)

Notes Piraak P71K

The flower, see alok for the verb ‘to rise’.
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /pirˈɑk, ˈpir ək/
Pindaar PIND1R
Official Definition
Word Type Pronunciation Possess
noun /ˈpin dər/ (POGGLE, p. 1097)

Official Definition Expanded Definition

Plain(s) v. to have, possess
(POGGLE, p. 1097) n. possession
(PrimaGames.com)
Usage
Expanded Definition
Het nok kopraan do Svolo, wo piraak
n. plain, field mulaag wah kriin dovah nuz ni gaan wah
kriin pogaan.
Here lies the body of Svolo, who possessed the
strength to slay dragons, but not the stamina to
slay many.
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Connotations Etymology
To possess a trait, skill, power, or ability. Related to pogaas ‘much’.
Does not refer to supernatural possession.
Notes
Unknown if it can refer to the ownership of
property. Used with countable nouns (people,
animals, things). See pogaas ‘much’ for the
equivalent used with uncountable nouns.
Pogaan POG1N
Word Type Pronunciation Pogaas POG1S
weak adjective /ˈpo gɑn/
Word Type Pronunciation
Official Definition weak adjective /ˈpo gɑs/
Many
Official Definition
(Dialogue File, 000D2CF5)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Much
(PrimaGames.com) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition
adj. many, numerous
pron. many (of something) adj. much; great in measure or degree

Usage Usage
Pogaan nahlaas, vokrii wah jun [sic]. Het nok Faal Vahlok, wo kron pogaas moro.
Many alive, restored to (the) light. Fah ok unslaad mid, rok aav dilon voth lot
(Paarthurnax, 000D2CF5) zin.
Here lies the Guardian, who won much glory.
Het nok kopraan do Svolo, wo piraak For his eternal loyalty, he joins the dead with
mulaag wah kriin dovah nuz ni gaan wah great honor. (Word Wall for Mid, Battle Fury)
kriin pogaan.
Here lies the body of Svolo, who possessed the Het nok Fjolmod Bein-Su, wo pook ol
strength to slay dragons, but not the stamina to pogaas nau gol ol ok kopraan dreh nu ko
slay many. golt.
(Word Wall for Gaan, Drain Vitality) Here lies Fjolmod Foul-Air, who stank as much
on earth as his body does now in the ground.
Nau daar revak golt drey Freda zahrahmiik (Word Wall for Su, Elemental Fury)
ek Laas, ful tol ek pogaan kiir filok, ahrk
Etymology
osos sul qahnaar ek hokoron.
On this sacred ground did Freda sacrifice her Related to pogaan ‘many’.
Life, so that her many children might escape,
and some day vanquish her enemies.
(Word Wall for Laas, Aura Whisper)

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Notes Expanded Definition

Used with uncountable nouns (abstract). v. to sit, lie
See pogaan ‘many’ for the equivalent used n. seat; sitting
with countable nouns. Also used in
comparisons, but not ‘so much’ or ‘too Usage
much’. Not a noun as in ‘much of the time’. Qethsegol vahrukiv Bhor fin Golah, wo
praal het mulhaan ol Gol saraan onikiv,
nunon wah meyz wuth sinon do onik.
Pook P8K This stone commemorates Bhor the Stubborn,
who sat here still as Earth awaiting
Word Type Pronunciation
enlightenment, only to become old instead of
strong verb /puk, pɔk/ wise.
Official Definition (Word Wall for Gol, Bend Will)
Stink Connotations
(POGGLE, p. 1097) To sit, or for dragons, to lie down or
(PrimaGames.com) otherwise rest on the ground or a perch in
Expanded Definition an upright position. Compare to nok ‘to lie’
and praan ‘to rest’, which both refer to death
v. to stink, reek
and burial.
n. stink, stench
Etymology
Usage
Related to praan ‘to rest’.
Het nok Fjolmod Bein-Su, wo pook ol
pogaas nau gol ol ok kopraan dreh nu ko
golt. Praan PR1N
Here lies Fjolmod Foul-Air, who stank as much
on earth as his body does now in the ground. Word Type Pronunciation
(Word Wall for Su, Elemental Fury) strong verb /prɑn/

Connotations Official Definition

The stink of decay, rot, and death. Rest
(Dialogue, 000C43AB)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Praal PR1L (PrimaGames.com)
Word Type Pronunciation Expanded Definition
strong verb /prɑl/ v. to rest (upon); to lie in rest; to lay to rest,
bury
Official Definition
n. rest; death, the state of death
Sit/Sat
(POGGLE, p. 1097)

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Usage Expanded Definition

Lingrah krosis saraan Strundu'ul, voth nid v. to foretell, prophesy; to predict, warn of
balaan klov praan nau. n. foretelling, prophecy, premonition;
Long sorrowfully (has) waited the Stormcrown, prediction, portent, warning
with no worthy head to rest on.
(Greybeards, 000C43AB) Usage
Ahrk fin Kel lost prodah, do ved viing ko
Het nok kopraan do Hela, Fahdon wah pah fin krah, tol fod zeymah win kein meyz
sivaas aar do Kaan. Aal rek siiv unahzaal fundein!
praan ko Feykro do Hahnu. And the Scrolls have foretold, of black wings in
Here lies the body of Hela, friend to all beasts the cold, that when brothers wage war come
and servant of Kyne. May she find eternal rest unfurled!
in the Forest of Dreams. (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Word Wall for Kaan, Kyne’s Peace)
Ah. I have expected you. Prodah.
Het mah sahrot konahrik Aaban, kiin se Klo (Paarthurnax, 0003FA40)
se Alikr, praan nu denek Keizaal.
Here fell the mighty warlord Aaban, born of the Connotations
Sand of the Alik’r, at rest now in the soil of To foretell or predict, as due to prophecy, or
Skyrim. the culmination of circumstances or
(Word Wall for Klo, Slow Time) consequences.

Connotations Notes
To rest motionless in or upon something. Likely inspired by words derived from the
Commonly used in reference to death along prefixes pro- and pre- meaning ‘before’, such
with nok ‘to lie’. See praal ‘to sit’ for a word as ‘prophet’, ‘prophecy’, and ‘premonition’.
that does not connotate death.

Etymology
Related to praal ‘to sit’.

Prodah PROD4
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /ˈpro də, proˈdɑ/

Official Definition
Foretell/Foretold
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue, 0003FA40)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

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Pruzaan PRUZ1N Pruzah PRUZ4

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /ˈpru zən/ strong adjective /ˈpru zə/

Official Definition Official Definition

Best Good
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (Dialogue File, 0009E069)
(PrimaGames.com) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
adj. best Expanded Definition
adv. best, in the best way adj. good, well (in state, quality, or
n. the quality of being best; something that condition); fitting
is best adv. good, well; fittingly
v. to best, become better than, get the better n. goodness, wellness
of; to make or become best v. to make or become good or well

Usage Usage
Pruzaan Zun ko Keizaal los hahdrim do Pruzah wundunne wah Wuth Gein.
dwiin-sil kendov. Good travels to the old one.
The best Weapon in Skyrim is the mind of a (Odahviing, 0009E069)
steel-souled warrior.
(Word Wall for Zun, Disarm) Krif krin. Pruzah!
(You) fight couragously [sic]. Good!
Orin pruzaan dwiin aal kreh ahrk kren, nuz (Mirmulnir, 0005637F)
Slen do vahzah muz los sindugahvon.
Even the best steel may bend and break, but the You are persistent, Dovahkiin. Pruzah ol
Flesh of a true man is unyielding. aar. A fine slave you would have made.
(Word Wall for Slen, Ice Form) Pruzah ol aar = “good as (a) slave”
(Alduin, 000EDF49)
Etymology
From pruzah ‘good/well’. Connotations
Means ‘good’ as in ‘well’ (‘a good day’,
‘well fought’), not ‘morally good’. See
instead kul.

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Qah Q4 Expanded Definition

v. to vanquish; to eliminate; to deny, resist
Word Type Pronunciation n. vanquishment; elimination; denial,
noun /ˈkwɑ, kɑ/ resistance

Official Definition Usage

Armor Sahrot thur qahnaraan!
(Dragon Aspect Shout) The mighty overlord is vanquished!
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (Dragon, 0009E075)
Expanded Definition
There are many hungers it is better to deny
n. armor; hide, scales, plating, any outward
than to feed. … Discipline against the lesser
defense; defense, protection
aids in qahnaar... denial of the greater.
(Paarthurnax, 0003F9E2)
Usage
Mul qah diiv! Nau daar revak golt drey Freda zahrahmiik
Strength armor wyrm! ek Laas, ful tol ek pogaan kiir filok, ahrk
(Dragon Aspect Shout) osos sul qahnaar ek hokoron.
On this sacred ground did Freda sacrifice her
Het ont kriist Miraak, wo ahtiid ok sahvot
Life, so that her many children might escape,
ol Qah, spaan naal Deyra fah ok unslaad
and some day vanquish her enemies.
midun.
(Word Wall for Laas, Aura Whisper)
Here once stood Miraak, who wore his faith as
Armor, shielded by the Daedra for his unending Connotations
loyalty. Primarily means ‘to defeat in battle’. Can
(Word Wall for Qah, Dragon Aspect) also mean ‘to eliminate or resist’ a thought
or desire, as though in a mental struggle.
Connotations
Given its role in the Dragon Aspect Shout,
may better refer to a dragon’s scales or hide; Qahnaarin Q4N1RIN
any outward defense or protection.
Word Type Pronunciation
/kwəˈnɑr in, kwəˈnɑr ɪn/
Qahnaar Q4N1R
noun

Official Definition
Word Type Pronunciation
Vanquisher
strong verb /kwəˈnɑr/ (Dialogue File, 0201156B)
Official Definition Expanded Definition
Vanquish n. vanquisher
(Dialogue File, 0009E075, 0003F9E2)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
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Usage Etymology
My claws have rended the flesh of May derive from los, present tense
innumerable foes, but I have never once conjugation of kos ‘to be’.
been felled on the field of battle. I therefore
honor-name you Qahnaarin, or Vanquisher
in your tongue. Qeth QETH
(Durnehviir, 0201156B)
Word Type Pronunciation
Connotations noun /kwɛθ/
Used as a formal title for someone who has
defeated a worthy opponent (esp. a dragon) Official Definition
in battle. Bone
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Etymology (PrimaGames.com)
From Qahnaar ‘to vanquish’. -in may be a
distinct suffix or the word in ‘master’, Expanded Definition
forming ‘master of vanquishing. n. bone

Usage
Qalos QALOS Occurs only in the compound
word qethsegol ‘stone’, lit. ‘bone of the
Word Type Pronunciation
earth’.
noun /kwəˈlos, ˈkwæ los, ˈkwɑ los/
Connotations
Official Definition
Paarthurnax’s dialogue (‘There is no
Touch question. You are doom-driven … The very
(Dialogue File, 000C64EC) bones of the earth are at your disposal.’,
000C64EC) may indicate that the dragon
Expanded Definition
word for ‘bone’ connotates a root or source
n. touch, presence, existence
of power. Dragon bones persist even after
death, connotating something that is
Usage
permanent or everlasting.
You have it. The Kel - the Elder Scroll. Tiid
kreh... qalos. Time shudders at its touch. Etymology
(Paarthurnax, 000C64EC) May relate to qoth ‘tomb’.
Connotations
Meaning may be closer to ‘presence’ than
‘physical touch’. Paarthurnax’s pause (as
though searching for the right word) may
also indicate this word’s meaning is more
complex, perhaps related to time or the
Elder Scrolls in an as of yet unknown way.

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Qethsegol Qiilaan Q3L1N

QETHSEGOL Word Type Pronunciation
Word Type Pronunciation strong verb /kwiˈlɑn, ˈkwi lən/
noun /ˈkwɛθ sɛ gol/ Official Definition
Official Definition Bow (verb)
(Dialogue File, 000ED363)
Stone
(PrimaGames.com)
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Expanded Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
v. to bow; to submit
Expanded Definition n. bow, bowing; submission
n. stone
Usage
Usage Nust wo ni qiilaan fen kos duaan.
Those who (do) not bow will be devoured.
Nafni wahlaan qethsegol bormahii vahrukt,
(Alduin, 000ED363)
Rognvald, wen Zii fen mahfaeraak aak ok
brod, ahrk folook ok hokoron.
Qiilaan us dilon!
Nafni raised this stone for his father, Rognvald,
[Bow before (the) dead!]
whose Spirit will forever guide his clan, and
(Draugr, 0004C5A1)
haunt his enemies.
(Word Wall for Zii, Become Ethereal) Connotations
Connotations To submit to a power, authority, or fate.
Unknown if dragons physically bow. May
Common in the Word Wall memorials. May
have originally meant ‘to submit’ but taken
be a formal word that specifically refers to
by Nords to also mean ‘to bow’.
large, commemorative stones, or
metaphorically ‘the earth itself’, whereas the Notes
general word golz ‘stone’ can refer to any Not to be confused for the weapon ‘bow’ or
stone or rock. the naval ‘bow’.
Etymology
Se compound of qeth ‘bone’ and gol ‘earth’, Qo QO
lit. ‘bone of the earth’.
Word Type Pronunciation
Notes
noun /kwo/
Possibly related to the cosmological ‘Earth
Bones’. Official Definition
Lightning
(Storm Call Shout)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

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Expanded Definition Etymology

n. lightning May relate to qostiid ‘prophecy’.

Usage
Strun bah qo! Qostiid QOST3D
Storm wrath lightning!
Word Type Pronunciation
(Storm Call Shout)
noun /kwosˈtid/
Qethsegol vahrukiv sahsunaar do daniik Official Definition
Vundeheim, ag nahlaas naal Qo do Unslaad
Prophecy
Krosis.
(Dialogue File, 0003F9E1)
This stone commemorates the villagers of
(PrimaGames.com)
doomed Vundeheim, burned alive by the
Lightning of Unending Sorrow. Expanded Definition
(Word Wall for Qo, Storm Call) n. prophecy
Connotations
Usage
Word of Power, connotates raw, natural
True... But qostiid - prophecy - tells what
power, fire, and destruction.
may be, not what should be.
Qostiid= prophecy (KWOWES-teed)
Qolaas QOL1S (Paarthurnax, 0003F9E1)

Word Type Pronunciation Qostiid sahlo aak. Just because you can do a
noun /kwoˈlɑs/ thing, does not always mean you should.
a Qostiid sahlo aak. (“Prophecy is a weak
Official Definition guide”)
Herald (Paarthurnax, 0003F9E1)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Connotations
(PrimaGames.com)
Dragons are ‘specially... attuned to the flow
Expanded Definition of Time’ (Paarthurnax, 0003FA42), and
n. herald, harbinger, something that regard qostiid with less reverence than
precedes a doom or fate mortals. Represents what may come to
happen, not what should. Action for the
Usage sake of prophecy is not always right.
Faas ni Brendon do Dinok, fah rok los
Etymology
qolaas do moro, ahrk hin aak wah lot
Sovngarde. Related to tiid ‘time’. May also relate
Fear not the Specter of Death, for he is the herald to qolaas ‘herald’.
of glory, and your guide to great Sovngarde.
(Word Wall for Faas, Dismay)

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Qoth QOTH Usage

Granite Hill - Quethsegol [sic] Ahrol - Three
Word Type Pronunciation Farms and an Inn, just North of the
noun /kwoθ/ Falkreath. A Market is Held here Weekly.
(Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund)
Official Definition
Tomb Connotations
(Soul Cairn Summon Shout) Lit. ‘stone hill’.

Expanded Definition Etymology

n. tomb Lit. ‘stone hill’.

Usage Notes

Diil qoth zaam! Qethsegol ‘stone’ is misspelled likely due to

Undead tomb slave! the inexperience of the Jarl Gjalund’s scribe,
who wrote the name phonetically. Location
Connotations in modern Skyrim is unknown.
Word of Power used by Durnehviir to
summon undead allies. Closely associated
with qeth ‘bone’, may be a more general Raan R1N
word referring to any grave or place of
burial where bones are kept. Word Type Pronunciation
noun /rɑn/
Etymology
May relate to qeth ‘bone’. Official Definition
Animal
(Animal Allegiance Shout)
Quethsegol Ahrol (POGGLE, p. 1097)
QUETHSEGOL 4ROL (PrimaGames.com)

Word Type Pronunciation Expanded Definition

noun /ˈkwɛθ sɛ gol əˌrol/ n. animal

Official Definition Usage

Granite Hill Raan mir tah!
(Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund) Animal allegiance pack!
Expanded Definition (Animal Allegiance Shout)

n. Granite Hill

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Qethsegol vahrukiv key Sarvirra, zok krin Connotations

Raan alun wah fonaar odus frod, ahrk ofan
Likely a general term, though its exact
ok sil fah ok drog.
definition is unknown. Unknown if rah can
This stone commemorates the horse Sarvirra, the
or cannot refer to dragons, Alduin, or the
most courageous Animal ever to charge the
Daedra, or if it is exclusive to the Aedra.
snowy battlefields, and give his soul for his lord.
(Word Wall for Raan, Animal Allegiance)

Connotations
Rahgol R4GOL
Word of Power in the Animal Allegiance Word Type Pronunciation
Shout, can refer to any animal, wild or noun /ˈrɑ gol/
tamed, but typically not monstrous
creatures. (See instead sunvaar ‘beast’.) Official Definition
Closely associated with Kaan “Kyne’ and Rage
the realms of nature. (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Etymology
May derive from rah ‘god’ given the Nords’ Expanded Definition
animal totem worship. n. rage

Usage
Rah R4 Het nok Faal Vahlok, deinmaar do
Word Type Pronunciation Dovahgolz ahrk aan Fus do unslaad rahgol
ahrk vulom.
noun /rɑ/
Here lies The Guardian, keeper of the
Official Definition Dragonstone and a Force of eternal rage and
darkness.
God(s)
(Word Wall for Fus, Unrelenting Force)
(Dialogue File, 000BBEAA)
(PrimaGames.com) Connotations
Expanded Definition More formal than ruth ‘rage’, which is often
used as an interjection.
n. god, deity, divine spirit or entity
Etymology
Usage
Related to rahgot ‘anger’.
[The Elder Scroll] is an... artifact from
outside time. It does not exist, but it has
always existed. Rah wahlaan. They
are...hmm... fragments of creation.
Rah wahlaan = gods (of) creation, or creator
gods.
(Paarthurnax, 000BBEAA)

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Rahgot R4GOT Etymology

Related to rahgol ‘rage’ and rahgot ‘anger’.
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ˈrɑ got/
Rath RATH
Official Definition
Word Type Pronunciation
Anger
(PrimaGames.com) noun /ræθ/

Expanded Definition Official Definition

n. anger River
(PrimaGames.com)
Usage
Expanded Definition
Occurs only as a dragon priest name.
n. river
Etymology
Usage
Related to rahgol ‘rage’ and rahgron ‘angry’.
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.

Rahgron R4GRON Etymology

Possibly related to reyth ‘tree’, given the
Word Type Pronunciation shape of rivers from a dragon’s-eye view.
weak adjective /ˈrɑ gron/

Official Definition Rein R2N

Angry
Word Type Pronunciation
(POGGLE, p. 1099)
(PrimaGames.com) strong verb /raɪn/

Expanded Definition Official Definition

adj. angry Roar
adv. angrily (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
v. to anger (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Usage
Expanded Definition
Het nok kopraan do Wynjolf ahrk Wuld,
v. to roar, cry (battle cry)
wen viintaas tuz vey zeim lahvu do rahgron
n. roar, battle cry
Ogiim.
Here lies the body of Wynjolf the Whirlwind,
whose shining blades cut through an army of
angry Orcs.
(Word Wall for Wuld, Whirlwind Sprint)

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Usage Here lies the body of Hela, friend to all beasts

and servant of Kyne. May she find eternal rest
Sahrot Thu'um, med aan tuz, vey zeim
in the Forest of Dreams.
hokoron pah, ol fin Dovahkiin komeyt ok
(Word Wall for Kaan, Kyne’s Peace)
rein!
Mighty Thu'um, like a blade, cut through Etymology
enemies all, as the Dragonborn issued his roar!
Related to rok ‘he’.
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Notes
Connotations
Used in hyphenated compounds (rek-
A dragon-link roar. Also pertains to the
grohiik ‘she-wolf’) to form feminine
Thu’um.
nouns. Rek has not been observed in use by
dragons. As dragons are sexless, rek may be
Rek REK a Nordic invention.

Word Type Pronunciation

pronoun /rɛk/
Rel REL
Word Type Pronunciation
Official Definition
strong verb /rɛl/
She
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Official Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
Domination
Expanded Definition (Dialogue File, 0003C574)
(PrimaGames.com)
pron. she
Expanded Definition
Usage
v. to dominate; to rule
Arngeir. Rek los Dovahkiin, Strundu'ul. Rek
n. domination, dominance; rule, reign
fen tinvaak Paarthurnax.
Arngeir. She is Dragonborn, (the) Stormcrown. Usage
She will speak (to) Paarthurnax.
Dov wahlaan fah rel.
(Einarth, 000B3981)
Dragons were created for domination.
(Paarthurnax, 0003C574)
Het dir bruniik rek-grohiik Ulfeidr, kriid
muz ahrk sunvaar, bruniik kinbok Sahqon Notes
Tah. Possibly from English ‘rule’. Featured in the
Here died the savage she-wolf Ulfeidr, slayer of dragon names Kruziikrel ‘ancient
men and beasts, and savage leader of the domination’ and Relonikiv ‘domination
Crimson Pack. enlightenment’.
(Word Wall for Tah, Animal Allegiance)

Het nok kopraan do Hela, Fahdon wah pah

sivaas aar do Kaan. Aal rek siiv unahzaal
praan ko Feykro do Hahnu.

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Revak REVAK Notes

Possibly from English ‘revere’.
Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /ˈrɛv æk, ˈrɛv ɑk/
Reyliik R9L3K
Official Definition
Sacred Word Type Pronunciation
(Dialogue File, 0003FA3E) noun /ˈreɪ lik/
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Official Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
Race
Expanded Definition (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
adj. sacred, hallowed, holy (POGGLE, p. 1097)
adv. sacredly, in a sacred manner
Expanded Definition
n. sacredness, sanctity, holiness
v. to sanctify, consecrate, hallow n. race, people (ethnicity)

Usage Usage
This is the most sacred mountain in Skyrim. Wo lost fron wah ney dov, ahrk fin reyliik
Zok revak strunmah. The great mountain of do jul, voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein!
the world. Who was kin to both wyrm, and the races of
(Paarthurnax, 0003FA3E) man, with a power to rival the sun!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Nau daar revak golt drey Freda zahrahmiik
Etymology
ek Laas, ful tol ek pogaan kiir filok, ahrk
osos sul qahnaar ek hokoron. May share suffix with ufiik ‘troll’
On this sacred ground did Freda sacrifice her and grohiik ‘wolf’ that denotes people or
Life, so that her many children might escape, creatures.
and some day vanquish her enemies.
(Word Wall for Laas, Aura Whisper)
Reyth R9TH
Connotations
Word Type Pronunciation
May refer to places that have been touched
noun /reɪθ/
by the gods (e.g. Kyne’s involvement with
the Throat of the World). Unknown if it is Official Definition
strictly religious or if it can refer to anything Tree
held in reverence. Also unknown what (PrimaGames.com)
dragons would consider ‘sacred’ given they
themselves are divine. Expanded Definition
n. tree
Etymology
May derive from rah ‘god’. Usage
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.

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Etymology Riik R3K

May relate to rath ‘river’.
Word Type Pronunciation
Notes noun /rik/
The Sadon Reyth (‘Gray Tree’’) is the name
of a ship that the Five Hundred Official Definition
Companions sailed from Atmora to Skyrim Gale
in Songs of the Return. (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

Rii R3 Expanded Definition

n. gale
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ri/ Usage
Ven Mul Riik!
Official Definition
[Wind Strength Gale!] Alduin shouts his evil
Essence mist back across Sovngarde.
(Soul Tear Shout) (Alduin, 0005094B)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) Connotations
Word of Power used by Alduin to cast mist
Expanded Definition
over Sovngarde; harnesses a strong and
n. essence, spirit, soul unstoppable wind.

Usage
Rii vaaz zol! Rinik RINIK
Essence tear zombie!
(Soul Tear Shout) Word Type Pronunciation
adverb /ˈri nik/
Connotations
Word of Power, close synonyms Official Definition
with sil ‘soul’ and zii ‘spirit’. May reach Very
deeper than either sil or zii, though still (Dialogue File, 00048F0D)
refers to a tangible and destructible thing. (POGGLE, p. 1097)
Unlike zii, does not connotate etherealness (PrimaGames.com)
or permanency.
Expanded Definition
Etymology adv. very, exceedingly, in a high degree
Likely related to zii ‘spirit’. adj. very (exact, particular)

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Usage Usage
Rinik vazah. An apt phrase. Fus ro dah!
Rinik vazah = “very true” Force balance push!
(Odahviing, 00048F0D) (Unrelenting Force Shout)

And he is no fool. Ni mey, rinik gut nol. Far You will release me - ro laan - if in return I
from it. promise to take you to Skuldafn and stop
Ni mey = “no fool”, Rinik gut nol = “very far helping Alduin?
from” Ro laan = balanced request
(Paarthurnax, 000556DB ) (Odahviing, 000E16EE)

Het mah tahrodiis tafiir Skorji Lun-Sinak, Connotations

wen klov govey naal rinik hahkun rok Word of Power in the Unrelenting Force
togaat wah gahrot. Shout, hones and focuses raw force.
Here fell the treacherous thief Skorji Leech-
Notes
Fingers, whose head was removed by the very
axe he was attempting to steal. The phrase orin brit ro ‘a fully beautiful
balance’ (0004DE36) is used to express
Notes irony.
Primarily the adverb ‘very’ as in ‘very

Rok ROK
strong’. Occurs once in the Word Walls as
an adjective meaning ‘very’ as in ‘the very
same’. Word Type Pronunciation
pronoun /rok, rɑk/
Ro RO Official Definition
Word Type Pronunciation He
strong verb /ro/ (Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Official Definition (Dialogue File, 0009C218)
Balance (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(Unrelenting Force Shout) (PrimaGames.com)
(Dialogue File, 0004DE36)
Expanded Definition
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) pron. he (third person singular, masculine
or gender-neutral)
Expanded Definition
v. to balance
n. balance

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Usage Usage
Ahrk fin zul, rok drey kod, nau tol morokei Meyz nu Ysmir, Dovahsebrom. Dahmaan
frod, rul lot Taazokaan motaad voth kein! daar rok.
And the Voice, he did wield, on that glorious (You have) become now Ysmir, Dragon of the
field, when great Tamriel shuddered with war! North. Remember these words.
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) (Greybeards, 000C43AE)

Rok funta koraav. Connotations

He failed to see. Occurs only in the phrase dahmaan daar
(Paarthurnax, 0009C218) rok ‘remember these words’. May be archaic
or formal in usage.
Het nok Faal Vahlok, wo kron pogaas moro.
Etymology
Fah ok unslaad mid, rok aav dilon voth lot
zin. Related to rot ‘word’.
Here lies the Guardian, who won much Notes
glory. For his eternal loyalty, he joins the
Not to be confused with the
dead with great honor. Become Ethereal
pronoun rok ‘he’. In-game Word Walls
(Word Wall for Mid, Battle Fury)
use rot, but the Prima Games official guide
Notes mistakenly lists rok. This may have been
Pronunciation of /rɑk/ is atypical and changed late in development after the
should be avoided. May be a gender-neutral dialogue was finished.
pronoun given that dragons are non-
gendered, refer to themselves with rok, and
as far as is known do not recognize the
Ronaan RON1N
pronoun rek. Word Type Pronunciation
noun /roˈnɑn, ˈro nɑn/
Rok ROK Official Definition
Word Type Pronunciation Archer
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
noun /rok/
(PrimaGames.com)
Official Definition
Expanded Definition
Word
n. archer
(Dialogue File, 000C43AE)
(POGGLE, p. 1099)
Usage
(PrimaGames.com)
Het mah faasnu ronaan Undveld, aar, kriid
Expanded Definition grohiik, ahrk drog do Lot Nir.
n. word Here fell the fearless archer Undveld, servant,
slayer of wolves, and lord of the Great Hunt.
(Word Wall for Nir, Aura Whisper)

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Etymology Ronax RONAX

May share root
with ronaaz ‘arrow’, ronax ‘regiment’, Word Type Pronunciation
and ronit ‘rival’ pertaining to warfare. May noun /ˈron æks, roˈnæks/
also derive from an unattested
Official Definition
compound ronah ‘archery’ (lit. ‘balanced
fury’) with the noun suffix -aan. Regiment
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Ronaaz RON1Z Expanded Definition
Word Type Pronunciation n. regiment
noun /roˈnɑz, ˈro nəz/
Usage
Official Definition Qethsegol vahrukiv Kendov se Ved Ronax,
Arrow Sille nu yoriik pindaar se Sovngarde pah
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Ul.
(PrimaGames.com) This stone commemorates the warriors of the
Black Regiment, whose souls now march on the
Expanded Definition
plains of Sovngarde for all Eternity.
n. arrow (Word Wall for Ul, Slow Time)

Usage Etymology
Thoringar wahlaan qethsegol monii May share root
vahrukt, Noomi, wen dez los wah Aus nin with ronaan ‘archer’, ronax ‘regiment’,
do pogaan Ogiim ronaaz. and ronit ‘rival’ pertaining to warfare. May
Thoringar raised this stone for his daughter’s also be a compound word of ro ‘balance’
memory, Noomi, whose fate it was to Suffer the and nax ‘cruelty’, a force that dispenses
sting of many Orc arrows. justice or punishment.
(Word Wall for Aus, Marked for Death)

Etymology Ronit RONIT

May share root
with ronaan ‘archer’, ronax ‘regiment’, Word Type Pronunciation
and ronit ‘rival’ pertaining to warfare. May strong verb /ˈron it/
also derive from an unattested
Official Definition
compound ronah ‘archery’ (lit. ‘balanced
fury’) with a z that indicates sharpness or Rival (verb)
pain as seen (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
in faaz ‘pain’, iiz ‘ice’, kinzon ‘sharp’, tuz ‘bla (POGGLE, p. 1097)
de’ and vaaz ‘to tear’. (PrimaGames.com)

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Expanded Definition Etymology

v. to rival, match, equal Compound of the name Rorik with hofkah
n. rival, match, equal, comparison ‘house’.

Usage
Wo lost fron wah ney dov, ahrk fin reyliik Rot ROT
do jul, voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein!
Word Type Pronunciation
Who was kin to both wyrm, and the races of
man, with a power to rival the sun! noun /rot/
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Official Definition
Connotations Word
Does not mean ‘rival’ as in ‘foe’ or (PrimaGames.com)
‘opponent’. Denotes someone or something Expanded Definition
that is equal.
n. word
Etymology
Usage
May share root
with ronaan ‘archer’, ronax ‘regiment’, Nonvul Bron, dahmaan daar rok do fin
and ronit ‘rival’ pertaining to warfare. Fodiiz Bormah - Faas ni Brendon do Dinok,
fah rok los qolaas do moro, ahrk hin aak
wah lot Sovngarde.
Rorikhofkah Noble Nord, remember these words of the Hoar

RORIKHOFK4 Father - Fear not the Specter of Death, for he is

the herald of glory, and your guide to great
Word Type Pronunciation Sovngarde.
(Word Wall for Faas, Dismay)
noun /ˈro rikˌhof kə/
Connotations
Official Definition
Primarily spoken word, compared to the
Rorik’s Steading
written sik ‘rune/word’.
(Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund)
Notes
Expanded Definition
In-game Word Walls use the word rot, but
n. Rorik’s Steading, Rorikstead
the Prima Games official guide mistakenly
Usage lists rok. This may have been changed late in
development.
Rorik's Steading - Rorikhofkah - A Small
Farmstead in the Western Plains. Grain,
Leather, Horses.
(Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund)

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Rotmulaag ROTMUL1G Rovaan ROV1N

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ˈrot mul ɑg/ noun /roˈvɑn, ˈro vən/

Official Definition Official Definition

Word of Power Wander
(Dialogue File, 000D2CF3) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Expanded Definition

n. Word of Power v. to wander, rove, roam
n. wanderings
Usage
Ah, I forget how little you know of the dov. Usage
Our names are always made up of three Het mah Hrothmar, Bah Grohiik do bruniik
Rotmulaag - Words of Power. pindaar. Aal ok sil rovaan Sovngarde
(Paarthurnax, 000D2CF3) mahfaeraak.
Here fell Hrothmar, Wrath Wolf of the savage
Knowing a Word of Power is to take its plains. May his soul wander Sovngarde forever.
meaning into yourself. … Contemplate the (Word Wall for Bah, Storm Call)
meaning of a Rotmulaag. You will become
closer to that Word, as it fills your inner Connotations
self. Does not connotate being lost; to travel
(Paarthurnax, 000E8277) freely.

Connotations Notes
A word that is part of a Shout. Any word Likely from English ‘rove’.
may hypothetically become a rotmulaag but

Ru RU
its deeper meaning must be understood.

Etymology
Word Type Pronunciation
Compound of rot ‘word’
and mulaag ‘strength/power’. strong verb /ru/

Official Definition
Run
(Dismay Shout)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
v. to run (from), flee
n. run, flight

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Usage Etymology
Faas ru maar! Likely related to ruz ‘then’.
Fear run terror!
Notes
(Dismay Shout)
See synonym fod ‘when’, which is used
Het nok kopraan do sonaan Romerius, wo more generally. Was likely invented to
unt Ru nol osos gogil, nuz motmah. avoid repetition between frod and fod in the
Here lies the body of the bard Romerius, who Song of the Dragonborn.
tried to Run from some goblins, but slipped.

Ruth RUTH
(Word Wall for Ru, Dismay)

Connotations
Word Type Pronunciation
To move in haste, esp. to flee from danger.
Differs from bovul ‘to flee’ in that it does not noun /ruθ/
necessarily connotate defeat or loss of hope. Official Definition
Notes Rage/Curses
From English ‘run’. (Dialogue File, 000E898C, 000C64F1)
(PrimaGames.com)

Rul RUL Expanded Definition

n. rage
Word Type Pronunciation interj. rage. curses, damn
conjunction /rul/
Usage
Official Definition Faas nu [sic], zini dein ruthi ahst vaal.
Rul (special case, used only when the word Fear not, my honor holds my rage at bay.
is the first in the sentence) (Odahviing, 000E898C)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Faaz! Nah! … So this is how you defeated
(PrimaGames.com) Alduin. Ruth... zu'u ni Alduin.
“Pain, fury!” = “damn you!”, Zu'u ni Alduin =
Expanded Definition
“I (am) not Alduin.”
conj. when; at the time of, in the event that (Odahviing, 000D2D72, 000D2D73)
(used only at the beginning of sentences or
phrases) Ruth wah nivahriin joor!
Rage/curses to (you) cowardly mortal!
Usage (Alduin, 000C64F1)
Ahrk fin zul, rok drey kod, nau tol morokei
frod, rul lot Taazokaan motaad voth kein! Connotations
And the Voice, he did wield, on that glorious More common in speech than
field, when great Tamriel shuddered with war! synonym rahgol ‘rage’, used as an
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) interjection to express anger or frustration.

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Ruvaak RUV1K Usage

Nuz aan sul, fent alok, fod fin vul dovah
Word Type Pronunciation nok, fen kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ruz!
noun /ˈru vək/ Paaz Keizaal fen kos stin nol bein Alduin
jot!
Official Definition But a day, shall arise, when the dark dragon's
Raven lies, will be silenced forever and then! Fair
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Skyrim will be free from foul Alduin's maw!
(PrimaGames.com) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)

Expanded Definition Etymology

n. raven Likely related to rul ‘when’.

Usage
Wulfik wahlaan qethsegol judii vahrukt,
Hrefna Ruvaak-Om, wen miin Diin sos do
Saan S1N
naan jul. Word Type Pronunciation
Wulfik raised this stone in memory of his queen, strong verb /sɑn/
Hrefna Raven-Hair, whose eyes could Freeze the
blood of any man. Official Definition
(Word Wall for Diin, Frost Breath) Lose
(PrimaGames.com)
Connotations
Used to mean ‘black’. Possibly associated Expanded Definition
with the cold or death. v. to lose
n. loss

Ruz RUZ Usage

Word Type Pronunciation Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.
adverb /ruz/

Official Definition Sadon SADON

Then (“ahrk ruz” = “and then”) Word Type Pronunciation
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
strong adjective /’sæ don, ‘sɑ don/
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) Official Definition
Gray
Expanded Definition
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
adv. then, after which, next in time
(PrimaGames.com)

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Expanded Definition Usage

adj. gray Modir fin Sadonvum wahlaan qethsegol
adv. grayly zeymahii vahrukt Oskar, wen zul los sahlo
n. gray, grayness ahrk ni sahrot Thu’um do ok brod.
v. to gray, make or become gray [Modir the Greybeard raised (this) stone (in) his
brother’s memory, Oskar whose voice was weak
Usage and not (the) mighty Thu’um of his clan.]
Loknir Mal-Tu wahlaan qethsegol aarii (Unused Word Wall for Zul, Throw Voice)
vahrukt, bonaar Vakeeza, wo vaat Mir wah
Connotations
jun do Keizaal, ahrk dir ko sadon gravuun.
Loknir Little-Hammer erected this stone in Respectful, connotes great age and wisdom.
memory of his servant, humble Vakeeza, who
Etymology
swore Allegiance to the kings of Skyrim, and
Compound of sadon ‘gray’ and vum ‘beard’.
died in the gray autumn.
(Word Wall for Mir, Animal Allegiance) Notes
Etymology Unknown whether this refers to a member
of the Greybeards, or is more likely an
Shares ending -on with sahqon ‘crimson’
adjective describing someone who is gray-
and yuvon ‘golden’.
bearded. Similar, better understood words
Notes such as wuth ‘old’ and onik ‘wise’ should be
The Sadon Reyth (‘Gray Tree’’) is the name used instead when referring to age.
of a ship that the Five Hundred
Companions sailed from Atmora to Skyrim
in Songs of the Return.
Sah S4
Word Type Pronunciation
Sadonvum SADONVUM strong adjective /sɑ/

Official Definition
Pronunciation
Word Type Phantom
/’sæ don vum, ‘sɑ don
strong adjective (Phantom Form Shout)
vum/
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Official Definition (PrimaGames.com)
No official translation given.
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition adj. phantom, phantomlike, illusory
adj. graybearded adv. in an illusory manner
adv. in the manner of a graybeard n. phantom; illusion
n. graybeard v. to make or become illusory
v. to age, to make or become graybearded

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Usage Modir fin Gut wahlaan qethsegol zeymahii

vahrukt, Oskar fin Mey, wen Zul los sahlo,
Fiik lo sah!
ahrk ni sahrot Thu’um do ok brod.
Mirror deceive phantom!
Modir the Far raised this stone for his brother,
(Phantom Form Shout)
Oskar the Fool, whose Voice was weak, and not
Qethsegol vahrukiv sod do Siglif fin Vonun the mighty Thu’um of his clan.
wo aam lot Keizaal ni ol kendov ko vu nuz (Word Wall for Throw Voice)
ol sah ko suvulaan.
Draal ni fah Drem, fah grik los hind do
[(This) stone commemorates (the) deeds of Siglif
sahlo ahrk nivahriin.
the Unseen, who served great Skyrim not as (a)
Pray not for Peace, for such is the wish of the
warrior in dawn, but as (a) phantom in
weak and cowardly.
twilight.]
(Word Wall for Drem, Kyne’s Peace)
(Unused Word Wall for Sah, Phantom
Form) Connotations
Connotations Means both ‘ineffective’ and ‘not strong’.
Word of Power; false or unreal, typically
ghostly or supernatural. Sahqo S4QO
Word Type Pronunciation
Sahlo S4LO strong adjective /ˈsɑ kwo/
Word Type Pronunciation
Official Definition
trong adjective /ˈsɑ lo/
Red
Official Definition (Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Weak
(PrimaGames.com)
(Dialogue File, 0003F9E1)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Expanded Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
adj. red
Expanded Definition adv. redly
n. red; redness
adj. weak; ineffective, poor
v. to redden
adv. weakly; poorly
n. weakness
Usage
v. to weaken
Brothi wahlaan qethsegol kulii vahrukt,
Usage Odrav Keyn-Haal, wo drun pogaas zin wah
Brod Sahqo-Strunmah.
Qostiid sahlo aak.
Brothi raised this stone for her son Odrav,
Prophecy is a weak guide.
Anvil-Hand, who brought much honor to Clan
(Paarthurnax, 0003F9E1)
Red-Mountain.
(Word Wall for Haal, Disarm)

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Aesa wahlaan qethsegol briinahii vahrukt, Lungerd wahlaan qethsegol ahmulii

Thohild fin Toor, wen smoliin ag frin ol vahrukt, Thorgrima, deinmaar do sahqon
Sahqo Heim. yolos, ahrk drog do Lah.
Aesa raised this stone for her sister, Thohild the Lungerd raised this stone in memory of her
Inferno, whose passion burned hot as the Red husband, Thorgrima, keeper of the crimson
Forge. flame, and lord of Magicka.
(Word Wall for Toor, Inferno) (Word Wall for Lah, Drain Vitality)

Connotations Connotations
Associated with heat and fire. Associated with fire and magic, possibly
also blood.
Etymology
Possibly truncated from sahqon ‘crimson’ Etymology
given that ending -on is also seen in the Shares ending -on with sadon ‘gray’
colors sadon ‘gray’ and yuvon ‘golden’; more and yuvon ‘golden’. Possibly derived
likely that sahqon came first from sahqo ‘red’ but the reverse is more
than sahqon being an extension of sahqo. likely.

Sahqon S4QON Sahrot S4ROT

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /ˈsɑ kwon/ strong adjective /ˈsɑ rot/

Official Definition Official Definition

Crimson Mighty
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(PrimaGames.com) (Dialogue File, 0009E075)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Expanded Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
adj. crimson
adv. in a crimson-like manner Expanded Definition
n. crimson adj. mighty; great, significant
v. to make or become crimson adv. mightily; greatly, significantly
n. might; mightiness; significance
Usage v. to become or make mighty
Het dir bruniik rek-grohiik Ulfeidr, kriid
muz ahrk sunvaar, bruniik kinbok Sahqon
Tah.
Here died the savage she-wolf Ulfeidr, slayer of
men and beasts, and savage leader of the
Crimson Pack.
(Word Wall for Tah, Animal Allegiance)

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Usage Sahsunaar S4SUN1R

Sahrot Thu'um, med aan tuz, vey zeim
hokoron pah, ol fin Dovahkiin komeyt ok Word Type Pronunciation
rein! noun /ˈsɑ sun ɑr/
Mighty Thu'um, like a blade, cut through
enemies all, as the Dragonborn issued his roar! Official Definition
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Villager(s)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Sahrot thur qahnaraan! (PrimaGames.com)
The mighty overlord is vanquished!
Expanded Definition
(Dragon, 0009E075)
n. villager
You have won a mighty victory. Sahrot
krongrah - one that will echo through all the Usage
ages of this world for those who have eyes Qethsegol vahrukiv sahsunaar do daniik
to see. Vundeheim, ag nahlaas naal Qo do Unslaad
(Paarthurnax, 0009C212) Krosis.
This stone commemorates the villagers of
Connotations doomed Vundeheim, burned alive by the
Possessing great strength or power, or great Lightning of Unending Sorrow.
significance. (Word Wall for Qo, Storm Call)

Sahsun S4SUN Sahvot S4VOT

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ˈsɑ sun/ strong verb /ˈsɑ vot/

Official Definition Official Definition

Village Faith
(PrimaGames.com) (POGGLE, p. 1097)

Expanded Definition Expanded Definition

n. village v. to believe, have faith in
n. faith; belief
Usage
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.

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Usage Lingrah krosis saraan Strundu'ul, voth nid

balaan klov praan nau.
Het ont kriist Miraak, wo ahtiid ok sahvot
Long sorrowfully (has) waited the Stormcrown,
ol Qah, spaan naal Deyra fah ok unslaad
with no worthy head to rest on.
midun.
(Greybeards, 000C43AB)
Here once stood Miraak, who wore his faith as
Armor, shielded by the Daedra for his unending
Dovahkiin, vosaraan! Use Dragonrend
loyalty.
before Alduin consumes you!
(Word Wall for Qah, Dragon Aspect)
Vosaraan = do not delay
Connotations (Paarthurnax, 000C64F6)
Unknown if strictly religious or if it may
pertain to general trust and loyalty. Qethsegol vahrukiv Bhor fin Golah, wo
praal het mulhaan ol Gol saraan onikiv,
Etymology nunon wah meyz wuth sinon do onik.
Possibly related to unattested This stone commemorates Bhor the Stubborn,
word sav/saav ‘to save’ from saviik ‘savior’, who sat here still as Earth awaiting
or related to ov ‘to trust’. enlightenment, only to become old instead of
wise.
(Word Wall for Gol, Bend Will)
Saraan SAR1N
Word Type Pronunciation Saviik SAV3K
strong verb /səˈrɑn, sɑrˈən/
Word Type Pronunciation
Official Definition noun /ˈsɑ vik/
Await/Wait/Delay
(Dialogue File, 000E1705, 000C64F6) Official Definition
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Savior
(PrimaGames.com) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Expanded Definition (PrimaGames.com)
v. to wait, await; to delay
n. wait; delay Expanded Definition
n. savior
Usage
Alduin saraan hin sil ko Sovngarde! Usage
Alduin awaits your soul in Sovngarde! Dovahkiin kos fin saviik do muz!
(Dragon, 000E1705) Dragonborn, be the savior of men!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)

Connotations
Appears to be used in reverence, but likely
not religious in connotation.

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Etymology
Likely from an unattested Shaan SH1N
word sav/saav meaning ‘to save’ with the
Word Type Pronunciation
suffix -iik seen also in wunduniik ‘wanderer’.
strong verb /ʃɑn/

Se SE Official Definition
Inspire
Word Type Pronunciation (Battle Fury Shout)
preposition /sɛ/ (POGGLE, p. 1097)

Official Definition Expanded Definition

Of, should be used when new words are v. to inspire
formed n. inspiration
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) Usage
Mid vur shaan!
Expanded Definition Loyal valor inspire!
prep. of, originating from; belonging to (Battle Fury Shout)

Usage Nonvul Bron, mahfaeraak dahmaan sahrot

Qethsegol vahrukiv vur do Faal Vahlok, Vahlok wen lot ahkrin shaan ney muz ahrk
nonvul aar se dovah wen dez lost wah dovah.
qahnaar tahrodiis Miraak. Noble Nord, forever remember the mighty
This stone commemorates the valor of the Guardian whose great courage inspired both
Guardian, noble servant of dragons whose fate it men and dragons.
was to vanquish the treacherous Miraak. (Word Wall for Shaan, Battle Fury)
(Word Wall for Vur, Battle Fury)
Connotations
Het mah sahrot konahrik Aaban, kiin se Klo Word of Power, associated with bravery,
se Alikr, praan nu denek Keizaal. courage, and spirit, esp. in battle.
Here fell the mighty warlord Aaban, born of the
Sand of the Alik’r, at rest now in the soil of
Skyrim. Shul SHUL
(Word Wall for Klo, Slow Time)
Word Type Pronunciation
Notes noun /ʃul/
Used only to indicate origin or possession.
Official Definition
See the more general word do ‘of/about’.
Used to form compound words such Sun (Word of Power, see also Krein)
as qethsegol ‘stone’ (lit. ‘bone of the earth’) (Fire Breath Shout)
and suleyksejun ‘realm’ (lit. ‘power of the (Dialogue File, 000B89E4)
king’). (POGGLE, p. 1097)

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Expanded Definition Usage

n. sun; sunlight, daylight Het mah siigonis Neivaan wo wundun Gut
nol hofkiin dir voth zin ko ahmik do
Usage Zeymahzin.
Yol toor shul! [Here fell (the) lizard Nievaan, who travelled
Fire inferno sun! Far from home (to) die with honor in service of
(FIre Breath Shout) (the) Companions.]
(Unused Word Wall for Gut, Throw Voice)
A gift, Dovahkiin. Shul. Understand Sun as
Connotations
the dov do.
(Paarthurnax, 000B89E4) Originally means ‘lizard’ but also used to
refer to Argonians, likely not derogatory.
Het mah Herfodr Shul-Kriid, sahrot
konahrik do Lumnaar do Krent Hahnu.
Here fell Herfodr Sun-Slayer, mighty warlord of
Siiv S3V
the Valley of Broken Dreams. Word Type Pronunciation
(Word Wall for Shul, Fire Breath)
strong verb /siv/
Connotations
Official Definition
Word of Power, associated with daylight.
Find/Found
Refers to the light and fire of the sun.
(Dialogue File, 00048F02)
Distinct from synonym krein, which more
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
closely refers to the heavenly body itself
(PrimaGames.com)
(Magnus).
Expanded Definition
Etymology
v. to find; to encounter; to gain, come to
Likely from sul ‘day’.
possess
n. find, finding
Siigonis S3GONIS Usage
Word Type Pronunciation Hind siiv Alduin?
noun /ˈsi go nis, siˈgon is/ (You) wish to find Alduin?
(Odahviing, 00048F02)
Official Definition
Argonian/Lizard Nivahriin muz fent siiv nid aaz het.
(PrimaGames.com) Cowardly men shall find no mercy here.
(Morokei, 00080103)
Expanded Definition
n. lizard; Argonian

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Het nok Yngnavar Gaaf-Kodaav, wo drey

Yah moro nau Frod do Krosis, nuz sinon
Sil SIL
siiv dinok ahrk dukaan. Word Type Pronunciation
Here lies Yngnavar Ghost-Bear, who did Seek
noun /sil/
glory on the Battlefield of Sorrows, but instead
found death and dishonor. Official Definition
(Word Wall for Yah, Aura Whisper) Soul
(Dialogue File, 000E1705)
Het nok kopraan do Hela, Fahdon wah pah
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
sivaas aar do Kaan. Aal rek siiv unahzaal
(PrimaGames.com)
praan ko Feykro do Hahnu.
Here lies the body of Hela, friend to all beasts Expanded Definition
and servant of Kyne. May she find eternal rest n. soul; character, nature; life
in the Forest of Dreams.
(Word Wall for Kaan, Kyne’s Peace) Usage
Alduin saraan hin sil ko Sovngarde!
Notes
Alduin awaits your soul in Sovngarde!
Means ‘to locate’, but primarily used to
(Dragon, 000E1705)
mean ‘to encounter’ (‘to find death’) or ‘to
gain or come to possess’ (‘to find one’s Het mah Hrothmar, Bah Grohiik do bruniik
courage’). Likely from English ‘seek’. pindaar. Aal ok sil rovaan Sovngarde
mahfaeraak.
Sik SIK Here fell Hrothmar, Wrath Wolf of the savage
plains. May his soul wander Sovngarde forever.
Word Type Pronunciation (Word Wall for Bah, Storm Call)
noun /sik/
Pruzaan Zun ko Keizaal los hahdrim do
Official Definition dwiin-sil kendov.
Rune/Word The best Weapon in Skyrim is the mind of a
(PrimaGames.com) steel-souled warrior.
(Word Wall for Zun, Disarm)
Expanded Definition
n. rune; word, written word Qethsegol vahrukiv key Sarvirra, zok krin
Raan alun wah fonaar odus frod, ahrk ofan
Usage ok sil fah ok drog.
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list. This stone commemorates the horse Sarvirra, the
most courageous Animal ever to charge the
Notes snowy battlefields, and give his soul for his lord.
Possibly from English ‘sign’, Latin signum. (Word Wall for Raan, Animal Allegiance)

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Connotations Etymology
Specifically refers to souls in the afterlife. Se compound of plural sille ‘souls’
Generally should not be used in reference to and joor ‘mortal’, lit. ‘souls of mortals’.
dragons. Contrast with zii ‘spirit’ which
Notes
more closely refers to living souls (such as
the soul of a living person or dragon). Plural, singular silsejoor.

Notes
From English ‘soul’. Refers to literal souls, Sinak SINAK
but also used to refer to character or nature
Word Type Pronunciation
(dwiin-sil ‘steel-souled’) or one’s life (ofan ok
sil ‘to give his soul’). Not to be confused noun /ˈsi næk, ˈsi nɑk/
with the close homophone ziil ‘your spirit’. Official Definition
Finger(s)
Sillesejoor (Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
SILLESEJ8R (PrimaGames.com)

Word Type Pronunciation Expanded Definition

noun /ˌsil le sɛˈdʒɔr, sil ɛˈsjur/ n. finger

Official Definition Usage

Mortal Souls Het mah tahrodiis tafiir Skorji Lun-Sinak,
(Dialogue File, 000CDDF1) wen klov govey naal rinik hahkun rok
togaat wah gahrot.
Expanded Definition
Here fell the treacherous thief Skorji Leech-
n. mortal souls
Fingers, whose head was removed by the very
axe he was attempting to steal.
Usage
(Word Wall for Lun, Marked for Death)
Bahloki nahkip sillesejoor.
My hunger has been fed by mortal souls. Connotations
(Alduin, 000CDDF1) Unknown whether specific to human
fingers or can refer to dragon claws or
He has travelled to Sovngarde to regain his digits.
strength, devouring the sillesejoor... the
souls of the mortal dead.
(Odahviing, 00048F05)

Connotations
Refers to mortal souls in the afterlife.

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Sindugahvon Sinon SINON

SINDUG4VON Word Type Pronunciation
Pronunciation adverb /siˈnon, ˈsi non/
Word Type
strong adjective
/ˌsin duˈgɑ von, sinˈdu gə Official Definition
von/
Instead
Official Definition (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Unyielding
(POGGLE, p. 1099) Expanded Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
adv. instead
Expanded Definition
Usage
adj. unyielding
Het nok Yngnavar Gaaf-Kodaav, wo drey
adv. unyieldingly
Yah moro nau Frod do Krosis, nuz sinon
n. unyieldingness
siiv dinok ahrk dukaan.
v. to not yield; to make or become
Here lies Yngnavar Ghost-Bear, who did Seek
unyielding
glory on the Battlefield of Sorrows, but instead
Usage found death and dishonor.
(Word Wall for Yah, Aura Whisper)
Orin pruzaan dwiin aal kreh ahrk kren, nuz
Slen do vahzah muz los sindugahvon. Etymology
Even the best steel may bend and break, but the
May relate to nunon ‘only’, indicating the
Flesh of a true man is unyielding.
contrary, root nuz ‘but’.
(Word Wall for Slen, Ice Form)
Notes
Etymology
Not used as in ‘instead of’.
From gahvon ‘to yield’. Exact derivation is
unknown, but du- may be a negative prefix
and si(n)- may also appear in sizaan ‘lost’. Sivaas SIV1S
Notes Word Type Pronunciation
Misspelled as sindungahvon in the noun /siˈvɑs, ˈsi vəs/
PrimaGames.com list.
Official Definition
Beast
(Dialogue File, 00045D09)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
n. beast, creature

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Usage Expanded Definition

Het nok kopraan do Hela, Fahdon wah pah adj. lost
sivaas aar do Kaan. Aal rek siiv unahzaal adv. in a lost manner
praan ko Feykro do Hahnu. n. the quality or state of being lost
Here lies the body of Hela, friend to all beasts v. to lose, make or become lost
and servant of Kyne. May she find eternal rest
Usage
in the Forest of Dreams.
(Word Wall for Kaan, Kyne’s Peace) Alduin sizaan midroti.
Alduin has lost my loyalty.
I used to visit [Numinex] from time to time. (Odahviing, 000E16FE)
Nearly crazed by loneliness and captivity.
Tiiraz sivaas. He did not even remember his Bekkhild wahlaan qethsegol ahmulii
own name. vahrukt, Eyolf, wen veysun los sizaan ko
Tiiraaz sivaas = “sad beast” vul Kest ko Okaaz do Luv.
(Paarthurnax, 00045D09) Bekkhild raised this stone for her husband, Eyolf,
whose ship was lost in a dark Tempest in the Sea
Connotations of Tears.
Closer in meaning to ‘animal’ or ‘creature’. (Word Wall for Kest, Whirlwind Sprint)
Associated with Kyne and the wilderness.
Etymology
Can refer to wild animals, but not vicious or
savage in nature. Noble, respectful, even Possibly from saan ‘to lose’.
sympathetic in connotation. Contrast
Notes
with sunvaar‘beast’, which refers to
monstrous beasts. May be an irregular past participle
of saan ‘to lose’.
Etymology
May share feminine ending -
aas with kulaas ‘princess’, further relating to
Slen SLEN
Kyne. Word Type Pronunciation
noun /slɛn/
Sizaan SIZ1N Official Definition
Word Type Pronunciation Flesh
strong adjective /siˈzɑn/ (Ice Form Shout)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Official Definition (PrimaGames.com)
Lost
Expanded Definition
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) n. flesh, body

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Usage Usage
Iiz slen nus! Aesa wahlaan qethsegol briinahii vahrukt,
Ice flesh statue! Thohild fin Toor, wen smoliin ag frin ol
(Ice Form Shout) Sahqo Heim.
Aesa raised this stone for her sister, Thohild the
Slen Tiid Vo! Inferno, whose passion burned hot as the Red
[Flesh time undo!] Forge.
(Alduin, 000B3987) (Word Wall for Toor, Inferno)

Orin pruzaan dwiin aal kreh ahrk kren, nuz Connotations

Slen do vahzah muz los sindugahvon. Associated with heat and fire, close
Even the best steel may bend and break, but the synonym to frin ‘heat/eagerness’.
Flesh of a true man is unyielding.
Notes
(Word Wall for Slen, Ice Form)
Possibly from English ‘smolder’.
Connotations
Word of Power in both the Ice Form Shout
and Alduin’s dragon resurrection Shout. So SO
Refers to living, bodily flesh, not food as in
Word Type Pronunciation
‘meat’. Contrast with kopraan ‘body’, which
strong adjective /so/
refers to the dead.
Official Definition

Smoliin SMOL3N Sorrow

(Dialogue File, 0009C212)
Word Type Pronunciation
Expanded Definition
noun /ˈsmo liin/
adj. sorrowful, melancholy, woeful
Official Definition adv. sorrowfully, woefully
Passion n. sorrow, melancholy, woe
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More) v. to make or become sorrowful; to feel
(POGGLE, p. 1097) sorrow for
(PrimaGames.com)
Usage
Expanded Definition But I forget myself. Krosis. So los mid
n. passion, fervor fahdon. Melancholy is an easy trap for a
dovah to fall into.
So los mid fahdon = “Sorrow is (a) loyal friend”
(Paarthurnax, 0009C212)

Connotations
More specific than the
conversational krosis ‘sorrow’, exclusively
refers to feelings of melancholy.

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Usage
Sod SOD Pah werid morokei Miraak, zok suleykaar
do pah Sonaak wen Mul bolaav naal
Word Type Pronunciation Fahluaan do Jul.
noun /sod/ All praise the glorious Miraak, most powerful of
all priests, whose Strength was granted by the
Official Definition Gardener of Men.
Deed (Exploit) (Word Wall for Mul, Dragon Aspect)
(PrimaGames.com)
Qethsegol vahrukiv lot Miraak – sonaak do
Expanded Definition
lot onikaan, aar do faal Diiv, ahrk hokoron
n. deed, exploit do jul.
This stone commemorates the great Miraak –
Usage
priest of great wisdom, servant of the Wyrm,
Qethsegol vahrukiv sod do Siglif fin Vonun and enemy of man.
wo aam lot Keizaal ni ol kendov ko vu nuz (Word Wall for Diiv, Dragon Aspect)
ol sah ko suvulaan.
[(This) stone commemorates (the) deeds of Siglif Connotations
the Unseen, who served great Skyrim not as (a) General word for ‘priest’, but implies
warrior in dawn, but as (a) phantom in ‘dragon priest’ unless otherwise specified
twilight.] (i.e. stating dovah sonaak is not necessary in
(Unused Word Wall for Sah, Phantom most cases).
Form)
Etymology
Connotations Related to sonaan ‘bard’.
Heroic or notable deeds.

Sonaan SON1N
Sonaak SON1K
Word Type Pronunciation
Word Type Pronunciation noun /soˈnɑn/
noun /soˈnɑk/
Official Definition
Official Definition Bard
Priest (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Expanded Definition

n. priest; dragon priest n. bard

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Usage Wulfik wahlaan qethsegol judii vahrukt,

Hrefna Ruvaak-Om, wen miin Diin sos do
Pah werid sonaan Lunerio, wen yuvon
naan jul.
lovaas meyz Fo, het ko vulon.
Wulfik raised this stone in memory of his queen,
All praise the bard Lunerio, whose golden voice
Hrefna Raven-Hair, whose eyes could Freeze the
became Frost, here in the night.
blood of any man.
(Word Wall for Fo, Frost Breath)
(Word Wall for Diin, Frost Breath)
Het nok kopraan do sonaan Romerius, wo
Het nok kopraan do Iglif Iiz-Sos, wo grind
unt Ru nol osos gogil, nuz motmah.
ok oblaan ni ko morokei vukein, nuz ahst
Here lies the body of the bard Romerius, who
munax haalvut do liiv krasaar.
tried to Run from some goblins, but slipped.
Here lies the body of Iglif Ice-Blood, who met his
(Word Wall for Ru, Dismay)
end not in glorious combat, but at the cruel
Connotations touch of the withering sickness.
Any storyteller through song or tale, (Word Wall for Iiz, Ice Form)
possibly associated with priesthood.
Connotations
Etymology Pertains to lineage. Associated with one’s
Related to sonaan ‘priest’. inborn power, heat, life, and strength.

Sos SOS Sosaal SOS1L

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
noun /sos/ strong verb /soˈzɑl, ˈsos ɑl/

Official Definition Official Definition

Blood Blood
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More) (Dialogue File, 000E16F9)
(Dialogue File, 0003F88F) (PrimaGames.com)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Expanded Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
v. to bleed; to suffer, be punished
Expanded Definition n. bleeding; suffering, punishment
n. blood
Usage
Usage Sosaal fah hin vothaarn.
So. You have made your way here, to me. (You will) bleed for your disobedience.
No easy task for a joor... mortal. Even for (Alduin, 000E16F9)
one of Dovah Sos. Dragonblood.
(Paarthurnax, 0003F88F) Kren sosaal!
Break (and) bleed!
(Draugr, 0004C5A0)

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Connotations Sot SOT

Also used to mean ‘to suffer’ or ‘to be
punished’. Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /sot/
Etymology
From sos ‘blood’. Official Definition
White
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Sossedov SOSSEDOV (PrimaGames.com)

Word Type Pronunciation Expanded Definition

strong verb /sos sɛˈdov/ adj. white
adv. in a white manner
Official Definition
n. white; whiteness
Dragonblood/Blood of the Dragon v. to whiten
(Dialogue File, 0005586A)
(PrimaGames.com) Usage
Qethsegol vahrukiv ahzid Viik do
Expanded Definition
Briinahmaar do Sot Peyt, naako wah fin laat
n. dragonblood
naal ufiik do Korvag Kol.
This stone commemorates the bitter Defeat of the
Usage
Sisterhood of the White Rose, eaten to the last by
Aaah... yes! Sossedov los mul. The
the Trolls of Korvag Crag.
dragonblood runs strong in you. It is long
(Word Wall for Viik, Disarm)
since I had the pleasure of speech with one
of my own kind. Sigruuf wahlaan qethsegol briinahii
Sossedov = “blood of the dragon”, los mul = “is vahrukt, Lanal, wen brit luft los ol kinzon
strong” ahrk sot ol Nus, dwiirok nol nahlaas
(Paarthurnax, 0005586A) ozinvey.
Connotations Sigruuf raised this stone for his sister, Lanal,
whose beautiful face was as sharp and white as a
Not just literal blood, but the power and
Statue, carved from living ivory.
nature of dragonkind.
(Word Wall for Nus, Ice Form)
Etymology
Etymology
Se compound of sos ‘blood’
Possibly related to od ‘snow’.
and dov ‘dragonkind’.

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Sov SOV Usage

Thurri du hin sille ko Sovngarde!
Word Type Pronunciation My lord will feast on your souls in Sovngarde!
strong verb /sov/ (Mirmulnir, 00056380)

Official Definition Maar saraan ko Sovngarde.

Spend/Spent Terror awaits in Sovngarde.
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (Alduin, 000CDDF6)

Expanded Definition Sovngarde saraan!

v. to spend Sovngarde awaits!
n. spending (Draugr, 00056380)

Usage Het mah Hrothmar, Bah Grohiik do bruniik

Qethsegol vahrukiv Hrodmir fin Krent, wo pindaar. Aal ok sil rovaan Sovngarde
sov pah ok eruvos ahrk faraan wah Nos mahfaeraak.
tum krivaan do ok zeymah. Here fell Hrothmar, Wrath Wolf of the savage
This stone commemorates Hrodmir the Broken, plains. May his soul wander Sovngarde forever.
who spent all his years and fortune to Strike (Word Wall for Bah, Storm Call)
down the killer of his brother.
(Word Wall for Nos, Cyclone) Etymology
Borrowed directly from the Nords.
Connotations
May refer to money, or to spend or use Notes
time. Unlikely that a unique name for Sovngarde
exists in the dragon language as the
borrowed name has widespread use by
Sovngarde both dragons and Nords.
SOVNGARDE
Word Type Pronunciation Sovrahzun
noun /ˈsɑ vɪn gɑrd, ˈso vɪn gɑrd/ SOVR4ZUN
Official Definition Word Type Pronunciation
Sovngarde noun /ˈsov rə zun, sovˈrɑ zun/
(Dialogue File, 00056380)
(POGGLE, p. 1099) Official Definition
Mercenary
Expanded Definition (POGGLE, p. 1097)
n. Sovngarde
Expanded Definition
n. mercenary

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Het mah spaan vahdin Valkrys, wo krif

Usage
voth ahkrin, nuz los folaas wah Ov mulaag
Qethsegol vahrukiv Vulgrum fin Zahkrii ko
do bodiis tuz.
fin Ven, sovrahzun wen moro lost maltiid,
Here fell the shield maiden Valkrys, who fought
nuz ko vahrukt unslaad.
bravely, but was wrong to Trust the strength of
This stone commemorates Vulgrum the Sword
a borrowed blade.
in the Wind, the mercenary whose glory was
(Word Wall for Ov, Kyne’s Peace)
brief, but in memory eternal.
(Word Wall for Ven, Cyclone)

Etymology
Staadnau ST1DNAU
From sov ‘to spend’ and zun ‘weapon’, Word Type Pronunciation
possibly fashioned after the term strong adjective /stədˈnaʊ, ˈstad naʊ/
‘sellsword’, where sovrah is an unattested
word that means ‘to sell’ or ‘to give for Official Definition
hire’. strong adjective Unbound
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Spaan SP1N (PrimaGames.com)
Word Type Pronunciation Expanded Definition
strong verb /spɑn/ adj. unbound
adv. in an unbound manner
Official Definition
n. the quality or state of being unbound;
Shield
freedom
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
v. to free, make or become unbound
(PrimaGames.com)
Usage
Expanded Definition
Alduin, feyn do jun, kruziik vokun
v. to shield, protect
staadnau, voth aan bahlok wah diivon fin
n. shield; protection
lein!
Usage Alduin, Bane of Kings, ancient shadow
unbound, with a hunger to swallow the world!
Het ont kriist Miraak, wo ahtiid ok sahvot
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
ol Qah, spaan naal Deyra fah ok unslaad
midun.
Het mah Arnvid faal Staadnau, wen Haas
Here once stood Miraak, who wore his faith as
denos mindin Kein do Galik, kolos rok ofaal
Armor, shielded by the Daedra for his unending
dilos ahraan.
loyalty.
Here fell Arnvid the Unbound, whose Health
(Word Wall for Qah, Dragon Aspect)
declined after the War of Pines, in which he
received a deadly wound.
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Etymology Strun STRUN

May relate to stin ‘free’.
Word Type Pronunciation
Notes
noun /strun/
Rarely used, may be specific to poetry or
names. Official Definition
Storm
(Storm Call Shout)
Stin STIN (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /stin/ Expanded Definition
n. storm
Official Definition
Free (adjective) / Freedom Usage
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Strun bah qo!
(Dialogue File, 000E16F5)
Storm wrath lightning!
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(Storm Call Shout)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Ahrk ond drey sahrot Heimverlund meyz,

nol hevno Brom, med Strun do uznahgaar
adj. free
nahkriin nol Sovngarde nimaar.
adv. freely
And lo did the mighty Heimverlund come, from
n. freedom
the brutal North, like a Storm of unbridled
v. to free
vengeance from Sovngarde itself.
Usage (Word Wall for Strun, Storm Call)
Paaz Keizaal fen kos stin nol bein Alduin Connotations
jot! Word of Power, connotes the release of
Fair Skyrim will be free from foul Alduin's power, unleashed wrath, the power of the
maw! sky, wind, and nature.
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Etymology
Amativ! Mu bo kotin stinselok. May relate to stin ‘free’ in the sense of
Onward! We fly into the sky's freedom. something wild, unbridled.
(Odahviing, 000E16F5)

Etymology
May relate to staadnau ‘unbound’.

Notes
Means ‘free’ as in ‘unrestricted’, not ‘for
free’.

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whose name means ‘stormcrown’.

Strundu'ul
Etymology
STRUNDU'UL
Compound of strun ‘storm’
Pronunciation and du’ul ‘crown’.
Word Type
/strun ˈdul, strun ˈdu ʌl, ˈstrun
noun
duˌul/
Strunmah STRUNM4
Official Definition
Word Type Pronunciation
Stormcrown
(Dialogue File, 000C43AB) noun /ˈstrun mə/

Expanded Definition Official Definition

n. Stormcrown Mountain
(Dialogue File, 0003F88B)
Usage (POGGLE, p. 1097)
Lingrah krosis saraan Strundu'ul, voth nid (PrimaGames.com)
balaan klov praan nau. Naal Thu'umu, mu Expanded Definition
ofan nii nu, Dovahkiin, naal suleyk do
n. mountain
Kaan, naal suleyk do Shor, ahrk naal suleyk
do Atmorasewuth. Meyz nu Ysmir,
Usage
Dovahsebrom. Dahmaan daar rok.
Who are you? What brings you to my
Long sorrowfully (has) waited the Stormcrown,
strunmah... my mountain?
with no worthy head to rest on. By our Voice we
(Paarthurnax, 0003F88B)
give it now (to you), Dragonborn, by (the)
power of Kyne, by the power of Shor, and by the
Brothi wahlaan qethsegol kulii vahrukt,
power of Atmora-of-old. Meyz nu Ysmir,
Odrav Keyn-Haal, wo drun pogaas zin wah
Dovahsebrom. Dahmaan daar rok.(You have)
Brod Sahqo-Strunmah.
become now Ysmir, Dragon of the North.
Brothi raised this stone for her son Odrav,
Remember these words.
Anvil-Hand, who brought much honor to Clan
(Greybeards, 000C43AB, 000C43A7,
Red-Mountain.
000C43A6, 000C43AE)
(Word Wall for Haal, Disarm)
Arngeir. Rok los Dovahkiin, Strundu'ul. Connotations
Rok fen tinvaak Paarthurnax.
Significant to dragons as a place of rule and
Arngeir. She is Dragonborn, (the) Stormcrown.
observation, where winds are strongest for
He will speak (to) Paarthurnax.
flight.
(Einarth, 000B3980)
Etymology
Connotations
Compound of strun ‘storm’ and mah ‘fall’.
Title of mythic significance given to the
Dragonborn, a metaphorical ‘crown’ passed
from Dragonborn to Dragonborn. May have
been originally coined in reference to Talos,

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Su SU Expanded Definition
n. breath, inner spirit, the source of one’s
Word Type Pronunciation Thu’um
noun /su/
Usage
Official Definition Su'um ahrk morah.
Air Breath and focus.
(Elemental Fury Shout) (Arngeir, 000BF4AD)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) Now - hear his name. Odahviing. Taste it on
the wind. Od-ah-viing. Know it in your
Expanded Definition
su'um. Od-ah-viing!
n. air (Paarthurnax, 000D2CEF)

Usage Hmm, yes. But your su'um is strong. I do

Su grah dun! not doubt that you can convince him of the
Air battle grace! need.
(Elemental Fury Shout) (Paarthurnax, 00045918)

Het nok Fjolmod Bein-Su, wo pook ol Connotations

pogaas nau gol ol ok kopraan dreh nu ko Specifically refers to the Thu’um and its
golt. inner source, a Nord or dragon’s vital
Here lies Fjolmod Foul-Air, who stank as much essence. Not used in reference to mortal
on earth as his body does now in the ground. breath, or as a verb ‘to breathe’.
(Word Wall for Su, Elemental Fury)
Etymology
Connotations From su ‘air’. Related to Thu’um ‘Voice’.
Word of Power, associated with the sky,
breath, inner spirit. Also associated with
speed, grace, and swiftness in movement. Sul SUL
Word Type Pronunciation
Su'um SU'UM noun /sul/

Word Type Pronunciation Official Definition

noun /sum, ˈsu ʌm, suˈum/ Day
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Official Definition (Dialogue File, 00078DF7)
Breath/inner spirit (used in terms of the (POGGLE, p. 1097)
Voice power) (PrimaGames.com)
(Dialogue File, 000BF4AD)
(PrimaGames.com) Expanded Definition
n. day; time, moment

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Usage
Usage
Wo lost fron wah ney dov, ahrk fin reyliik
Nuz aan sul, fent alok, fod fin vul dovah
do jul, voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein!
nok, fen kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ruz!
Who was kin to both wyrm, and the races of
But a day, shall arise, when the dark dragon's
man, with a power to rival the sun!
lies, will be silenced forever and then!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)

Suleyki mulaag, Paarthurnax. My power

Daar sul thur se Alduin vokrii.
has waxed, while yours has waned.
This day the overlordship of Alduin (is)
Suleyki mulaag = “my power (has)
restored.
strengthened”
(Dragon, 00078DF7)
(Alduin, 00044968)
Nau daar revak golt drey Freda zahrahmiik
Zin krif horvut se suleyk.
ek Laas, ful tol ek pogaan kiir filok, ahrk
Honor (is) fighting the lure of power.
osos sul qahnaar ek hokoron.
(Paarthurnax, 0003C574)
On this sacred ground did Freda sacrifice her
Life, so that her many children might escape,
In your tongue, [Yol] simply means “Fire.”
and some day vanquish her enemies.
It is change given form. Power at its most
(Word Wall for Laas, Aura Whisper)
primal. That is the true meaning of “Yol.”
Connotations Suleyk. Power. You have it, as do all dov.
Usage indicates a meaning closer to ‘time’ But power is inert without action and
or ‘moment’ than ‘daytime’. choice.
(Paarthurnax, 000E8275)

Suleyk SUL9K Naal Thu'umu, mu ofan nii nu, Dovahkiin,

naal suleyk do Kaan, naal suleyk do Shor,
Word Type Pronunciation ahrk naal suleyk do Atmorasewuth.
noun /ˈsu leɪk, suˈlik/ By our Voice we give it now (to you),
Dragonborn, by (the) power of Kyne, by the
Official Definition power of Shor, and by the power of Atmora-of-
Power old.
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) (Greybeards, 000C43A6)
(Dialogue File, 00044968)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Connotations
(PrimaGames.com) The capacity to act; inborn strength, ability,
typically related to the Thu’um. Inner
Expanded Definition power. Associated with domination.
n. power, strength, ability Usually only in reference to persons, or
things characterized as having an inner
power.

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Etymology
Suleyksejun
Possibly from su ‘air’, related
to su’um ‘breath/inner spirit’. SUL9KSEJUN
Pronunciation
Word Type
Suleykaar SUL9K1R noun
/ˌsu leɪk sɛˈdʒun, ˌsu leɪk
sɛˈjun/
Word Type Pronunciation
weak adjective /ˈsu leɪ kɑr/ Official Definition
Realm, dominion (literally “power-of-the-
Official Definition king”)
Powerful (Dialogue File, 00035B4A)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (PrimaGames.com)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition n. realm, dominion; authority
adj. powerful
adv. powerfully Usage
v. to strengthen, make or become powerful Alduin, thuri! Boaan tiid vokriiha
suleyksejun kruziik?
Usage Alduin, my king (overlord)! Has the time
Pah werid morokei Miraak, zok suleykaar arrived (flown) to restore (unkill) your ancient
do pah Sonaak wen Mul bolaav naal dominion (power-of-king)?
Fahluaan do Jul. (Sahloknir, 00035B4A)
All praise the glorious Miraak, most powerful of
Connotations
all priests, whose Strength was granted by the
Gardener of Men. Broader in sense than a geographical
(Word Wall for Mul, Dragon Aspect) ‘realm’, closer in meaning to ‘authority’ or
‘jurisdiction’; the power of a ruler and all
Connotations things that fall within that power.
Possessing great inner power, usually only
Etymology
in reference to persons, or things
characterized as having an inner power. Se compound of suleyk ‘power’
and jun ‘king’.
Etymology
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Sunvaar SUNV1R Usage

Qethsegol vahrukiv sod do Siglif fin Vonun
Word Type Pronunciation wo aam lot Keizaal ni ol kendov ko vu nuz
noun /ˈsun vɑr/ ol sah ko suvulaan.
[(This) stone commemorates (the) deeds of Siglif
Official Definition the Unseen, who served great Skyrim not as (a)
Beast(s) warrior in dawn, but as (a) phantom in
(POGGLE, p. 1097) twilight.]
(PrimaGames.com) (Unused Word Wall for Sah, Phantom
Form)
Expanded Definition
n. beast, monster, creature Etymology
Possibly related
Usage to sul ‘day’, vu ‘dawn’, vul ‘dark’,
Het dir bruniik rek-grohiik Ulfeidr, kriid and/or vulon ‘night’.
muz ahrk sunvaar, bruniik kinbok Sahqon
Tah.
Here died the savage she-wolf Ulfeidr, slayer of
men and beasts, and savage leader of the
Taazokaan T1ZOK1N
Crimson Pack. Word Type Pronunciation
(Word Wall for Tah, Animal Allegiance) noun /ˈtɑ zo kɑn/
Connotations Official Definition
Refers to a vicious or monstrous creature. Taazokaan (the physical land/continent)
Contrast with sivaas ‘beast’, which has a (POGGLE, p. 1097)
more benign connotation. (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
Suvulaan SUVUL1N n. Tamriel, the land of Tamriel
Word Type Pronunciation
Usage
noun /ˈsu vu lɑn, suˈvu lɑn/
Ahrk fin zul, rok drey kod, nau tol morokei
Official Definition frod, rul lot Taazokaan motaad voth kein!
Twilight And the Voice, he did wield, on that glorious
(PrimaGames.com) field, when great Tamriel shuddered with war!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Expanded Definition
n. twilight, dusk

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Qethsegol vahrukiv paaz Kulaas Yrsa wo

ensosin pah do Taazokaan voth ek dun ahrk
Tah T4
brii. Word Type Pronunciation
This stone commemorates the fair Princess Yrsa
noun /tɑ/
who bewitched all of Tamriel with her grace and
beauty. Official Definition
(Word Wall for Dun, Elemental Fury) Pack
Etymology (Animal Allegiance Shout)
(POGGLE, p. 1097
May relate to kaan ‘Kyne’.
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
Tafiir TAF3R n. pack (of animals)
Word Type Pronunciation
Usage
noun /ˈtɑ fir, tɑˈfir/
Raan mir tah!
Official Definition Animal allegiance pack!
Thief (Animal Allegiance Shout)
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Het dir bruniik Rek-Grohiik Ulfeidr, kriid
muz ahrk sunavaar, bruniik kinbok Sahqon
Expanded Definition Tah.
n. thief Here died the savage She-Wolf Ulfeidr, slayer of
men and beast, savage leader of the Crimson
Usage Pack.
Het mah tahrodiis tafiir Skorji Lun-Sinak, (Word wall for Tah, Animal Allegiance)
wen klov govey naal rinik hahkun rok
Connotations
togaat wah gahrot.
Here fell the treacherous thief Skorji Leech- Word of Power, connotates loyalty that is
Fingers, whose head was removed by the very natural, inborn; deeper and more primal
axe he was attempting to steal. than mir ‘allegiance’.
(Word Wall for Lun, Marked for Death)

Notes Tahrodiis T4ROD3S

Reference to the word taffer coined in
Word Type Pronunciation
the Thief video game series.
weak adjective /tə ˈro dis/

Official Definition
Treacherous/Turbulent
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Dialogue File, 000CD9DF, 00055771)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

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derogatory insult equivalent to

Expanded Definition
nivahriin ‘coward’ (which may also
adj. treacherous, traitorous; unstable,
connotate betrayal). Describes something
turbulent, dangerous
that does not follow rule, law, or
adv. treacherously; dangerously, in an
expectations.
unstable or turbulent manner
v. to make or become treacherous; to Etymology
destabilize, make or become turbulent or Related to tahrovin ‘treachery’.
dangerous

Usage Tahrovin T4ROVIN

Meyye! Tahrodiis aanne! Him hinde pah
liiv! Zu'u hin daan! Word Type Pronunciation
Fools! Treacherous slaves! Your hopes (are) all noun /tə ˈro vin/
withered! I (am) your doom.
Official Definition
(Alduin, 000CD9DF)
Treachery
Even we who ride the currents of Time (PrimaGames.com)
cannot see past Time's end. Wuldsetiid los Expanded Definition
tahrodiis. Wuldsetiid los tahrodiis.
n. treachery, betrayal; turbulence,
Wuldsetiid los tahrodiis = “the
instability; danger
whirlwind/vortex of time is
treacherous/turbulent”
Usage
(Paarthurnax, 00055771)
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.
Zu'u ni tahrodiis. It was you that lured me Connotations
here and took me prisoner... vobalaan
An act that defies trust, loyalty, or
grahmindol. I have done nothing to earn
expectations; unpredictability. Likely
your distrust.
derogatory equivalent to nivahriin ‘coward’
Zu'u ni tahrodiis = “I (am) not treacherous”
(which may also connote betrayal).
vobalaan grahmindol = “unworthy strategem”
(Odahviing, 0004DE32) Etymology
Related to tahrodiis ‘treacherous’.
Het mah tahrodiis tafiir Skorji Lun-Sinak,
wen klov govey naal rinik hahkun rok
togaat wah gahrot.
Here fell the treacherous thief Skorji Leech-
Fingers, whose head was removed by the very
axe he was attempting to steal.
(Word Wall for Lun, Marked for Death)

Connotations
Connotates betrayal, loss of trust, and
unpredictability. Largely used as a

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Tey T9 Expanded Definition

adj. obedient
Word Type Pronunciation adv. obediently
noun /teɪ/ n. obedience
v. to obey; to make or become obedient
Official Definition
Tale Usage
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) Connotations
Associated with servitude and the
Expanded Definition relationship between servant and overlord.
n. tale, story Less noble than mid ‘loyalty’ and related
words, something demanded and expected.
Usage
Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah Etymology
vod, ahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein! Possibly from aar ‘servant’. May also relate
Hearken now, sons of snow, to an age, long ago, to thur ‘overlord’.
and the tale, boldly told, of the one!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Thu'um THU'UM
Connotations
Word Type Pronunciation
Does not connotate something fictitious as
the English word ‘tale’ might. noun /θum, ˈθu ʌm, θuˈum/

Etymology Official Definition

Possibly shares root with tinvaak ‘to speak’. Shout/Voice (“Storm voice”)
(Book, Pocket Guide to the Empire, 1st
Edition/Skyrim)
Thaarn TH1RN (Book, Varieties of Faith in the Empire)
(Dialogue File, 000BFC4A, 000C43A7)
Word Type Pronunciation (POGGLE, p. 1097)
strong adjective /θɑrn/ (PrimaGames.com)

Official Definition Expanded Definition

Obedience n. Voice, the power of the Voice; Dragon
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Shout
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

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Usage Many of the dovahhe are now scattered

across Keizaal. Without Alduin's lordship,
Sahrot Thu'um, med aan tuz, vey zeim
they may yet bow to the vahzen... rightness
hokoron pah, ol fin Dovahkiin komeyt ok
of my Thu'um.
rein!
(Paarthurnax, 0009E073)
Mighty Thu'um, like a blade, cut through
enemies all, as the Dragonborn issued his roar!
Thu'um se Dovahkiin inhus, Miraak. Hin
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
suleyksejun oblaan.
The Dragonborn's Voice has the mastery,
Nords consider themselves to be the
Miraak. Your dominion is ended.
children of the sky, and the breath and the
(Sahrotaar, 0202BC55)
voice of a Nord is his vital essence. Through
the use of the Voice, the vital power of a
Thu'umii los nahlot.
Nord can be articulated into a thu'um, or
His Voice is silenced.
shout. Shouts can be used to sharpen blades
(Dragon, 0009E072)
or to strike enemies at a distance. Masters of
the Voice are known as Tongues, and their
Naal Thu'umu, mu ofan nii nu, Dovahkiin,
power is legendary. They can call to specific
naal suleyk do Kaan, naal suleyk do Shor,
people over hundreds of miles, and can
ahrk naal suleyk do Atmorasewuth.
move by casting a shout, appearing where it
By our Voice we give it now (to you),
lands. The most powerful Tongues cannot
Dragonborn, by (the) power of Kyne, by the
speak without causing destruction. They
power of Shor, and by the power of Atmora-of-
must go gagged, and communicate through
old.
a sign language and through scribing
(Greybeards, 000C43A7)
runes.
(Book, Pocket Guide to the Empire, 1st Connotations
Edition/Skyrim) The vital essence of breath and wind
(su’um) projected into a Shout. Refers to
The Way of the Voice is an ancient, spiritual individual Shouts and the general power of
form of magic in which you project your the Voice. Latent within Nords and within
vital essence into a “thu’um” or Shout. the Words of Power that power it.
(Ulfric Stormcloak, 000BFC4A) Associated with strength, power, the right
to rule.
But there are many Words of Power in
Skyrim, carved in the Dragon tongue. Even Etymology
from here, we can feel the Thu'um resonate Related to su’um ‘breath/inner spirit’. If
from them. “Storm Voice’ is to be taken as a translation,
(Arngeir, 000E76DA) may relate to an unattested
word thu ‘storm/thunder’, meaning ‘inner
I cannot tell you in detail. I never heard storm/power’.
[Dragonrend] used. ... It was the first
Thu'um created solely by mortals. Notes
(Paarthurnax, 0003FA43 ) Also referred to as the ‘Storm Voice’ by the
Nords.

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Thur TH6 Connotations

Someone who rules absolutely, as from
Word Type Pronunciation strength and domination. A person to
noun /θur/ whom all loyalty is owed, not as a matter of
oaths but the natural order of rule. Only the
Official Definition strongest can be named thur.
Overlord/King/Overlordship
(Dialogue, 00078DF7, 000E16FD) Notes
(PrimaGames.com) Featured prominently in the dragon
name Paarthurnax ‘ambition overlord
Expanded Definition cruelty’.
n. overlord, lord, king, master, tyrant,
someone who rules absolutely; lordship,
position of being overlord; rule, tyranny Tiid T3D
Usage Word Type Pronunciation
Sahrot thur qahnaraan. noun /tid/
The mighty overlord is vanquished
Official Definition
(Dragon, 0009E075)
Time
And so Alduin's lordship passes to you. (Slow Time Shout)
Thuri, Dovahkiin. I gladly submit to your (Dialogue, 00035B4A)
mastery of the Thu'um. (PrimaGames.com)
Thuri, Dovahkiin = “(You are) my (POGGLE, p. 1097)
king/overlord, Dragonborn” Expanded Definition
(Odahviing, 0009C20F)
n. time; moment
Daar sul thur se Alduin vokrii.
Usage
This day the overlordship of Alduin (is)
Tiid klo ul!
restored.
Time slow eternity!
(Dragon, 00078DF7)
(Slow Time Shout)
Alduin mah nol thur.
Slen Tiid Vo!
Alduin (has) fallen from (the) overlord(ship).
Flesh time undo!
(Odahviing, 000E16FD)
(Alduin, 000B3987)
Yes. There were a few of us that rebelled
Alduin, thuri! Boaan tiid vokriiha
against Alduin's thur... his tyranny. We
suleyksejun kruziik?
aided the humans in his overthrow.
Alduin, my king (overlord)! Has the time
(Paarthurnax, 0003FA41)
arrived (flown) to restore (unkill) your ancient
dominion (power-of-king)?
(Sahloknir, 00035B4A)

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You have it. The Kel - the Elder Scroll. Tiid

kreh... qalos. Time shudders at its touch.
Tiid-Ahraan
(Paarthurnax, 000C64EC) T3D-4R1N
I knew better. Tiid bo amativ. Time flows Word Type Pronunciation
ever onward. One day he would surface. noun /ˌtid ə ˈrɑn/
Tiid bo amativ = “time flows/flies (ever)
Official Definition
onward”
(Paarthurnax, 000BBEA8) Time-Wound
(Dialogue File, 0003FA49)
Aam? Serve you? ...no. Ni tiid. If and when
Expanded Definition
you defeat Alduin, I will reconsider.
Ni tiid = “not time” = “not yet” n. Time-Wound, a break in the flow of time
(Odahviing, 00048F03)
Usage
Vegunthar wahlaan qethsegol bormahii If you brought that Kel, that Elder Scroll
vahrukt, Hungunthar Tiid-Naak, kriaan se back here... to the Tiid-Ahraan, the Time-
junnesejer, kroniid se Dunkreath. Wound… With the Elder Scroll that was
Vegunthar built (this) stone (in) his father’s used to break Time, you may be able to...
memory, Hungunthar Time-Eater, slayer of the cast yourself back. To the other end of the
Kings of the East, conqueror of Dunkreath. break.
(Word Wall for Tiid, Slow Time) (Paarthurnax, 0003FA49)

Connotations Return it here, to the Tiid-Ahraan. Then...

Word of Power, the constant passage of Kelle vomindok. Nothing is certain with
time. On a small scale refers to solitary such things… But I believe the Scroll's bond
moments or events. On a broader scale with the Tiid-Ahraan will allow you a... a
refers to the passing of the ages and the seeing, a vision of the moment of its
cycles of the world. Paarthurnax also notes creation.
‘The dov are children of Akatosh. Thus we Kelle vomindok = “The Elder Scrolls are
are specially... attuned to the flow of Time. unknown/unknowable”
Perhaps also uniquely vulnerable.’ (Paarthurnax, 000BD16A)
(0003FA42)
Connotations
Notes A literal scar in time, created by inhuman
From Old English tīd, origin of English powers such as those of an Elder Scroll.
‘tide’. Unknown if tiid-ahraan may also refer to
larger Dragon Break events.

Etymology
Compound of tiid ‘time’
and ahraan ‘wound’.

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Tiiraaz T3R1Z Til TIL

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
strong adjective /tirˈɑz/ adverb /til/

Official Definition Official Definition

Sad There
(Dialogue File, 0009C20A) (Dialogue File, 00048F05)
(PrimaGames.com) (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Expanded Definition

adj. sad adv. there, in that place
adv. sadly
n. sadness Usage
v. to sadden Mindoraan, pah ok middovahhe lahvraan
til.
Usage As you know, all his dragon-loyalists (are)
But I cannot celebrate his fall. Zu'u tiiraaz mustered there.
ahst ok mah. He was my brother once. This (Odahviing, 00048F05)
world will never be the same.
Connotations
Zu'u tiiraaz ahst ok mah. = “I am sad at his
fall.” Likely related to tol ‘that’.
(Paarthurnax, 0009C20A)
Notes

I used to visit him from time to time. Nearly Not used in the abstract sense of ‘there was
crazed by loneliness and captivity. Tiiraz a dragon’. Indicates a specific place.
[sic] sivaas. He did not even remember his
own name.
Tiiraz sivaas = “sad beast”
Tinvaak TINV1K
(Paarthurnax, 00045D09) Word Type Pronunciation
Connotations strong verb /ˈtin vɑk/
General sadness or melancholy, Official Definition
unhappiness.
Talk/Speak/Speech
Etymology (Dialogue File, 0005597E)
(PrimaGames.com)
Possibly from aaz ‘mercy’ and related words
connoting pain. Expanded Definition
Notes v. to speak (to), talk, converse; to discuss; to
battle with Thu’um
Possibly from English ‘tears’. Misspelled
n. speech, talk, conversation; discussion;
as tiiraz in the dialogue.
battle, esp. with Thu’um

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Usage Usage
There is no distinction between debate and Het mah tahrodiis tafiir Skorji Lun-Sinak,
combat to a dragon. Tinvaak los grah. For wen klov govey naal rinik hahkun rok
us it is one and the same. togaat wah gahrot.
Tinvaak los grah = “talk/speech is battle” Here fell the treacherous thief Skorji Leech-
(Paarthurnax, 0005597E) Fingers, whose head was removed by the very
axe he was attempting to steal.
Arngeir. Rok los Dovahkiin, Strundu'ul. (Word Wall for Lun, Marked for Death)
Rok fen tinvaak Paarthurnax.
Connotations
[Arngeir. He is Dragonborn, (the) Stormcrown.
He will speak (to) Paarthurnax.] Connotes failure, in contrast to unt ‘to try’.
(Einarth, 000B3980)

Connotations Tol TOL

Associated not only with regular speech but Word Type Pronunciation
Shouting; can also refer to battles involving
conjunction /tol/
Shouts.
Official Definition
Etymology
That
May share root with kotin ‘into’
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
and amativ ‘onwards’ indicating direction,
(PrimaGames.com)
to direct one’s voice at something.
(POGGLE, p. 1097)

Expanded Definition
Togaat TOG1T
conj. that
Word Type Pronunciation adj. that, indicating a specific place or thing
strong verb /toˈgɑt/
Usage
Official Definition Ahrk fin zul, rok drey kod, nau tol morokei
Attempt frod, rul lot Taazokaan motaad voth kein!
(PrimaGames.com) And the Voice, he did wield, on that glorious
(POGGLE, p. 1097) field, when great Tamriel shuddered with war!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Expanded Definition
v. to attempt Ahrk fin Kel lost prodah, do ved viing ko
n. attempt fin krah, tol fod zeymah win kein meyz
fundein!
And the Scrolls have foretold, of black wings in
the cold, that when brothers wage war come
unfurled!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)

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Nau daar revak golt drey Freda zahrahmiik Aesa wahlaan qethsegol briinahii vahrukt,
ek Laas, ful tol ek pogaan kiir filok, ahrk Thohild fin Toor, wen smoliin ag frin ol
osos sul qahnaar ek hokoron. Sahqo Heim.
On this sacred ground did Freda sacrifice her Aesa raised this stone for her sister, Thohild the
Life, so that her many children might escape, Inferno, whose passion burned hot as the Red
and some day vanquish her enemies. Forge.
(Word Wall for Laas, Aura Whisper) (Word Wall for Toor, Fire Breath)

Etymology Connotations
Likely related to til ‘there’. Word of Power, connotes a great, raging
fire. Raw, unbridled power.
Notes
Should generally only be used as the
conjunction. Use daar ‘this/these’ instead to Tovit TOVIT
reference specific things. Not used as a
pronoun as in ‘that is good’. Not used to Word Type Pronunciation
mean ‘very’ as in ‘he is not that strong’. strong verb /ˈto vit/

Official Definition
Toor T8R Search
(PrimaGames.com)
Word Type Pronunciation
Expanded Definition
noun /tɔr/
v. to search
Official Definition n. search
Inferno
(Fire Breath Shout) Usage
(Dialogue File, 000B89E1) Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.
(PrimaGames.com)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Tovitaan TOVIT1N
Expanded Definition
n. inferno Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /ˈto vi tɑn/
Usage
Official Definition
Yol toor shul!
Fire inferno sun! Searcher
(Fire Breath Shout) (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
A gift, Dovahkiin. Toor. Understand Inferno
n. searcher
as the dov do.
(Paarthurnax, 000B89E1)
Usage
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.

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Etymology Expanded Definition

From tovit ‘to search’ with the suffix -aan. adj. within, down within; internal
adv. inwardly, internally, in a manner
down within
Tu TU n. inwardness
v. to make or become within, to make part
Word Type Pronunciation of oneself
noun /tu/
Usage
Official Definition
Lok bo, Thu’um tu’um
Hammer [Lit. ‘Sky fly Voice down’, liberally ‘Sky above,
(PrimaGames.com) Voice within’]
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (High Hrothgar Banners)
Expanded Definition Connotations
n. hammer Like kosil ‘within’, refers to something
within one’s spirit or essence, something
Usage
part of oneself.
Loknir Mal-Tu wahlaan qethsegol aarii
vahrukt, bonaar Vakeeza, wo vaat Mir wah Etymology
jun do Keizaal, ahrk dir ko sadon gravuun. Possibly derived from thu’um denoting
Loknir Little-Hammer erected this stone in something that lies within. May be a
memory of his servant, humble Vakeeza, who misspelling of tum ‘down’.
swore Allegiance to the kings of Skyrim, and
died in the gray autumn. Notes
(Word Wall for Mir, Animal Allegiance) Appears in what is most likely the dragon
language version of the phrase ‘Sky above,
Notes Voice within’, usually abbreviated to lok,
Featured in the dragon thu’um. Unknown if a unique word or a
name Viinturuth ‘shine hammer rage’. misspelling of tum ‘down’. Appears in High
Hrothgar banners spelled as ‘TuuM’.

Tu'um TU'UM
Unknown if official transliteration contains
an apostrophe like thu’um or no apostrophe
Word Type Pronunciation like gravuun.

strong adjective /tum, ˈtu ʌm, tuˈum/

Official Definition
No official definition given.

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Tum TUM Expanded Definition

n. blade, sword
Word Type Pronunciation
preposition /tum/ Usage
Sahrot Thu'um, med aan tuz, vey zeim
Official Definition
hokoron pah, ol fin Dovahkiin komeyt ok
Down rein!
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Mighty Thu'um, like a blade, cut through
Expanded Definition enemies all, as the Dragonborn issued his roar!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
prep. down
adv. within, down within
Het mah spaan vahdin Valkrys, wo krif
voth ahkrin, nuz los folaas wah Ov mulaag
Usage
do bodiis tuz.
Qethsegol vahrukiv Hrodmir fin Krent, wo
Here fell the shield maiden Valkrys, who fought
sov pah ok eruvos ahrk faraan wah Nos
bravely, but was wrong to Trust the strength of
tum krivaan do ok zeymah.
a borrowed blade.
This stone commemorates Hrodmir the Broken,
(Word Wall for Ov, Kyne’s Peace)
who spent all his years and fortune to Strike
down the killer of his brother. Het nok kopraan do Wynjolf ahrk Wuld,
(Word Wall for Nos, Cyclone) wen viintaas tuz vey zeim lahvu do rahgron
Ogiim.
Lok bo, Thu’um tuum [sic]
Here lies the body of Wynjolf the Whirlwind,
[Lit. ‘Sky fly Voice down’, liberally ‘Sky above,
whose shining blades cut through an army of
Voice within’]
angry Orcs.
(High Hrothgar Banners)
(Word Wall for Wuld, Whirlwind Sprint)
Etymology
Connotations
Possibly derived from thu’um denoting
Synecdoche that refers to a whole weapon,
something that lies within. May also relate
not exclusively the blade.
to unattested word lum in lumnaar ‘valley’
meaning ‘low’. Etymology
Likely from tu ‘hammer’ with the

Tuz TUZ consonant z denoting sharpness, as seen

in kinzon ‘sharp’ and ronaaz ‘arrow’.
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /tuz/

Official Definition
Blade
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

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Ufiik UF3K Usage

Tiid klo ul!
Word Type Pronunciation Time sand eternity!
noun /ˈu fik/ (Slow Time Shout)

Official Definition Qethsegol vahrukiv Kendov se Ved Ronax,

Troll Sille nu yoriik pindaar se Sovngarde pah
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Ul.
(PrimaGames.com) This stone commemorates the warriors of the
Black Regiment, whose souls now march on the
Expanded Definition
plains of Sovngarde for all Eternity.
n. troll (Word Wall for Ul, Slow Time)

Usage Connotations
Qethsegol vahrukiv ahzid Viik do Word of Power in the Slow Time Shout,
Briinahmaar do Sot Peyt, naako wah fin laat encompasses the continuous passage of
naal ufiik do Korvag Kol. time.
This stone commemorates the bitter Defeat of the
Sisterhood of the White Rose, eaten to the last by
the Trolls of Korvag Crag. Ulse ULSE
(Word Wall for Viik, Disarm)
Word Type Pronunciation
Etymology adverb /ˈul sə/
Possibly shares ending with grohiik ‘wolf’.
Official Definition
For Eternity
Ul UL (Dialogue File, 000CC4F2)

Word Type Pronunciation Expanded Definition

noun /ul/ adv. for eternity, eternally, forever

Official Definition Usage

Eternity Sahloknir! Ziil gro dovah ulse!
(Slow Time Shout) Sahloknir! Your soul is bound to me for
(POGGLE, p. 1097) eternity!
(PrimaGames.com) (Alduin, 000CC4F2)

Expanded Definition Etymology

n. eternity From ul ‘eternity’ with the adverbial suffix -
se.

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Un UN Usage
Het nok kopraan do Hela, Fahdon wah pah
Word Type Pronunciation sivaas aar do Kaan. Aal rek siiv unahzaal
pronoun /un/ praan ko Feykro do Hahnu.
Here lies the body of Hela, friend to all beasts
Official Definition
and servant of Kyne. May she find eternal rest
Our (possessive form of we - not commonly in the Forest of Dreams.
used) (Word Wall for Kaan, Kyne’s Peace)
(PrimaGames.com)
Connotations
Expanded Definition
Much less common than
pron. our; ours synonym unslaad ‘unending’.

Usage Etymology
Het nok un mahlaan drogge erei suleyk se Possibly derives from an unattested
Alduin vokrii. word zaal meaning ‘to end or cease’ seen
[Here lie our fallen lords until (the) power of also in Keizaal ‘Skyrim’. Likely shares
Alduin (is) restored.] negative prefix un- with unslaad ‘unending’.
(Dragonstone Inscription)

Connotations Unslaad UNSL1D

First person plural possessive.
Word Type Pronunciation
Notes strong adjective /ˈun slɑd/
The suffix -u can be used instead to indicate
first person plural possession. Official Definition
Eternal/Unending/Ceaseless (less common
than Unslaad)
Unahzaal UN4Z1L (Dialogue File, 000ED359)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Word Type Pronunciation
(PrimaGames.com)
strong adjective /ˈun ə zɑl/
Expanded Definition
Official Definition
adj. unending, ceaseless, eternal,
Eternal/Unending/Ceaseless (less common everlasting; limitless
than Unslaad) adv. ceaselessly, everlastingly, eternally;
(POGGLE, p. 1097) without limit
(PrimaGames.com) n. ceaselessness; limitlessness
Expanded Definition v. to eternalize, immortalize, make
everlasting; to make limitless
adj. unending, ceaseless, eternal
adv. ceaselessly, eternally
n. ceaselessness, eternalness
v. to eternalize, immortalize

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Usage Notes
Zu'u unslaad! Zu'u nis oblaan! The phrase evgir unslaad ‘season unending’
I am eternal! I cannot end! (be ended/be killed) is an ancient Nordic phrase for war.
(Alduin, 000ED359)

Ponder the meaning of spirit. Unslaad zii. Unt UNT

Where mortal flesh may wither and die, the
Word Type Pronunciation
spirit endures.
(Paarthurnax, 000E8274) strong verb /unt/

Official Definition
The Nords of those days used the
Try
Dragonrend Shout to cripple Alduin. But
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
this was not enough. Ok mulaag unslaad.
(PrimaGames.com)
Ok mulaag unslaad = “his strength (is)
unending” Expanded Definition
(Dialogue File, 0003FA46)
v. to try
n. try; trial
Het nok Faal Vahlok, deinmaar do
Dovahgolz ahrk aan Fus do unslaad rahgol Usage
ahrk vulom.
Het nok bein nahgahdinok Azaran faal
Here lies The Guardian, keeper of the
Munax, wo unt wah Gron krilot dilon do
Dragonstone and a Force of eternal rage and
Sovngarde wah lein do jul, ahrk funt.
darkness.
Here lies the foul necromancer Azaran the
(Word Wall for Fus, Unrelenting Force)
Cruel, who tried to Bind the valiant dead of
Sovngarde to the world of man, and failed.
Het ont kriist Miraak, wo ahtiid ok sahvot
(Word Wall for Gron, Become Ethereal)
ol Qah, spaan naal Deyra fah ok unslaad
midun.
Het nok kopraan do sonaan Romerius, wo
Here once stood Miraak, who wore his faith as
unt Ru nol osos gogil, nuz motmah.
Armor, shielded by the Daedra for his unending
Here lies the body of the bard Romerius, who
loyalty.
tried to Run from some goblins, but slipped.
(Word Wall for Qah, Dragon Aspect)
(Word Wall for Ru, Dismay)
Connotations
Connotations
Without end or limit. Much more common
Unlike close synonym togaat ‘to attempt’,
than synonym unahzaal ‘unending’.
does not directly imply failure.
Etymology
Notes
Possibly from laat ‘last’’. Likely shares
Means ‘to try or attempt’, not ‘to test’ (as in
negative prefix un- with unahzaal ‘unending’
‘try the food’) or ‘to try for a crime’.

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Us US Zok brit uth!

Most beautiful command!
Word Type Pronunciation (Odahviing, 0004DE3C)

preposition /us/ Connotations

Official Definition More authoritative than laan ‘want/request’.

Before Notes
(PrimaGames.com) Refers to a single order or command, not
Expanded Definition ‘control’ or ‘leadership’ as in ‘to have
command of’.
prep. before, in front of; to

Usage
Uv UV
Qiilaan us dilon!
[Bow before (the) dead!] Word Type Pronunciation
(Draugr, 0004C5A1) conjunction /uv/
Connotations Official Definition
Unknown if us only means the spatial Or
‘before’ or if it may also be used to mean (Dialogue File, 000C64F2)
‘previous to’. (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
Uth UTH conj. or

Word Type Pronunciation Usage

strong verb /uθ/ Aav uv dir.
Official Definition Join (me) or die.
(Alduin, 000C64F2)
Order/Command
(Dialogue File, 000E16FA, 0004DE3C)
(PrimaGames.com) Uznahgaar UZN4G1R
Expanded Definition Word Type Pronunciation
v. to command, order strong adjective /ˈuz ne gɑr/
n. command, order
Official Definition
Usage
Unbridled
Zu'u uth nall [sic] thurri [sic] dein daar (Dialogue File, 0004591A)
miiraak. (POGGLE, p. 1097)
I (was) ordered by my lord to keep/guard this (PrimaGames.com)
portal.
(Nahkriin, 000E16FA)

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Expanded Definition Vaal V1L

adj. unbridled
adv. unbridledly Word Type Pronunciation
n. unbridledness noun /vɑl/
v. to release, unleash, make or become
unbridled
Official Definition
Usage
Bay (as in “at bay”)
Alduin always was pahlok - arrogant in his (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
power. Uznahgar [sic] paar. He took (Dialogue File, 000E898C)
domination as his birthright. (POGGLE, p. 1097)
Uznahgar [sic] pahlok = unending ambition (PrimaGames.com)
(Paarthurnax, 0004591A)
Expanded Definition
Ahrk ond drey sahrot Heimverlund meyz, n. bay (at bay), distance
nol hevno Brom, med Strun do uznahgaar
nahkriin nol Sovngarde nimaar. Usage
And lo did the mighty Heimverlund come, from Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, naal ok zin los
the brutal North, like a Storm of unbridled vahriin, wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst
vengeance from Sovngarde itself. vaal!
(Word Wall for Strun, Storm Call) Dragonborn, Dragonborn, by his honor is
sworn, To keep evil forever at bay!
Connotations
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Without control, restraint, or limit.

Etymology Faas nu [sic], zini dein ruthi ahst vaal.

Fear not, my honor holds my rage at bay.
Likely from gaar ‘to release/unleash’. May
(Odahviing, 000E898C)
also relate to nah ‘fury’. Similar in structure
to unahzaal ‘unending’. Notes

Notes Occurs only in the phrase dein ahst vaal ‘to

keep at bay’.
Misspelled as uznahgar in the dialogue,
where it is possibly mistaken
for unahzaal ‘unending’. Vaat V1T
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /vɑt/

Official Definition
Swear/Swore
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

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Expanded Definition Usage

v. to swear, form by oath; to promise Rii vaaz zol!
n. oath, vow, promise Essence tear zombie!
(Soul Tear Shout)
Usage
Connotations
Loknir Mal-Tu wahlaan qethsegol aarii
Word of Power, destructive force that
vahrukt, bonaar Vakeeza, wo vaat Mir wah
encompasses the tearing of bonds.
jun do Keizaal, ahrk dir ko sadon gravuun.
Loknir Little-Hammer erected this stone in Etymology
memory of his servant, humble Vakeeza, who
May share root with vey ‘to cut’. Possibly
swore Allegiance to the kings of Skyrim, and
related to faaz ‘pain’ and related words
died in the gray autumn.
connoting violence and suffering.
(Word Wall for Mir, Animal Allegiance)

Connotations
Vah V4
Associated with loyalty and service.
Word Type Pronunciation
Etymology
noun /vɑ/
Likely shares root with vahriin ‘sworn’.
Official Definition
Notes
Spring
Means ‘to swear an oath’, not ‘to curse’ or
(Clear Skies Shout)
‘to swear by’. Does not mean ‘promising’ as
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
in ‘favorable’.
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
Vaaz V1Z n. spring (season)
Word Type Pronunciation
Usage
strong verb /vɑz/
Lok vah koor!
Official Definition Sky spring summer!
Tear (Clear Skies Shout)
(Soul Tear Shout)
Connotations
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Word of Power, associated with fair skies.
Expanded Definition
Notes
v. to tear, rip; to pull (from), violently
The season, not the verb ‘to spring’ or a
separate
mechanical ‘spring’.
n. tear

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Vahdin V4DIN Vahlok V4LOK

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ˈvɑ din, vəˈdin/ noun /ˈvɑ lok/

Official Definition Official Definition

Maiden Guardian
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) (PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Expanded Definition

n. maiden, young woman n. guardian

Usage Usage
Het mah spaan vahdin Valkrys, wo krif Het nok Faal Vahlok, wo kron pogaas moro.
voth ahkrin, nuz los folaas wah Ov mulaag Fah ok unslaad mid, rok aav dilon voth lot
do bodiis tuz. zin.
Here fell the shield maiden Valkrys, who fought Here lies the Guardian, who won much glory.
bravely, but was wrong to Trust the strength of For his eternal loyalty, he joins the dead with
a borrowed blade. great honor. (Word Wall for Mid, Battle Fury)
(Word Wall for Ov, Kyne’s Peace)
Qethsegol vahrukiv vur do Faal Vahlok,
Oblivion loost nid Nah med spaan vahdin nonvul aar se dovah wen dez lost wah
beyn. qahnaar tahrodiis Miraak.
Oblivion hath no Fury like a shield maiden This stone commemorates the valor of the
scorned. Guardian, noble servant of dragons whose fate it
(Word Wall for Nah, Whirlwind Sprint) was to vanquish the treacherous Miraak.
(Word Wall for Vur, Battle Fury)
Etymology
Possibly related to vah ‘spring’, connoting Het nok Faal Vahlok, deinmaar do
someone who is vernal and fair. If Dovahgolz ahrk aan Fus do unslaad rahgol
associated with service, may relate ahrk vulom.
to vaat ‘to swear’ or vahriin ‘sworn’. Here lies The Guardian, keeper of the
Dragonstone and a Force of eternal rage and
Notes
darkness.
Likely refers to a young woman, not a (Word Wall for Fus, Unrelenting Force)
servant as in ‘maid’.
Connotations

Honorary title, connotes service and

devotion.

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Etymology Vahrukiv V4RUKIV

Possibly from vaat ‘to swear’
or vahriin ‘sworn’ indicating someone who Word Type Pronunciation
is sworn to protect something. strong verb /vəˈruk iv/

Official Definition
Vahriin V4R3N Commemorate
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
Word Type Pronunciation
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
strong adjective /vəˈrin/ (PrimaGames.com)
Official Definition Expanded Definition
Sworn v. to commemorate
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) n. commemoration
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) Usage
Qethsegol vahrukiv Vulgrum fin Zahkrii ko
Expanded Definition
fin Ven, sovrahzun wen moro lost maltiid,
adj. sworn
nuz ko vahrukt unslaad.
adv. by oath, under oath, in a sworn
This stone commemorates Vulgrum the Sword
manner
in the Wind, the mercenary whose glory was
n. oath, the quality of being sworn
brief, but in memory eternal.
v. to swear, make or become sworn
(Word Wall for Ven, Cyclone)
Usage
Qethsegol vahrukiv lot Miraak – sonaak do
Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, naal ok zin los lot onikaan, aar do faal Diiv, ahrk hokoron
vahriin, wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst do jul.
vaal! This stone commemorates the great Miraak –
Dragonborn, Dragonborn, by his honor is priest of great wisdom, servant of the Wyrm,
sworn, To keep evil forever at bay! and enemy of man.
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) (Word Wall for Diiv, Dragon Aspect)
Etymology Connotations
Related to vaat ‘to swear’. To preserve the memory of, preserve in
Notes memory.
Distinct word from vaat, not to be confused Etymology
for its past participle. Typically not used as Related to vahrukt ‘memory’. May stem
a verb. from an unattested word vahruk ‘to
remember’.

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Vahrukt V4RUKT overarching, general memory, as in the

memory of a people.
Word Type Pronunciation Etymology
noun /vəˈrukt/ Related to vahrukiv ‘to commemorate’. May
Official Definition stem from an unattested word vahruk ‘to
remember’.
Memory
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Dialogue File, 0003FA48) Vahzah V4Z4
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) Word Type Pronunciation
weak adjective /ˈvɑ zə/
Expanded Definition
n. memory; remembrance Official Definition
True
Usage (Dialogue File, 0003F88C)
Vahrukt unslaad... perhaps none but me (POGGLE, p. 1097)
now remember how /Alduin/ was defeated. (PrimaGames.com)
Vahrukt unslaad = memory unceasing
(Paarthurnax, 0003FA48) Expanded Definition
adj. true; right
Qethsegol vahrukiv Vulgrum fin Zahkrii ko adv. truly; rightly
fin Ven, sovrahzun wen moro lost maltiid, v. to make or become true
nuz ko vahrukt unslaad.
This stone commemorates Vulgrum the Sword Usage
in the Wind, the mercenary whose glory was Yes. Vahzah. You speak true, Dovahkiin.
brief, but in memory eternal. Forgive me.
(Word Wall for Ven, Cyclone) Vahzah = true
(Paarthurnax, 0003F88C)
Lungerd wahlaan qethsegol ahmulii
vahrukt, Thorgrima, deinmaar do sahqon Orin pruzaan dwiin aal kreh ahrk kren, nuz
yolos, ahrk drog do Lah. Slen do vahzah muz los sindugahvon.
Lungerd raised this stone in memory of her Even the best steel may bend and break, but the
husband, Thorgrima, keeper of the crimson Flesh of a true man is unyielding.
flame, and lord of Magicka. (Word Wall for Slen, Ice Form)
(Word Wall for Lah, Drain Vitality)
Connotations
Connotations Factually true, or true in moral character.
Prominent in Word Wall memorials Strength also determines truth, rightness,
alongside vahrukiv ‘to commemorate’. the right to be.
Something done ko vahrukt ‘in (someone’s)
memory’ is to commemorate someone, Etymology
ensure their memory lives on. Also refers to Related to vahzen ‘truth’.

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Vahzen V4ZEN Usage

Ahrk fin Kel lost prodah, do ved viing ko
Word Type Pronunciation fin krah, tol fod zeymah win kein meyz
noun /ˈvɑ zɛn, vəˈzɛn/ fundein!
And the Scrolls have foretold, of black wings in
Official Definition
the cold, that when brothers wage war come
Truth unfurled!
(PrimaGames.com) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Expanded Definition
Qethsegol vahrukiv Kendov se Ved Ronax,
n. truth, rightness
Sille nu yoriik pindaar se Sovngarde pah
Usage Ul.
This stone commemorates the warriors of the
Many of the dovahhe are now scattered
Black Regiment, whose souls now march on the
across Keizaal. Without Alduin's lordship,
plains of Sovngarde for all Eternity.
they may yet bow to the vahzen... rightness
(Word Wall for Ul, Slow Time)
of my Thu'um.
(Paarthurnax, 0009E073) Connotations

Connotations May be associated with darkness, but not

necessarily death or evil. See
A factual or moral truth, something that has
synonym ruvaak ‘raven’ for a word more
been determined to be true as a matter of
closely associated with death.
strength or domination.

Etymology
Ven VEN
Related to vahzah ‘true’.
Word Type Pronunciation

Ved VED noun /vɛn/

Official Definition
Word Type Pronunciation
Wind
strong adjective /vɛd/
(Cyclone Shout)
Official Definition (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Black
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Expanded Definition
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
n. wind, current
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Usage

adj. black Ven gaar nos!

adv. blackly Wind unleash strike!
n. black, blackness (Cyclone Shout)
v. to blacken

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Ven Mul Riik! Usage

/Wind Strength Gale!/ Alduin shouts his evil
You once told me you did not believe in
mist back across Sovngarde.
destiny. … Perhaps now you have some
(Alduin, 0005094B)
insight into the forces that shape the
vennesetiid... the currents of Time.
Qethsegol vahrukiv Vulgrum fin Zahkrii ko
(Paarthurnax, 0009C215)
fin Ven, sovrahzun wen moro lost maltiid,
nuz ko vahrukt unslaad. Connotations
This stone commemorates Vulgrum the Sword A formal compound word referring to
in the Wind, the mercenary whose glory was destiny and its turbulent nature.
brief, but in memory eternal. Characterized by unpredictability and
(Word Wall for Ven, Cyclone) inevitability, something that cannot be
Connotations fought against. To fight against fate is akin
to flying against the wind.
Word of Power in both the Cyclone Shout
and Alduin’s mist Shout, associated with Etymology
the sky, turbulence; something that controls Se compound of venne ‘winds’
and directs, but is itself uncontrollable. and tiid ‘time’, lit. ‘winds of time’.
Notes
The noun ‘wind’, not to be confused for Vey V9
‘wind’ as in ‘to wind up’ or ‘a winding
road’. Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /veɪ/

Vennesetiid Official Definition

VENNESET3D Cut
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Word Type Pronunciation (POGGLE, p. 1097)
noun /ˌvɛn nə sɛˈtid/ (PrimaGames.com)

Official Definition Expanded Definition

The Currents of Time v. to cut, as with a blade
(Dialogue, 0009C215) n. cut; cutting

Expanded Definition Usage

n. the currents of time, the winds of time, Sahrot Thu'um, med aan tuz, vey zeim
fate, destiny hokoron pah, ol fin Dovahkiin komeyt ok
rein!
Mighty Thu'um, like a blade, cut through
enemies all, as the Dragonborn issued his roar!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)

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Het nok kopraan do Wynjolf ahrk Wuld,

Usage
wen viintaas tuz vey zeim lahvu do rahgron
Bekkhild wahlaan qethsegol ahmulii
Ogiim.
vahrukt, Eyolf, wen veysun los sizaan ko
Here lies the body of Wynjolf the Whirlwind,
vul Kest ko Okaaz do Luv.
whose shining blades cut through an army of
Bekkhild raised this stone for her husband, Eyolf,
angry Orcs.
whose ship was lost in a dark Tempest in the Sea
(Word Wall for Wuld, Whirlwind Sprint)
of Tears.
Connotations (Word Wall for Kest, Whirlwind Sprint)
To cut, as with a blade. Vey zeim ‘to cut
Connotations
through’ is used to mean ‘to handily defeat’.
Any seafaring vessel. The Nords have a
Etymology long maritime history, and a ship would
May share root with vaaz ‘to tear’. have been equivalent to a Nord’s own hall
and home.

Veydo V9DO Etymology

Possibly related to vey ‘to cut’, describing a
Word Type Pronunciation ship cutting through water.
noun /ˈveɪ do/
Notes
Official Definition Possibly from English ‘vessel’.
Grass
(PrimaGames.com)
Viidost V3DOST
Expanded Definition
Word Type Pronunciation
n. grass
noun /ˈvi dost/
Usage
Official Definition
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.
Poison
(PrimaGames.com)
Veysun V9SUN Expanded Definition
Word Type Pronunciation n. poison
noun /ˈveɪ sun/
Usage
Official Definition Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.
Ship
Connotations
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) A swallowed poison.

Expanded Definition Etymology

n. ship, vessel Possibly from diivon ‘to swallow’.

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Viik V3K lack of strength and ability in battle.

Word Type Pronunciation

Viin V3N
strong verb /vik/
Word Type Pronunciation
Official Definition
strong verb /vin/
Defeat
(Disarm Shout) Official Definition
(Dialogue File, 000ED35D) Shine
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (Dialogue File, 000B3985)
(PrimaGames.com) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
v. to defeat Expanded Definition
n. defeat v. to shine
n. shine
Usage
Zun haal viik! Usage
Weapon hand defeat! Occurs only in the dragon
(Disarm Shout) name Viinturuth ‘shine hammer rage’.

Kel drey ni viik.

The Elder Scroll did not defeat me. Viing V3NG
(Alduin, 000ED35D)
Word Type Pronunciation
Zok frini grind ko grah drun viiki, noun /viŋ/
Dovahkiin.
Official Definition
My most eagerness (to) meet (you) in battle
brought my defeat. Wing
(Odahviing, 00048F09) (Call Dragon Shout)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Qethsegol vahrukiv ahzid Viik do (Dialogue File, 000B3985)
Briinahmaar do Sot Peyt, naako wah fin laat (POGGLE, p. 1097)
naal ufiik do Korvag Kol. (PrimaGames.com)
This stone commemorates the bitter Defeat
Expanded Definition
of the Sisterhood of the White Rose, eaten to
the last by the Trolls of Korvag Crag. n. wing
(Word Wall for Viik, Disarm)
Usage
Connotations Od ah viing!
Word of Power, connotes the total loss of Snow hunter wing!
battle. Synonym of kron ‘to conquer’, but (Call Dragon Shout)
negative in connotation towards the object;

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Ahrk fin Kel lost prodah, do ved viing ko

fin krah, tol fod zeymah win kein meyz
Viir V3R
fundein! Word Type Pronunciation
And the Scrolls have foretold, of black wings in
strong adjective /vir/
the cold, that when brothers wage war come
unfurled! Official Definition
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Dying
Connotations (Summon Durnehviir Shout)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Word of Power, associated with strength,
the extent of one’s power. Expanded Definition
adj. dying, nearing death
Viintaas V3NT1S adv. in a dying manner
n. the state of nearing death
Word Type Pronunciation v. to mortally wound; to make or become
weak adjective /ˈvin tɑs/ dying

Official Definition Usage

Shining Dur neh viir!
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Curse never dying!
(PrimaGames.com) (Summon Durnehviir Shout)

Expanded Definition Etymology

adj. shining Possibly related to dir ‘to die’.
adv. shiningly
Notes
n. to make or become shining
Not used to mean ‘final’ as in ‘her dying
Usage words’ or ‘his dying wish’. Also not used to
Het nok kopraan do Wynjolf ahrk Wuld, express want as in ‘we are dying to eat’. Not
wen viintaas tuz vey zeim lahvu do rahgron to be confused as the present participle
Ogiim. of dir ‘to die’; should only be used in
Here lies the body of Wynjolf the Whirlwind, reference to something that is close to death.
whose shining blades cut through an army of
angry Orcs. Vith VITH
(Word Wall for Wuld, Whirlwind Sprint)
Word Type Pronunciation
Etymology
noun /viθ/
From viin ‘to shine’. Suffix -taas may form
present participles or otherwise form Official Definition
adjectives from verbs. Serpent
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

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context in Alduin’s dragon resurrection

Expanded Definition
Shout and its relationship with the
n. serpent, snake
prefix vo- ‘un-, opposite of’. Possibly occurs
in the dragon name Kahvozein ‘pride undo
Usage
worship’.
Qethsegol vahrukiv kril Thjodrek, wo dir
zohungaar ko Grah do Vith Okaaz.
This stone commemorates the brave Thjodrek, Vo- VO-
who died heroically in the Battle of the Serpent
Sea. Word Type Pronunciation
(Word Wall for Grah, Elemental Fury) prefix /vo/

Notes Official Definition

Not a synonym of dovah ‘dragon’ Un- (prefix meaning “opposite of”, e.g.
or diiv ‘wyrm’. unkind, unlikeable, etc.)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)

Vo VO Expanded Definition
pref. un-, opposite of
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /vo/ Usage
Vobalaan ‘unworthy’; vodahmin ‘unremembe
Official Definition
red/forgotten’; vokrii ‘to revive, restore’ (lit.
No official translation given.
‘un-kill’); vokul ‘evil’ (lit. ‘un-
Expanded Definition good’); vokun ‘shadow’ (lit. ‘un-
light’); volaan ‘intruder’ (lit. ‘un-
v. to undo, reverse
want(ed)’); vomir ‘unallied’; vonun ‘unseen’;
n. undoing, reversal
vonuz ‘invisible’; vosaraan ‘to hasten’ (lit.
Usage ‘un-wait’); vothaarn ‘disobedience’
Slen Tiid Vo! Etymology
[Flesh time undo!] Related to vo ‘to undo, reverse’.
(Alduin, 000B3987)
Notes
Connotations
Appears as von-
Word of Power, used by Alduin to ‘undo in vonmindoraan ‘incomprehensible idea’.
time’ and return a dragon’s soul to its flesh. Unknown whether this is intentional or a
Etymology typo of vomindoraan. Appears to be used in
dialogue to form a negative imperative
The origin of the prefix vo- ‘un-, opposite of’
(vosaraan ‘do not wait’, 000C64F6); more
or derived from it.
likely that vosaraan is a separate vocabulary
Notes word meaning ‘to hasten’ (li. ‘un-wait’)
Official meaning is unknown. Possibly
means ‘to undo’ or ‘to reverse’ given its

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Vobalaan VOBAL1N Expanded Definition

adj. ago, gone, past
Word Type Pronunciation adv. ago, gone by, in the past
strong adjective /voˈbæl ɑn, voˈbɑl ɑn/ n. past; the quality of being past
v. to pass, to make or become past
Official Definition
Unworthy Usage
(Dialogue File, 0004DE32) Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah
Expanded Definition vod, ahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein!
Hearken now, sons of snow, to an age, long ago,
adj. unworthy
and the tale, boldly told, of the one!
adv. unworthily
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
n. unworthiness
v. to make or become unworthy

Usage
Vodahmin VOD4MIN
Zu'u ni tahrodiis. It was you that lured me Word Type Pronunciation
here and took me prisoner... vobalaan strong adjective /voˈdɑ min/
grahmindol. I have done nothing to earn
your distrust. Official Definition
Zu'u ni tahrodiis = “I (am) not treacherous” Unremembered/Forgotten
vobalaan grahmindol = “unworthy strategem” (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Odahviing, 0004DE32) (POGGLE. p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Connotations
Associated with treachery and dishonor, not Expanded Definition
befitting of something (a battle, event, etc.). adj. unremembered, forgotten
adv. unremembered, forgotten, having been
Etymology forgotten
From balaan ‘worthy’ with the prefix vo- n. the quality of being forgotten
‘un-, opposite of’. v. to be forgotten; to make or become
forgotten

Vod VOD Usage

Word Type Pronunciation Nii los heyv do enook mun wah lahney
voth ahkrin ahrk zin, leh rok Feim
strong adjective /vod/
vodahmin kotin vulom.
Official Definition It is the duty of each man to live with courage
Ago (“lingrah vod” - “long ago”) and honor, lest he Fade unremembered into
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) darkness.
(POGGLE. p. 1097) (Word Wall for Feim, Become Ethereal)
(PrimaGames.com)

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Etymology Vokrii VOKR3

From dahmaan ‘to remember’ with the
prefix vo- ‘un-, opposite of’. Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /voˈkri/
Notes
Not to be confused for ‘to forget’. Official Definition
Restore (literally “unkill”)
(Dialogue File, 000D2CF5)
Vokiin VOK3N (PrimaGames.com)
Word Type Pronunciation Expanded Definition
strong adjective /ˈvo kin/ v. to restore, revive, return (to a state or
condition)
Official Definition
n. restoration, revival, return (to a state or
Unborn
condition)
(Dialogue File, 0003FA13)
Usage
Expanded Definition
I have tasted the voices of Alduin's allies on
adj. unborn, not yet born or made
the wind. Pogaan nahlaas, vokrii wah jun
adv. in an unborn or nonexistent manner
[sic].
n. the quality or state of being unborn,
Pogaan nahlaas, vokrii wah jun [sic] = “many
nonexistence
alive, restored to (the) light”
v. to unmake, undo; to make or become
(Paarthurnax, 000D2CF5)
unborn

Usage Alduin, thuri! Boaan tiid vokriiha

suleyksejun kruziik?
Perhaps this world is simply the Egg of the
Alduin, my king (overlord)! Has the time
next kalpa? Lein vokiin? Would you stop
arrived (flown) to restore (unkill) your ancient
the next world from being born?
dominion (power-of-king)?
Lein vokiin = world unborn
(Sahloknir, 00035B4A)
(Paarthurnax, 0003FA13)

Connotations Het nok un mahlaan drogge erei suleyk se

More closely associated with creation than Alduin vokrii.
destruction, unmaking something for the [Here lie our fallen lords until the power of
purpose of making something new. Alduin (is) restored.]
(Dragonstone Inscription)
Etymology
Connotations
Kiin ‘born’ with the prefix vo- ‘un’.
To restore, return to power or existence.
May also refer to literal resurrection.

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Etymology Vokun VOKUN

From krii ‘to kill’ with the prefix vo- ‘un-,
opposite of’. Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ˈvo kun, voˈkun/

Vokul VOKUL Official Definition

Shadow
Word Type Pronunciation
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
strong adjective /ˈvo kul, voˈkul/ (PrimaGames.com)
Official Definition Expanded Definition
Evil (literally “ungood”) n. shadow; darkness
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) Usage
Alduin, feyn do jun, kruziik vokun
Expanded Definition
staadnau, voth aan bahlok wah diivon fin
adj. evil
lein!
adv. evilly, in an evil manner
Alduin, Bane of Kings, ancient shadow
n. evilness; evil
unbound, with a hunger to swallow the world!
v. to make or become evil
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Usage Connotations
Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, naal ok zin los Associated with darkness and doom,
vahriin, wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst possibly also evil.
vaal!
Dragonborn, Dragonborn, by his honor is Etymology
sworn, To keep evil forever at bay! From kun ‘light’ with the prefix vo- ‘un-,
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) opposite of’.

Kendov krif ok kosil Vokul, nuz jun Gaar Notes

niin nau ok hokoron. Namesake of one of the eight dragon priest
The warrior fights his inner evils, but the king masks.
unleashes them on his enemies.
(Word Wall for Gaar, Cyclone)
Vol VOL
Connotations
Word Type Pronunciation
Moral evil, more prominently used by
Nords than dragons, whose morals are noun /vol/
based on strength and truth.
Official Definition
Etymology Horror
From kul ‘good’ with the prefix vo- ‘un-, (POGGLE, p. 1097)
opposite of’. (PrimaGames.com)

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Expanded Definition
n. horror Volunruud
Usage
VOLUNR5D
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list Word Type Pronunciation
and Prima Games official guide. noun /ˈvo lun rud/
Connotations Official Definition
Associated with darkness and doom, Volunruud
possibly also evil. (Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund)

Expanded Definition
Volaan VOL1N n. Volunruud
Word Type Pronunciation Usage
strong verb /voˈlɑn/ Volunruud - Volunruud - A Fortified
Official Definition Wooden Hall near Giants' Gap. Meat and
Worked Ivory.
Intruder
(Book, Holdings of Jarl Gjalund)
(PrimaGames.com)
Etymology
Expanded Definition
Unknown whether dragon or Nordic in
v. to intrude
origin, but most likely Nordic.
n. intrusion; intruder

Usage
Vomindok VOMINDOK
Tell me. Why do you come here, volaan?
Why do you intrude on my meditation? Word Type Pronunciation
(Paarthurnax, 0003FA14) strong adjective /ˈvo min dok, voˈmin dok/

Dir volaan! Official Definition

/Die, intruder!/ Unknown/Unknowable
(Draugr, 0004C59D) (Dialogue File, 000BD16A)
(PrimaGames.com)
Connotations
Not necessarily equivalent to ‘trespasser’ Expanded Definition
where the intrusion is intentional; someone adj. unknown, unknowable
or something in a place that is not wanted, adv. in an unknown or unknowable
whether knowingly intruding or otherwise. manner, incomprehensibly
n. obscurity; unknown, something that is
Etymology
unknown
From laan ‘want/request’ with the prefix vo- v. to make or become unknown
‘un-, opposite of’, someone or something
that is not wanted.

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Usage Usage
Return [The Elder Scroll] here, to the Tiid- Mu los vomir.
Ahraan. Then... Kelle vomindok. Nothing is We are unallied/free of fealty.
certain with such things… (Dragon, 0009E06E)
Kelle vomindok = “The Elder Scrolls are
Etymology
unknown/unknowable”
From mir ‘allegiance’ with the prefix vo-
(Paarthurnax, 000BD16A)
‘un-, opposite of’.
Vomindok. I do not know. Perhaps in the
very doing they erased the knowing of
/Dragonrend/ from Time itself.
Vonmindoraan
(Paarthurnax, 0003FA42) VONMINDOR1N
Etymology Word Type Pronunciation
From mindok ‘to know’ with the prefix vo- strong adjective /vonˈmin doˌrɑn/
‘un-, opposite of’.
Official Definition
Notes Incomprehensible
Can be used as an interjection to mean ‘I (Dialogue File, 0003FA43)
don’t know’ or ‘That’s unknown’.
Expanded Definition
adj. incomprehensible
Vomir VOM7 adv. incomprehensibly
n. incomprehension; the quality of being
Word Type Pronunciation incomprehensible; an incomprehensible
strong adjective /voˈmir/ thing or idea
v. to make or become incomprehensible
Official Definition
Unallied/Free of Fealty Usage
(Dialogue File, 0009E06E) [Dragonrend] was said to force a dragon to
Expanded Definition experience the concept of Mortality. A truly
vonmindoraan... incomprehensible idea to
adj. unallied, free of fealty, independent
the immortal dov.
adv. in a manner free of fealty,
(Paarthurnax, 0003FA43)
independently
n. independence, the quality of being Etymology
unallied, free of fealty From mindoraan ‘to understand’ with the
v. to become unallied, free of fealty, be prefix vo- ‘un-, opposite of’.
released from an oath
Notes
Unknown whether the n is accidental and
the intended word is vomindoraan, or if it is
intentional for an unknown reason.

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Vonmindoraan does not appear in any other

source besides the dialogue cited above.
Vonuz VONUZ
Word Type Pronunciation
Vonun VONUN strong adjective /ˈvo nuz, voˈnuz/

Word Type Pronunciation Official Definition

Invisible
strong adjective /ˈvo nun, voˈnun/
(PrimaGames.com)
Official Definition
Expanded Definition
Unseen
(PrimaGames.com) adj. invisible
adv. invisibly
Expanded Definition n. invisibility; something that is invisible
adj. unseen, hidden v. to vanish, disappear, make or become
adv. hiddenly, in an unseen manner invisible
n. hiddenness, the quality of being unseen;
something that is unseen Usage
v. to hide, vanish, disappear, make or Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.
become unseen
Etymology
Usage Possibly from an unattested
Qethsegol vahrukiv sod do Siglif fin Vonun word nuz ‘visible’ with the prefix vo- ‘un-,
wo aam lot Keizaal ni ol kendov ko vu nuz opposite of’. Much more likely a variation
ol sah ko suvulaan. of vonun ‘unseen’ made without regard to
This stone commemorates the deeds of Siglif the the prefix vo-.
Unseen, who served great Skyrim not as a
warrior in the dawn, but as a phantom in the
Vosaraan VOSAR1N
twilight.
(Unused Word Wall for Sah, Phantom Word Type Pronunciation
Form) strong verb /voˈsə rɑn, vo’sɑr ən/
Etymology Official Definition
From an unattested word nun ‘seen’ Do not wait / Do not delay
(possibly ‘to see or spot’) with the prefix vo- (Dialogue File, 000C64F0, 000C64F6)
‘un-, opposite of’.
Expanded Definition
v. to hasten, make haste, be without delay
n. haste, lack of delay

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Usage Lingrah krosis saraan Strundu'ul, voth nid

balaan klov praan nau.
Dovahkiin, vosaraan! Use Dragonrend
Long sorrowfully (has) waited the Stormcrown,
before Alduin consumes you!
with no worthy head to rest on.
Vosaraan = do not wait, vosaraan = do not delay
(Greybeards, 000C43AB)
(Paarthurnax, 000C64F0, 000C64F6)

Etymology Qethsegol vahrukiv paaz kulaas Yrsa, wo

From saraan ‘to wait, delay’ with the ensosin pah do Taazokaan voth ek Dun
prefix vo- ‘un-, opposite of’. ahrk brii.
This stone commemorates the fair princess Yrsa,
Notes who bewitched all of Tamriel with her Grace and
May be interpreted as a negative imperative beauty.
of saraan ‘to wait, delay’. Very likely exists (Word Wall for Dun, Elemental Fury)
as an independent word meaning ‘to
hasten’ or ‘to not delay’. Ahrk fin zul, rok drey kod, nau tol morokei
frod, rul lot Taazokaan motaad voth kein!
And the Voice, he did wield, on that glorious
Voth VOTH field, when great Tamriel shuddered with war!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Word Type Pronunciation
preposition /voθ/ Notes
Not used to mean ‘together’ as in ‘cheese
Official Definition with mead’ or ‘to travel with a companion’.
With (Song of the Dragonborn - avoid Also not used to mean ‘supporting’ as in ‘I
using) am with you’.
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue File, 000C43AB)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Vothaarn VOTH1RN
(PrimaGames.com)
Word Type Pronunciation
Expanded Definition strong adjective /voˈθɑrn, ˈvo θɑrn/
prep. with; possessing; using, by
(instrumental); from, due to Official Definition
Disobedience
Usage (Dialogue File, 000E16F9)
Wo lost fron wah ney dov, ahrk fin reyliik
Expanded Definition
do jul, voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein!
Who was kin to both wyrm, and the races of adj. disobedient
man, with a power to rival the sun! adv. disobediently
n. disobedience
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
v. to disobey; to make or become
disobedient

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Usage Notes
Sosaal fah hin vothaarn. Not used as a verb meaning ‘to occur’ as in
(You will) bleed for your disobedience. ‘to dawn on someone’.
(Alduin, 000E16F9)

Connotations Vukein VUK2N

Associated with betrayal and treachery,
heresy for not following the rightful power. Word Type Pronunciation
noun /vuˈkaɪn, ˈvu kaɪn/
Etymology
From thaarn ‘obedience’ with the prefix vo- Official Definition
‘un-, opposite of’. Combat
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Vu VU (PrimaGames.com)
Word Type Pronunciation Expanded Definition
noun /vu/ v. to combat, face in combat, fight in war
n. combat
Official Definition
Dawn Usage
(PrimaGames.com)
Het nok kopraan do Iglif Iiz-Sos, wo grind
Expanded Definition ok oblaan ni ko morokei vukein, nuz ahst
munax haalvut do liiv krasaar.
n. dawn; the end of darkness
Here lies the body of Iglif Ice-Blood, who met his
Usage end not in glorious combat, but at the cruel
touch of the withering sickness.
Qethsegol vahrukiv sod do Siglif fin Vonun
(Word Wall for Iiz, Ice Form)
wo aam lot Keizaal ni ol kendov ko vu nuz
ol sah ko suvulaan. Connotations
[(This) stone commemorates (the) deeds of Siglif
To fight, battle against, esp. single combat.
the Unseen, who served great Skyrim not as (a)
warrior in dawn, but as (a) phantom in Etymology
twilight.] From kein ‘war’.
(Unused Word Wall for Sah, Phantom
Form)

Connotations
In close proximity
to vul ‘dark’, vulom ‘darkness’,
and vulon ‘night’. May be more closely
associated with the passing night than the
coming day.

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Notes
Vul VUL
Featured in the dragon
Word Type Pronunciation name Vuljotnaak ‘dark maw eat’.
weak adjective /vul/

Official Definition Vulom VULOM

Dark
Word Type Pronunciation
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
noun /ˈvul om/
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) Official Definition
Expanded Definition Darkness
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
adj. dark
(PrimaGames.com)
adv. darkly
v. to darken Expanded Definition
n. darkness
Usage
Nuz aan sul, fent alok, fod fin vul dovah Usage
nok, fen kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ruz!
Nii los heyv do enook mun wah lahney
But a day, shall arise, when the dark dragon's
voth ahkrin ahrk zin, leh rok Feim
lies, will be silenced forever and then!
vodahmin kotin vulom.
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
It is the duty of each man to live with courage
and honor, lest he Fade unremembered into
Bekkhild wahlaan qethsegol ahmulii
darkness.
vahrukt, Eyolf, wen veysun los sizaan ko
(Word Wall for Feim, Become Ethereal)
vul Kest ko Okaaz do Luv.
Bekkhild raised this stone for her husband, Eyolf,
Het nok Faal Vahlok, deinmaar do
whose ship was lost in a dark Tempest in the Sea
Dovahgolz ahrk aan Fus do unslaad rahgol
of Tears.
ahrk vulom.
(Word Wall for Kest, Whirlwind Sprint)
Here lies The Guardian, keeper of the
Dragonstone and a Force of eternal rage and
Wo meyz [sic] wah dii vul junaar?
darkness.
[Who comes to my dark kingdom?]
(Word Wall for Fus, Unrelenting Force)
(Morokei, 0008010B)
Connotations
Connotations
Without light, associated with doom, loss of
Without light, associated with doom, loss of
hope. Also associated with being lost or
hope.
forgotten.
Etymology
Etymology
Possibly shares root with vu ‘dawn’.
From vul ‘dark’ with noun suffix -om.

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Usage
Vulon VULON
Occurs only in the compound
Word Type Pronunciation word sadonvum ‘graybeard’.
noun /ˈvul on/ Etymology
Official Definition May share root with tum ‘down’ and
Night possible unattested
(POGGLE, p. 1097) word lum in lumnaar ‘valley’ meaning ‘low’.
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Vur V6

n. night Word Type Pronunciation
Usage noun /vur/
Pah werid sonaan Lunerio, wen yuvon Official Definition
lovaas meyz Fo, het ko vulon.
Valor
All praise the bard Lunerio, whose golden voice
(Battle Fury Shout)
became Frost, here in the night. (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(Word Wall for Fo, Frost Breath)
(PrimaGames.com)
Connotations Expanded Definition
Associated with vulom ‘darkness’, the threat n. valor
of doom, treachery, the unseen.
Usage
Etymology
Mid vur shaan!
From vul ‘dark’. In close proximity
Loyal valor inspire!
to vu ‘dawn’, suvulaan ‘twilight’,
(Battle Fury Shout)
and sul ‘day’.

Qethsegol vahrukiv vur do Faal Vahlok,

Vum VUM nonvul aar se dovah wen dez lost wah
qahnaar tahrodiis Miraak.
Word Type Pronunciation This stone commemorates the valor of the
noun /vum/ Guardian, noble servant of dragons whose fate it
was to vanquish the treacherous Miraak.
Official Definition (Word Wall for Vur, Battle Fury)
Beard
Connotations
(PrimaGames.com)
Word of Power, bravery in battle,
Expanded Definition perseverance to fight or accomplish a great
n. beard deed.

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Vus VUS to (expressing condition or state); to, at,

towards; versus, against
Word Type Pronunciation
Usage
noun /vus/
Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, naal ok zin los
Official Definition vahriin, wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst
Nirn vaal!
(PrimaGames.com) Dragonborn, Dragonborn, by his honor is
sworn, To keep evil forever at bay!
Expanded Definition (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
n. Nirn
Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah
Usage vod, Aahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein!
Nahl...Daal...Vus! Hearken now, sons of snow, to an age, long ago,
Living return Nirn! and the tale, boldly told, of the one!
(Tsun, 000EC399, 000EC397) (Book, Songs of Skyrim)

Connotations Wo lost fron wah ney dov, ahrk fin reyliik

Word of Power, appears only in the Shout do jul, voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein!
used by Tsun to return a person from Who was kin to both wyrm, and the races of
Sovngarde to Nirn. Refers specifically to the man, with a power to rival the sun!
planetary body. (Book, Songs of Skyrim)

Etymology Pogaan nahlaas, vokrii wah jun.

Possibly from vu ‘dawn’. Many alive, restored to (the) light.
(Paarthurnax, 000D2CF5)

Wah W4 Ruth wah nivahriin joor!

Rage/curses to (you) cowardly mortal!
Word Type Pronunciation (Alduin, 000C64F1)
preposition /wɑ/
Thu'um wah Thu'um!
Official Definition Shout versus Shout!
To/Versus (Odahviing, 000D2DBF)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Notes
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Dialogue File, 000D2CF5, 000D2DBF) Used most commonly to indicate infinitive
(POGGLE, p. 1097) verbs. Often absent from speech and
(PrimaGames.com) writing. May sometimes be contracted as -
a. (Rok funta koraav ‘he failed to see’,
Expanded Definition 0009C218)
prep. to (indicates infinitive); to (indicates
indirect object); to, with (indicates relation);

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Wahl W4L Dov wahlaan fah rel.

Dragons were created for domination.
Word Type Pronunciation (Paarthurnax, 0003C574)

weak verb /wɑl/

Loknir Mal-Tu wahlaan qethsegol aarii
Official Definition vahrukt, bonaar Vakeeza, wo vaat Mir wah
Build/Create (past tense Wahlaan jun do Keizaal, ahrk dir ko sadon gravuun.
Loknir Little-Hammer erected this stone in
Built/Created)
memory of his servant, humble Vakeeza, who
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
swore Allegiance to the kings of Skyrim, and
(PrimaGames.com)
died in the gray autumn.
Expanded Definition (Word Wall for Mir, Animal Allegiance)
v. to build, raise, create, construct, erect
Nafni wahlaan qethsegol bormahii vahrukt,
Usage Rognvald, wen Zii fen mahfaeraak aak ok
Occurs as a past participle wahlaan. brod, ahrk folook ok hokoron.
Nafni raised this stone for his father, Rognvald,
Connotations whose Spirit will forever guide his clan, and
Generally only in reference to structures, haunt his enemies.
such as a stone or hall. (Word Wall for Zii, Become Ethereal)

Connotations
Wahlaan W4L1N Common in Word Wall memorials.
Generally only in reference to structures,
Word Type Pronunciation such as a stone or hall.
verb /wəˈlɑn/
Etymology
Official Definition From wahl ‘to build, raise’ with the suffix -
Built/Created/Raised/Erected aan.
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Dialogue File, 0009C216)
(POGGLE, p. 1097, 1098) Wahlaan W4L1N
Expanded Definition Word Type Pronunciation
v. built, created, raised, erected, past part. noun /wəˈlɑn/
of wahl
Official Definition
Usage Creation
Alduin wahlaan daanii. (Dialogue File, 000BBEAA)
Alduin created his (own) doom. Expanded Definition
(Paarthurnax, 0009C216)
n. creation, something that is raised or built

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Usage Pah werid sonaan Lunerio, wen yuvon

lovaas meyz Fo, het ko vulon.
It is an... artifact from outside time. It does
All praise the bard Lunerio, whose golden voice
not exist, but it has always existed. Rah
became Frost, here in the night.
wahlaan. They are...hmm... fragments of
(Word Wall for Fo, Frost Breath)
creation.
Rah wahlaan = gods (of) creation, or creator
Thoringar wahlaan qethsegol monii
gods.
vahrukt, Noomi, wen dez los wah Aus nin
(Paarthurnax, 000BBEAA)
do pogaan Ogiim ronaaz.
Connotations Thoringar raised this stone for his daughter’s
Generally only in reference to structures, memory, Noomi, whose fate it was to Suffer the
such as a stone or hall. sting of many Orc arrows.
(Word Wall for Aus, Marked for Death)
Etymology
Etymology
From wahl ‘to build, raise’.
From wo ‘who’.
Notes

Werid WERID
Identical to the past participle wahlaan.

Wen WEN Word Type Pronunciation

strong verb /ˈwɛr id/
Word Type Pronunciation
Official Definition
pronoun /wɛn/
Praise
Official Definition (POGGLE, p. 1097)
Whose (PrimaGames.com)
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
Expanded Definition
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com) v. to praise, exalt
n. praise, exaltation
Expanded Definition
pron. whose Usage
Pah werid morokei Miraak, zok suleykaar
Usage do pah Sonaak wen Mul bolaav naal
Qethsegol vahrukiv Vulgrum fin Zahkrii ko Fahluaan do Jul.
fin Ven, sovrahzun wen moro lost maltiid, All praise the glorious Miraak, most powerful of
nuz ko vahrukt unslaad. all priests, whose Strength was granted by the
This stone commemorates Vulgrum the Sword Gardener of Men.
in the Wind, the mercenary whose glory was (Word Wall for Mul, Dragon Aspect)
brief, but in memory eternal.
(Word Wall for Ven, Cyclone)

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Pah werid sonaan Lunerio, wen yuvon

lovaas meyz Fo, het ko vulon.
Wo WO
All praise the bard Lunerio, whose golden voice Word Type Pronunciation
became Frost, here in the night.
pronoun /wo/
(Word Wall for Fo, Frost Breath)
Official Definition
Connotations
Who
Religious praise, or general compliments,
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
regard, or esteem.
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue File, 000ED363)
Win WIN (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Word Type Pronunciation
Expanded Definition
strong verb /win/
pron. who, whom
Official Definition
Wage Usage
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Wo lost fron wah ney dov, ahrk fin reyliik
(POGGLE, p. 1097) do jul, voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein!
(PrimaGames.com) Who was kin to both wyrm, and the races of
man, with a power to rival the sun!
Expanded Definition (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
v. to wage, carry out (a war, conflict)
n. waging Nust wo ni qiilaan fen kos duaan.
Those who (do) not bow will be devoured.
Usage (Alduin, 000ED363)
Ahrk fin Kel lost prodah, do ved viing ko
fin krah, tol fod zeymah win kein meyz Het nok Yngnavar Gaaf-Kodaav, wo drey
fundein! Yah moro nau Frod do Krosis, nuz sinon
And the Scrolls have foretold, of black wings in siiv dinok ahrk dukaan.
the cold, that when brothers wage war come Here lies Yngnavar Ghost-Bear, who did Seek
unfurled! glory on the Battlefield of Sorrows, but instead
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) found death and dishonor.
(Word Wall for Yah, Aura Whisper)
Notes
Not to be confused for ‘wage’ as in ‘salary’.

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Wol WOL Usage

Wuld nah kest!
Word Type Pronunciation Whirlwind fury tempest!
strong adjective /wol/ (Whirlwind Sprint Shout)

Official Definition Master Borri will teach you “Wuld,” which

Oak means “Whirlwind.”
(PrimaGames.com) (Arngeir, 00078B3E)

Expanded Definition Even we who ride the currents of Time

adj. oak, oaken cannot see past Time's end. Wuldsetiid los
adv. in an oaken manner, as though made tahrodiis.
of oak Wuldsetiid los tahrodiis = “the
n. oak whirlwind/vortex of time is
v. to make or become oaken treacherous/turbulent”
(Paarthurnax, 00055771)
Usage
Lo ni hin kiim, fah rek los wol ko hin spaan, Het nok kopraan do Wynjolf ahrk Wuld,
dwiin ko hin zahkrii. wen viintaas tuz vey zeim lahvu do rahgron
[Deceive not your wife, for she is the oak in your Ogiim.
shield, and the steel in your sword.] Here lies the body of Wynjolf the Whirlwind,
(Unused Word Wall for Lo, Phantom Form) whose shining blades cut through an army of
angry Orcs.
Connotations
(Word Wall for Wuld, Whirlwind Sprint)
Revered as strong, associated with
protection. Connotations
Word of Power, associated with the
turbulence, unpredictability, and power of
Wuld WULD the wind and sky.
Word Type Pronunciation
noun /wuld/ Wuldsetiid WULDSET
Official Definition 3D
Whirlwind/Vortex
Word Type Pronunciation
(Whirlwind Sprint Shout)
(Dialogue File, 00078B3E) noun /wuld sɛˈtid/
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Official Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
Whirlwind of Time
Expanded Definition (Dialogue File, 00055771)
n. whirlwind Expanded Definition
n. whirlwind of time

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Usage
Even we who ride the currents of Time Wunduniik
cannot see past Time's end. Wuldsetiid los
WUNDUN3K
tahrodiis.
Wuldsetiid los tahrodiis = “the Word Type Pronunciation
whirlwind/vortex of time is noun /ˈwun dun ik/
treacherous/turbulent”
(Paarthurnax, 00055771) Official Definition
Traveller
Connotations
(Dialogue File, 0003F88B)
Metaphor that characterizes the currents of (PrimaGames.com)
time as turbulent and unpredictable.
Expanded Definition
n. traveller
Wundun WUNDUN
Usage
Word Type Pronunciation
Drem Yol Lok. Greetings, wunduniik. I am
strong verb /ˈwun dun/
Paarthurnax.
Official Definition Wunduniik = traveller
(Paarthurnax, 0003F88B)
Travel
(Dialogue File, 0009E069)
You are bold, wunduniik. You dare enter a
(PrimaGames.com)
Dovah's home without permission.
Expanded Definition (Paarthurnax, 0003F9E7)
v. to travel Etymology
n. travel
From wundun ‘to travel’ with the noun
Usage suffix -iik.

Pruzah wundunne wah Wuth Gein.

Good travels to the old one. Wuth WUTH
(Odahviing, 0009E069)
Word Type Pronunciation
Het mah siigonis Neivaan wo wundun Gut strong adjective /wuθ/
nol hofkiin dir voth zin ko ahmik do
Zeymahzin. Official Definition
[Here fell (the) lizard Nievaan, who travelled Old
Far from home (to) die with honor in service of (Dialogue File, 000C43A7)
(the) Companions.] (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(Unused Word Wall for Gut, Throw Voice) (PrimaGames.com)

Notes
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Expanded Definition Yah Y4

adj. old; for a long time
adv. in an old manner, as though old; yore Word Type Pronunciation
n. oldness, age; yore strong verb /jɑ/
v. to age, grow or become old
Official Definition
Usage Seek
Qethsegol vahrukiv Bhor fin Golah, wo (Aura Whisper Shout)
praal het mulhaan ol Gol saraan onikiv, (Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
nunon wah meyz wuth sinon do onik. (POGGLE, p. 1097)
This stone commemorates Bhor the Stubborn, (PrimaGames.com)
who sat here still as Earth awaiting
Expanded Definition
enlightenment, only to become old instead of
wise. v. to seek, pursue
(Word Wall for Gol, Bend Will) n. search, pursuit

Usage
You will see them... wuth fadonne [sic]...
my friends - Hakon, Gormlaith, Felldir. Laas yah nir!
Wuth fadonne [sic] = old friends Life seek hunt!
(Paarthurnax, 000BD16A) (Aura Whisper Shout)

Naal Thu'umu, mu ofan nii nu, Dovahkiin, Het nok Yngnavar Gaaf-Kodaav, wo drey
naal suleyk do Kaan, naal suleyk do Shor, Yah moro nau Frod do Krosis, nuz sinon
ahrk naal suleyk do Atmorasewuth. siiv dinok ahrk dukaan.
By our Voice we give it now (to you), Here lies Yngnavar Ghost-Bear, who did Seek
Dragonborn, by (the) power of Kyne, by the glory on the Battlefield of Sorrows, but instead
power of Shor, and by the power of Atmora-of- found death and dishonor.
old. (Word Wall for Yah, Aura Whisper)
(Greybeards, 000C43A7) Connotations
Word of Power, most closely associated
[The Greybeards] see me as master. Wuth.
with hunting and pursuit.
Onik. Old and wise.
(Paarthurnax, 0003F88E)

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Yol YOL Notes

Not used to mean ‘fire’ as in ‘to fire an
Word Type Pronunciation arrow’.
noun /jol/

Official Definition Yolos YOLOS

Fire
(Fire Breath Shout) Word Type Pronunciation
(Dialogue File, 000E8275) noun /ˈjol os/
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
Official Definition
(PrimaGames.com)
Flame
Expanded Definition (POGGLE, p. 1097)
n. fire
Expanded Definition
Usage n. flame
Yol toor shul!
Usage
Fire inferno sun!
(Fire Breath Shout) Lungerd wahlaan qethsegol ahmulii
vahrukt, Thorgrima, deinmaar do sahqon
In your tongue, the Word simply means yolos, ahrk drog do Lah.
“Fire.” It is change given form. Power at its Lungerd raised this stone in memory of her
most primal. That is the true meaning of husband, Thorgrima, keeper of the crimson
“Yol.” Suleyk. Power. You have it, as do all flame, and lord of Magicka.
dov. But power is inert without action and (Word Wall for Lah, Drain Vitality)
choice. Think of this as the fire builds in
Connotations
your su'um, in your breath. Su'um ahrk
morah. What will you burn? What will you An individual flame, as opposed to a larger
spare? fire or inferno.
(Paarthurnax, 000E8275) Etymology
From yol ‘fire’.
Qethsegol vahrukiv kiir jun Jafnhar, wo los
ag nahlaas naal Yol do lot dovah Lodunost.
This stone commemorates the child king Jafnhar, Yoriik YOR3K
who was burned alive by the Fire of the great
dragon Lodunost. Word Type Pronunciation
(Word Wall for Yol, Fire Breath) strong verb /ˈjo rik/
Connotations Official Definition
Word of Power in the Fire Breath Shout. March (POGGLE, p. 1097)
Power at its most primal, change given (PrimaGames.com)
form. Associated with wrath and
destruction.

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Expanded Definition Etymology

v. to march Shares ending with sadon ‘gray’
n. march and sahqon ‘crimson’.

Usage Notes
Qethsegol vahrukiv Kendov se Ved Ronax, Does not refer to money.
Sille nu yoriik pindaar se Sovngarde pah
Ul.
This stone commemorates the warriors of the Zaam Z1M
Black Regiment, whose souls now march on the
plains of Sovngarde for all Eternity. Word Type Pronunciation
(Word Wall for Ul, Slow Time) noun /zɑm/
Connotations Official Definition
Associated with military, war, and battle. Slave
(Soul Cairn Summon Shout)
Yuvon YUVON (Dialogue File, 0202AD11)

Expanded Definition
Word Type Pronunciation
n. slave
strong adjective /ˈju von/

Official Definition Usage

Gold/Golden (adjective) Diil qoth zaam!

Undead tomb slave!
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(Soul Cairn Summon Shout)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition Zu'u ni zaamiil. You cannot command me

adj. gold, golden; fine, rich forever.
adv. goldenly; finely, richly Zu'u ni zaamiil. = I am not your slave.
n. gold; fineness, richness (Tamed Dragon, 0202AD11)
v. to make or become golden; to enrich Connotations
Usage Refers exclusively to an unwilling,
permanent slave, contrast with aar ‘servant’
Pah werid sonaan Lunerio, wen yuvon
which refers to someone who may serve
lovaas meyz Fo, het ko vulon.
because of an oath or duty.
All praise the bard Lunerio, whose golden voice
became Frost, here in the night. Etymology
(Word Wall for Fo, Frost Breath) From aam ‘to serve’.
Connotations
Though official definition and etymology
suggest color, is used in a way that more
closely means ‘fine or rich in character’.

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Zaamhus Z1MHUS Usage

Ahrk fin norok paal graan fod nust hon
Word Type Pronunciation zindro zaan!
noun /ˈzɑm hus/ And the fiercest foes rout when they hear
triumph's shout!
Official Definition (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Slavery
(Dialogue File, 0202BC53) Connotations
Does not refer to the Thu’um; a shout, yell,
Expanded Definition or cry, esp. a battle cry.
n. slavery, enslavement, the state or
condition of being a slave
Zah Z4
Usage
Word Type Pronunciation
Nahkriin fah zaamhus!
Vengeance for my slavery! strong adjective /zɑ/
(Sahrotaar, 0202BC53)
Official Definition
Connotations Finite
Refers to the enslavement of an individual (Dragonrend Shout)
person, not the institution of slavery. (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Etymology
Expanded Definition
From zaam with the noun suffix -hus.
adj. finite
adv. finitely
Zaan Z1N n. finiteness

Word Type Pronunciation Usage

strong verb /zɑn/ Joor zah frul!
Mortal finite temporary!
Official Definition
(Dragonrend Shout)
Shout (noun) (meaning yell, not use of
Voice power) Connotations
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Word of Power, forces the comprehension
(POGGLE, p. 1097) of finiteness the shackling of a dragon’s
(PrimaGames.com) immortal and timeless nature.

Expanded Definition
v. to shout, yell, cry
n. shout, yell, cry

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Zahkrii Z4KR3 Zahrahmiik Z4R4M3K

Word Type Pronunciation Word Type Pronunciation
noun /ˈzɑ kri/ strong verb /ˈzɑ rə mik/

Official Definition Official Definition

Sword Sacrifice
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) (PrimaGames.com)
(PrimaGames.com)
Expanded Definition
Expanded Definition v. to sacrifice
n. sword n. sacrifice

Usage Usage
Qethsegol vahrukiv Vulgrum fin Zahkrii ko Nau daar revak golt drey Freda zahrahmiik
fin Ven, sovrahzun wen moro lost maltiid, ek Laas, ful tol ek pogaan kiir filok, ahrk
nuz ko vahrukt unslaad. osos sul qahnaar ek hokoron.
This stone commemorates Vulgrum the Sword On this sacred ground did Freda sacrifice her
in the Wind, the mercenary whose glory was Life, so that her many children might escape,
brief, but in memory eternal. and some day vanquish her enemies.
(Word Wall for Ven, Cyclone) (Word Wall for Laas, Aura Whisper)

Qethsegol vahrukiv daanik Fahliil kiir do Connotations

Gravuun Frod, wo bovul ko Maar nol Though word’s etymology may indicate
kinzon zahkrii do kruziik hokoron. ritual sacrifice, used more generally.
This stone commemorates the doomed elf
Etymology
children of the Autumn Field, who fled in Terror
from the sharp swords of the ancient enemy. Possibly from zah ‘finite’, rah ‘god’,
(Word Wall for Maar, Dismay) or ahmik ‘service’.

Etymology
Possibly a compound of zah ‘finite’
Zeim Z2M
and krii ‘to kill’, a weapon that can slay a Word Type Pronunciation
dragon but not permanently.
preposition /zaɪm/

Official Definition
Through
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(Dialogue File, 0009C20D)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

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Expanded Definition Zeymah Z9M4

prep. through; past, beyond
Word Type Pronunciation
Usage noun /ˈzeɪ mə/
Sahrot Thu'um, med aan tuz, vey zeim
Official Definition
hokoron pah, ol fin Dovahkiin komeyt ok
rein! Brother(s)
Mighty Thu'um, like a blade, cut through (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
enemies all, as the Dragonborn issued his roar! (Dialogue File, 0009C213)
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Even I cannot see past Time's ending to Expanded Definition
what comes next. Niid [sic] koraav zeim
n. brother, sibling, kin
dinoksetiid.
Niid [sic] koraav zeim dinoksetiid. = “(There is)
Usage
no seeing through (the) end of time.”
Ahrk fin Kel lost prodah, do ved viing ko
(Paarthurnax, 0009C20D)
fin krah, tol fod zeymah win kein meyz
fundein!
Zein Z2N And the Scrolls have foretold, of black wings in
the cold, that when brothers wage war come
Word Type Pronunciation unfurled!
strong verb /zaɪn/ (Book, Songs of Skyrim)

Official Definition Qethsegol vahrukiv Hrodmir fin Krent, wo

Worship sov pah ok eruvos ahrk faraan wah Nos
(PrimaGames.com) tum krivaan do ok zeymah.
This stone commemorates Hrodmir the Broken,
Expanded Definition
who spent all his years and fortune to Strike
prep. through; past, beyond down the killer of his brother.
(Word Wall for Nos, Cyclone)
Usage
Occurs only in the dragon Happy? No, I am not happy. Zeymahi lost
name Kahvozein ‘pride undo worship’. ont du'ul Bormahu. Alduin was once the
crown of our father Akatosh's creation.
Zeymahi lost ont du'ul Bormahu = “My brother
was once the crown of our father”
(Paarthurnax, 0009C213)

Yes. Alduin... zeymah. The elder brother.

Gifted, grasping and troublesome as is so
often the case with firstborn.
(Paarthurnax, 000556DC)

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Connotations Zii Z3
A literal brother or a gender-neutral term
for someone close of kin (e.g. ‘brothers in Word Type Pronunciation
arms’). noun /zi/

Official Definition
Zeymahzin Z9M4ZIN Spirit/Soul
(Become Ethereal Shout)
Word Type Pronunciation (Dialogue File, 000CC4F2)
noun /zeɪˈmɑ zin, zeɪˈmɑ zɪn/ (POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)
Official Definition
Companion Expanded Definition
(PrimaGames.com) n. spirit, soul

Expanded Definition Usage

n. companion; the Companions Feim zii gron!
Fade spirit bind!
Usage
(Become Ethereal Shout)
Het mah siigonis Neivaan wo wundun Gut
nol hofkiin dir voth zin ko ahmik do Sahloknir! Ziil gro dovah ulse!
Zeymahzin. Sahloknir! Your soul is bound to me for
[Here fell (the) lizard Nievaan, who travelled eternity!
Far from home (to) die with honor in service of (Alduin, 000CC4F2)
(the) Companions.]
(Unused Word Wall for Gut, Throw Voice) Sahrotaar! Ziil los dii du!
Sahrotaar, your soul is mine to devour!
Connotations
(Miraak, 0202A8F0)
Gender-neutral, refers to an honored friend
or companion, esp. a person who serves “Fade” in your tongue. Mortals have
besides someone. greater affinity for this Word than the dov.
Everything mortal fades away in time, but
Etymology
the spirit remains. Ponder the meaning of
Compound of zeymah ‘brother’
spirit. Unslaad zii. Where mortal flesh may
and zin ‘honor’.
wither and die, the spirit endures.
Notes (Paarthurnax, 000E8274)
Can also refer to Ysgramor’s Five Hundred
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Nafni wahlaan qethsegol bormahii vahrukt, Not until introductions are complete. Zin.
Rognvald, wen Zii fen mahfaeraak aak ok Heyv. Test your Thu'um against mine,
brod, ahrk folook ok hokoron. Dovahkiin!
Nafni raised this stone for his father, Rognvald, Zin = honor, heyv = duty
whose Spirit will forever guide his clan, and (Paarthurnax, 0003F9E6)
haunt his enemies.
(Word Wall for Zii, Become Ethereal) No day goes by where I am not tempted to
return to my inborn nature. Zin krif horvut
Connotations se suleyk.
Word of Power, refers to the living soul and Zin krif horvut se suleyk. = “Honor (is) fighting
spirit, in contrast with sil ‘soul’ which better the lure of power”
refers to souls in the afterlife. (Paarthurnax, 0003C574)

Etymology
Wah Krii ko morokei kein los wah zin
Related to rii ‘essence’. geinmaar. Wah dir ko morokei kein los wah
zin pah do Keizaal.
Zin ZIN To Kill in glorious war is to honor oneself. To
die in glorious war is to honor all of Skyrim.
Word Type Pronunciation (Word Wall for Krii, Marked for Death)
noun /zin/ Connotations
Official Definition Central to ancient Nordic warrior culture,
associated with loyalty and victory. For
Honor
dragons, pertains to the following of ancient
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
rite, abiding by the rule of strength.
(Dialogue File, 0003F9E6)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Etymology
(PrimaGames.com)
Possibly related to zii ‘spirit’.
Expanded Definition
adj. honorable Zind ZIND
adv. honorably
n. honor Word Type Pronunciation
v. to honor, make or become honorable noun /zind/

Usage Official Definition

Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, naal ok zin los Triumph
vahriin, wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst (Book, Songs of Skyrim)
vaal! (POGGLE, p. 1097)
Dragonborn, Dragonborn, by his honor is (PrimaGames.com)
sworn, To keep evil forever at bay!
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) Expanded Definition
v. to triumph
n. triumph

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Usage Zohungaar ZOHUNG1R

Ahrk fin norok paal graan fod nust hon
zindro zaan! Word Type Pronunciation
And the fiercest foes rout when they hear weak adjective /zoˈhun gɑr/
triumph's shout!
Official Definition
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
Heroically
Connotations (POGGLE, p. 1097)
Associated with honor, courage, and (PrimaGames.com)
strength.
Expanded Definition
Etymology adj. heroic
Likely from zin ‘honor’. adv. heroically
v. to make or become heroic

Zofaas ZOF1S Usage

Qethsegol vahrukiv kril Thjodrek, wo dir
Word Type Pronunciation
zohungaar ko Grah do Vith Okaaz.
strong adjective /zoˈfɑs, ˈzo fɑs/ This stone commemorates the brave Thjodrek,
who died heroically in the Battle of the Serpent
Official Definition
Sea.
Fearful
(Word Wall for Grah, Elemental Fury)
(Dialogue File, 000BBEAA)
Etymology
Expanded Definition
From hungaar ‘heroic/heroism’ with the
adj. fearful, frightening
adjective prefix zo-, meaning ‘full of
adv. fearfully, frighteningly
heroism’.
n. fearfulness
v. to make or become frightening Notes
To avoid confusion
Usage
with hungaar ‘heroic’, hungaar should be
The Kelle... Elder Scrolls, as you name them, used solely as a noun (‘heroism’),
they have often been used for prophecy. … and zohungaar should be used solely as a
But this is only a small part of their power. weak adjective (‘heroic/heroically’).
Zofaas suleyk. Otherwise, zohungaar is greater in degree
(Paarthurnax, 000BBEAA) than hungaar.
Etymology
From faas ‘fear’ with the adjective prefix zo-.

Notes
Not to be confused for meaning ‘afraid’ or
‘frightened’.

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Zok ZOK Notes

Used to form superlatives (zok
Word Type Pronunciation mul ‘strongest / most strong’) and other
strong adjective /zok/ comparisons. May also be used with nouns
to mean ‘great amount of’. Not used to
Official Definition
mean ‘majority’ as in ‘most people’, or a
Most pronoun as in ‘most will fail’.
(Dialogue File, 000ED362) See pogaan ‘many’ instead.
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition
Zol ZOL
adj. great, greatest amount or degree of Word Type Pronunciation
adv. most (superlative) noun /zol/
n. most, greatest
v. to make or become the greatest or most Official Definition
Zombie
Usage (Soul Tear Shout)
Zu'u Alduin, zok sahrot do naan ko Lein. (POGGLE, p. 1097)
I (am still) Alduin, most mighty of any in (PrimaGames.com)
Mundus (the world).
Expanded Definition
(Alduin, 000ED362)
n. zombie
Dovahkiin zol [sic] mul. Zu'u gahvon miri
Alduin. Usage
Dovahkiin is most strong (=stronger). I yield my Rii vaaz zol!
allegiance (to) Alduin. Essence tear zombie!
(Odahviing, 000E16FF) (Soul Tear Shout)

Connotations
Zok frini grind ko grah drun viiki,
Dovahkiin. Word of Power, refers to a soulless, undead
My most eagerness (to) meet (you) in battle slave. Cannot refer to Draugr, who possess
brought my defeat. souls.
(Odahviing, 00048F09) Notes
Occurs in the dialogue as a misspelling
Qethsegol vahrukiv key Sarvirra, zok krin
of zok ‘most’.
Raan alun wah fonaar odus frod, ahrk ofan
ok sil fah ok drog.
This stone commemorates the horse Sarvirra, the
most courageous Animal ever to charge the
snowy battlefields, and give his soul for his lord.
(Word Wall for Raan, Animal Allegiance)

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Zoor Z8R Connotations

Likely more general than wahl ‘to build,
Word Type Pronunciation create’, which is specific to structures or
noun /zɔr, zur/ monuments.

Official Definition
Legend Zu'u ZU'U
(Call of Valor Shout)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Word Type Pronunciation
(PrimaGames.com) strong verb /zu, zuˈu/

Expanded Definition Official Definition

n. legend I
(Dialogue File, 000ED359)
Usage (PrimaGames.com)
Hun kaal zoor! Hero champion legend!
Expanded Definition
(Call of Valor Shout)
pron. I (first person singular)
Connotations
Word of Power, a person of great deeds, Usage
immortalized as a legend. Zu'u unslaad! Zu'u nis oblaan!
I am eternal! I cannot end! (be ended/be
Notes killed)
Refers to a person who is a legend, not (Alduin, 000ED359)
‘legend’ as in ‘myth’ or ‘tale’, or a
cartographic ‘legend’. Ful, losei Dovahkiin? Zu'u koraav nid nol
dov do hi.

Zorox ZOROX
So, you're the Dragonborn? I see nothing of the
dragon about you.
(Sahloknir, 000C8EA0)
Word Type Pronunciation
strong verb /zoˈroks/ Zu'u Odahviing. Call me when you have
Official Definition need, and I will come if I can.
(Odahviing, 0009C214)
Create
(PrimaGames.com)
Go and see for yourself. Zu'u ni bo nol het. I
Expanded Definition will be here... unless Alduin returns before
v. to create you do.
n. creation Zu'u ni bo nol het = “I (am) not moving from
here”
Usage (Odahviing, 0004DE37)
Attested only in the PrimaGames.com list.

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Notes Etymology
Two-syllable pronunciation used to indicate Possibly related to zun ‘weapon’ or shares
formality or for emphasis. root with zaan ‘shout’.

Notes
Zul ZUL At one point was vun rather than zul. Vun is
still audible in the Throw Voice Shout and
Word Type Pronunciation
appears instead of zul in the dialogue file.
noun /zul/

Official Definition
Zun ZUN
Voice (the actual mortal voice, not the
power of the shouting [sic]) Word Type Pronunciation
(Throw Voice Shout) noun /zun/
(Book, Songs of Skyrim)
(POGGLE, p. 1097) Official Definition
(PrimaGames.com) Weapon
(Disarm Shout)
Expanded Definition
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
n. voice (mortal voice) (PrimaGames.com)

Usage Expanded Definition

Zul mey gut! n. weapon, weaponry
Voice fool far!
(Throw Voice Shout) Usage
Zun haal viik!
Ahrk fin zul, rok drey kod, nau tol morokei Weapon hand defeat!
frod, rul lot Taazokaan motaad voth kein! (Disarm Shout)
And the Voice, he did wield, on that glorious
field, when great Tamriel shuddered with war! Pruzaan Zun ko Keizaal los hahdrim do
(Book, Songs of Skyrim) dwiin-sil kendov.
The best Weapon in Skyrim is the mind of a
Modir fin Gut wahlaan qethsegol zeymahii steel-souled warrior.
vahrukt, Oskar fin Mey, wen Zul los sahlo, (Word Wall for Zun, Disarm)
ahrk ni sahrot Thu’um do ok brod.
Modir the Far raised this stone for his brother, Connotations
Oskar the Fool, whose Voice was weak, and not Word of Power, generally refers to
the mighty Thu’um of his clan. handheld weaponry but can refer to any
(Word Wall for Throw Voice) implement of battle (e.g. voice).

Connotations Etymology
Word of Power, not the formal name for the Possibly related to zul ‘voice’.
power of the Voice (see thu’um) but can be
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anger v. rahgron
A angrily adv. rahgron
angry adj. rahgron
a art. aan
animal n. raan
ability n. suleyk
anticipate v. prodah
about prep. do
anvil n. keyn
according to prep. naal
any adj. naan
accursed adj. dur
any pron. naan
acquire v. ofaal
anyone pron. naan
acquisition n. ofaal
apologies interj. krosis
act v. dreh
appeal n. horvut
action n. dreh
appealing adj. brit
adversary n. hokoron, paal
archer n. ronaan
afraid adj. faas
are v. los
after prep. mindin
argonian n. siigonis
after which adv. ruz
arise v. alok
against prep. wah
armor n. qah
age n. bok
army n. lahvu
age n. wuth
arrival n. bo
age v. fodiiz, kruziik, wuth, sadonvum
arrive v. bo
ago adj. vod
arrogance n. pahlok
ago adv. vod
arrogant adj. pahlok
ahead adv. amativ
arrogantly adv. pahlok
air n. su
arrow n. ronaaz
akatosh n. bormahu
as adv. ol
akin to prep. med
ashamed adj. paak
alik'r n. alikr
ashamedly adv. paak
alike conj. ney
aspire v. paar
alive adj. nahlaas, nahl
at prep. ahst, nau, ko, wah
all adj. pah, enook
at length adv. lingrah
all adv. pah
atmora n. atmora
all pron. pah, naan
attack n. nos
allegiance n. mir
attack v. nos
allied adj. mir
attempt n. togaat
ally n. grah-zeymahzin, fahdon, middovah
attempt v. togaat
already adv. ont
attention n. morah
am v. los
authority n. du'ul, suleyksejun
ambition n. paar
autumn n. gravuun
amibition v. paar
await v. saraan
an art. aan
awareness n. koraav
ancient adj. kruziik
ax n. hahkun
ancientness n. kruziik
axe n. hahkun
and conj. ahrk
anger n. rahgot

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bewitch v. ensosin
B bewitchment n. ensosin
beyond prep. zeim
balance n. ro
bind v. gron
balance v. ro
birth n. kiin
bane n. feyn
birth v. kiin
bard n. sonaan
birthplace n. hofkiin
battle n. grah, krif, tinvaak
bitter adj. ahzid
battle v. grah, krif, tinvaak
bitter v. ahzid
battle charge n. fonaar
bitterly adv. ahzid
battle cry n. rein
bitterness n. ahzid
battlefield n. frod
black adj. ved, ruvaak
bay n. vaal
black n. ved
be v. kos
blacken v. ved
beach n. klo
blackly adv. ved
bear n. kodaav
blackness n. ved
bear v. kiin
blade n. tuz
beard n. vum
bleed v. sosaal
beast n. sunvaar, sivaas
bless v. kogaan
beautiful adj. brit
blessed adj. kogaan
beautifully adv. brit
blessing n. kogaan
beautify v. brit
blood n. sos
beauty n. brii
blue adj. bii
became v. meyz
blue n. bii
because conj. fah
bluely adv. bii
become v. meyz
blueness n. bii
becoming n. meyz
boat n. veysun
before prep. us
body n. kopraan, slen
befoul v. bein
bold adj. boziik
beg v. bolog
boldly adv. boziik
begin v. kiin
boldness n. boziik
beginning n. kiin
bond n. gron
belief n. sahvot
bone n. qeth
believe v. sahvot
bore v. kiin
belittle v. liivrah, mal
born adj. kiin
bend v. kreh
borrow v. bodiis
bent adj. kreh
both conj. ney
beseech v. bolog
bound adj. gro
best adj. pruzaan
bow n. qiilaan
best adv. pruzaan
bow v. qiilaan
best v. pruzaan
boy n. kul, kiir
betray v. gruth
brave adj. kril
betrayal n. gruth, tahrovin
bravely adj. kril
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bravely phrase voth ahkrin cause n. drun

braveness n. kril cause v. drun
bravery n. ahkrin, kril ceaseless adj. unslaad, unahzaal
break v. kren ceaselessly adv. unslaad, unahzaal
breath n. su'um ceaselessness n. unslaad, unahzaal
brevity n. maltiid champion n. kaal
brief adj. maltiid chaos n. tahrovin
briefly adv. maltiid chaotic adj. tahrodiis
briefness n. maltiid character n. sil
bring v. drun charge n. fonaar
broken adj. krent charge v. fonaar
brokenly adv. krent charm v. ensosin
bromjunaar n. bromjunaar chief n. jun
brother n. zeymah chieftain n. jun
brutal adj. hevno child n. kiir
brutality n. hevnoraak children n. kiir
brutally adv. hevno chill v. krah
build v. wahl choice n. miiraad
building n. wahlaan clan n. brod
built v. wahlaan cliff interj. kol
burial n. deyto clothing n. ahtiid
burn n. ag cloud n. gram
burn v. ag cold adj. krah
bury v. deyto, praan cold n. krah
but conj. nuz, nunon coldly adv. krah
by prep. naal, voth coldness n. krah
combat n. vukein
combat v. vukein
C come v. bo
come v. meyz
cadaver n. kopraan come together v. grind
came v. bo coming n. bo
came v. motaad command n. uth
can't v. nis command v. uth
cannot v. nis commander n. konahrik
capture v. horvutah commemorate v. vahrukiv
carcass n. kopraan commemoration n. vahrukiv
carry out v. win companion n. zeymahzin, grah-zeymahzin,
carve v. dwiirok fahdon
carving n. dwiirok comparison n. ronit
cat n. kaaz completely adv. pah
catch v. horvutah comprehend v. mindoraan
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compulsion n. bahlok cry v. rein, zaan

concentrate v. morah cry v. luv
concentration n. morah current n. ven
conclusion n. laat currently adv. nu
confidence n. ov currents of time n. vennesetiid
conquer v. kron curse n. dur
conqueror n. kroniid curse v. dur
conquest n. krongrah curses interj. ruth
consecrate v. revak cursing adj. dur
construct v. wahl cut n. vey
construction n. wahlaan cut v. vey
consume v. du, naak
consumption n. du, naak
contemplate v. morah D
contemplation n. morah
conversation n. tinvaak daedra n. deyra
converse v. tinvaak daedric adj. deyra
cool v. krah damn interj. ruth
copy v. fiik danger n. tahrovin
corpse n. kopraan dangerous adj. tahrodiis
couldn't v. nis dangerously adv. tahrodiis
courage n. ahkrin dark adj. vul
courageous adj. krin darken v. vul
courageously adv. krin darkly adv. vul
coward n. nikriin darkness n. vulom, vokun
cowardice n. nivahriin, nikriin daughter n. mon
cowardly adj. nivahriin, nikriin dawn n. vu
cowardly adv. nivahriin day n. sul
cower v. nikriin daylight n. shul
crag interj. kol dead adj. dilon
crave v. bahlok, paar deadliness n. dilos
create v. zorox, wahl, heim deadly adj. dilos
created v. wahlaan death n. dinok, oblaan, praan
creation n. wahlaan, zorox decay v. liiv
creator n. monah deceive v. lo
creature n. sivaas, sunvaar deception n. lo
crimson adj. sahqon decline n. denos
crimson n. sahqon decline v. denos
crown n. du'ul deed n. sod
cruel adj. munax defeat n. viik
cruelly adv. munax defeat v. viik
cruelty n. nax defend v. spaan
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defense n. qah distance n. gut, vaal

deity n. rah distance v. gut
delay n. saraan distantly adv. gut
delay v. saraan distinguish v. nonvul
denial n. qahnaar distort v. kreh
deny v. qahnaar distortion n. kreh
depend on v. ov do v. dreh
descendant n. kul doesn't adv. ni
desire n. paar dog n. dok
destabilize v. tahrodiis doing n. dreh
destiny n. dez, daan, vennesetiid, dominance n. rel
wuldsetiid dominate v. rel
destroy v. al domination n. rel
destroyer n. al dominion n. suleyksejun, junaar
destruction n. al don't adv. ni
devour v. du doom n. daan
did v. drey doom v. daanik, daniik
die v. dir, dilon, oblaan doomed adj. daanik, daniik
difficult adj. hevno, motmahus door n. miiraad
difficulty n. hevnoraak, motmahus doorway n. miiraad, miraad
dignify v. nonvul down adv. tum
diminish v. liivrah down prep. tum
diminishment n. liivrah down on prep. nau
disappear v. vonun, vonuz down upon prep. nau
discrete adj. vonun dragon n. dovah, dov
discretely adv. vonun dragon break n. tiid-ahraan
discretion n. vonun dragon of the north n. dovahsebrom
discuss v. tinvaak dragon priest n. sonaak
discussion n. tinvaak dragon shout n. thu'um
disease n. krasnovaar dragonblood n. sossedov
dishearten v. nikriin dragonborn n. dovahkiin
dishonor n. dukaan, paak dragonkind n. dov, diiv
dishonor v. dukaan, paak dragonslayer n. dovahkriid
dishonorable adj. dukaan dragonstone n. dovahgolz
dishonorably adv. dukaan drain v. lun
dishonored adj. dukaan dream n. hahnu
disloyal adj. nivahriin dream v. hahnu
disloyalty n. nivahriin due to prep. voth
dismay v. nikriin duration n. lingrah
disobedience n. vothaarn during prep. ko
disobedient adj. vothaarn, nivahriin during which conj. kolos
disobediently adv. vothaarn dusk n. suvulaan
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dying adj. viir end of time n. dinoksetiid

end times n. dinoksetiid
endurance n. gaan
E enduring adj. lingrah
enemy n. hokoron, paal
each adj. enook enlighten v. onikiv
eager adj. frin enlightenment n. onikiv
eagerly adv. frin ennoble v. nonvul
eagerness n. frin enrich v. yuvon
earn v. ofaal enslavement n. zaamhus
earth n. gol, denek ensnare v. horvutah
east adj. jer entire adj. pah
east n. jer entirely adv. pah
easterly adv. jer ephemeral adj. frul
eastern adj. jer ephemerally adv. frul
eastward adj. jer ephemeralness n. frul
eat v. naak equal n. ronit
eaten adj. naako equal v. ronit
elder scroll n. kel equally adv. ol
elf n. fahliil equally conj. ney
eliminate v. qahnaar era n. bok
elimination n. qahnaar erect v. wahl
elusive adj. motmahus erected v. wahlaan
elusively adv. motmahus erection n. wahlaan
elusiveness n. motmahus escape n. filok
elven adj. fahliil escape v. filok
elves n. fahliil escort v. dein, aak, spaan
embitter v. ahzid essence n. rii
embolden v. boziik eternal adj. unslaad, unahzaal
emperor n. jun eternalize v. unslaad, unahzaal
empire n. junaar eternally adv. ulse, unslaad, unahzaal
empress n. jud eternalness n. unslaad, unahzaal
emptily adv. nil eternity n. ul
empty adj. nil even adv. orin
empty v. nil ever adv. alun
emtpiness n. nil everlasting adj. unslaad
enchant v. ensosin everlastingly adv. unslaad
enchantment n. ensosin every adj. enook, pah
encounter n. grind everyone pron. pah
encounter v. grind, siiv evil adj. vokul
encourage v. krin evil n. vokul
end n. oblaan, laat, dinok evilly adv. vokul
end v. oblaan, dir evilness n. vokul

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exact adj. rinik fearless adj. faasnu

exalt v. werid fearlessly adv. faasnu
exaltation n. werid fearlessness n. faasnu
exceedingly adv. rinik feast n. kipraan
except conj. nunon fed v. nahkip
existence n. qalos feed v. nahkip
expect v. prodah feel v. haalvut
expectation n. prodah fell adj. fel
exploit n. sod fell v. mah
extinguish v. evenaar feral adj. fel
extinguishment n. evenaar ferocious adj. fel
eye n. miin ferociously adv. fel
ferociousness n. fel
ferocity n. fel, norok
F fervent adj. frin
fervently adv. frin
face n. luft fervor n. frin, smoliin
fade n. faraan field n. frod, pindaar
fade v. faraan fierce adj. norok
fail v. funt fiercely adv. norok
failing n. funt fierceness n. norok
failure n. funt fight n. krif
fair adj. paaz fight v. krif, grah
fairly adv. paaz fighter n. kendov
fairness n. paaz find n. siiv
faith n. sahvot find v. siiv
fall n. mah finding n. siiv
fall n. gravuun fine adj. yuvon
fall v. mah finely adv. yuvon
fallen adj. mahlaan finesse n. dun
family n. brod finger n. sinak
far adj. gut finish v. oblaan
farm n. hofkah finite adj. zah
farmstead n. hofkah finitely adv. zah
fatal adj. dilos finiteness n. zah
fatally adv. dilos fire n. yol
fate n. dez, daan, vennesetiid, wuldsetiid fist n. lon
father n. bormah fitting adj. pruzah
fear n. faas flame n. yolos
fear v. faas fled v. bovul, graan, ru
fearful adj. zofaas flee v. bovul, graan, ru
fearfully adv. zofaas flesh n. slen
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flow n. bo
flow v. bo
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flower n. peyt
gain v. siiv
fly v. bo
gale n. riik
focus n. morah
gardener n. fahluaan
focus v. morah
garments n. ahtiid
foe n. paal
gather v. lahvraan
food n. kip
general n. konahrik
fool n. mey
ghost n. gaaf
fool v. mey
gift n. ofan
foolery n. mey
girl n. mon, kiir
for conj. fah
give v. ofan
for prep. fah
give quarter v. aaz
force n. fus
give up v. gahvon
forest n. feykro
glorify v. morokei
foretell v. prodah
glorious adj. morokei
foretold v. prodah
gloriously adv. morokei
forever adv. mahfaeraak, ulse
glory n. moro
forge n. heim
go v. bo
forge v. heim
goblin n. gogil
forgotten adj. vodahmin
god n. rah
formerly adv. ont
gold adj. yuvon
fortune n. faraan
gold n. faraan
forward adv. amativ
golden adj. yuvon
fought v. grah, krif
goldenly adv. yuvon
foul adj. bein
gone adj. vod
foully adv. bein
good adj. pruzah
foulness n. bein
good adv. pruzah
free adj. stin
good n. kul, kun
free v. stin, staadnau
goodness n. kul, kun
freedom n. stin
goodness n. pruzah
freely adv. stin
grace n. dun
freeze v. diin
graceful adj. dun
friend n. fahdon
gracefully adv. dun
frightening adj. zofaas
gracefulness n. dun
frighteningly adv. zofaas
granite hill n. quethsegol ahrol
from prep. nol, do
grant n. bolaav
from prep. voth
grant v. bolaav
frost n. fo, diin
grasp v. haalvut
fulfilling adj. brit
grass n. veydo
fulfillment n. brii
grave n. qoth
fully adv. orin
gray adj. sadon
fury n. nah
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graybearded adj. sadonvum haunt v. folook

grayness n. sadon have v. lost, loost
great adj. lot, zok, sahrot have v. piraak
greatest n. zok have faith v. sahvot
greatly adv. lot, sahrot have mercy v. aaz
greatness n. lot, sahrot he pron. rok
green adj. graag head n. klov
green n. graag head n. kinbok
greenly adv. graag health n. haas
greenness n. graag hear v. hon
greetings phrase drem yol lok hearken v. huzrah
grey adj. sadon heat n. frin
grey n. sadon heat v. frin
greybeard n. sadonvum heavily adv. hevno
greyness n. sadon heavy adj. hevno
ground n. golt, gol heed v. huzrah, hon
guard v. dein heir n. kul, kulaan, kulaas, mon
guardian n. vahlok, deinmaar, kaal hello phrase drem yol lok
guidance n. aak help v. aak
guide n. aak, jun her pron. ek
guide v. aak her pron. rek
gust n. riik herald n. qolaas
here adv. het
hero n. hun
H heroes n. hun
heroic adj. zohungaar, hungaar
h'roldan n. ahroldan heroically adv. zohungaar, hungaar
had v. lost, loost heroics n. hungaar
hair n. om heroism n. hungaar
hall n. hofkah, hofkahsejun hers pron. ek
hallow v. revak hi phrase drem yol lok
hallowed adj. revak hidden adj. vonun
hammer n. tu hiddenly adv. vonun
hand n. haal hiddenness n. vonun
harbinger n. qolaas hide n. qah
hard adj. hevno hide v. vonun
harsh adj. hevno hill n. ahrol
harshen v. hevno him pron. rok
harshly adv. hevno his pron. ok
harshness n. hevnoraak hoar adj. fodiiz
has v. lost hoar n. fodiiz
haste n. vosaraan hoarfrost n. fodiiz
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holiness n. revak improve v. pruzah

holy adj. revak in prep. ko
home n. hofkiin in which conj. kolos
homeland n. hofkiin incineration n. ag
honor n. zin incomprehensible adj. vonmindoraan
honor v. zin incomprehensibly adv. vonmindoraan,
honorable adj. zin, nonvul vomindok
honorably adv. zin, nonvul incomprehension n. vonmindoraan
hope n. hind incorrect adj. folaas
hope v. hind incorrectly adv. folaas
horror n. vol incorrectness n. folaas
horse n. key independence n. vomir
hot adj. frin independent adj. vomir
hotly adv. frin independently adv. vomir
hound n. dok individual n. mun
house n. hofkah individuals n. muz
humanity n. jul ineffective adj. sahlo
humans n. jul ineffectively adv. sahlo
humble adj. bonaar inferno n. toor
humble v. bonaar influence n. qalos
humbleness n. bonaar inivisibly adv. vonuz
humbly adv. bonaar injure v. ahraan
humility n. bonaar injury n. ahraan
hunger n. bahlok inner adj. kosil
hunger v. bahlok innerness n. kosil
hunt n. nir inquire v. laan
hunt v. nir inquiry n. laan
hunter n. ah inside prep. ko
hurt n. ahraan inspiration n. shaan
hurt v. ahraan inspire v. shaan
husband n. ahmul instability n. tahrovin
instead adv. sinon
internal adj. tu'um
I internally adv. tu'um
into prep. kotin, ko
i pron. zu'u intrude v. volaan
ice n. iiz intruder n. volaan
icy adj. iiz intrusion n. volaan
if conj. fod, rul invisibility n. vonuz
illusion n. sah invisible adj. vonuz
illusory adj. sah inward adj. kosil
immitate v. fiik inwardly adv. kosil, tu'um
immortalize v. unslaad, unahzaal inwardness n. tu'um

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is v. los
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issue v. komeyt
lady n. vahdin
it pron. nii
laid v. nok
itself pron. nimaar
land n. golt, gol, pindaar
ivarstead n. hillgrundhofkah
language n. tinvaak
ivory adj. ozinvey
last n. laat
ivory n. ozinvey
lasting adj. lingrah
lay v. nok, praan
leader n. kinbok, bormah, jun
J leal adj. mid
leech n. lun
jarl n. bronjun leech v. lun
jaw n. jot legend n. zoor
join v. aav length n. lingrah
just as adv. ol lengthen v. lingrah
lengthily adv. lingrah
lest conj. leh
K let loose v. komeyt
lethal adj. dilos
keep v. dein lethally adv. dilos
keeper n. deinmaar lie n. lo, nok
khajiit n. kaaz lie v. nok, praal, praan
khajiiti adj. kaaz life n. laas, sil
kid n. kiir light n. kun
kill n. krii lightning n. qo
kill v. krii, qahnaar, dilon like prep. med
killed adj. kriaan limitless adj. unslaad
killer n. kriaan, kriid, krivaan, dovahkriid, link n. gron
feyn link v. gron
kin adj. fron linked adj. gro
kin n. zeymah lion n. am
kindred adj. fron listen v. hon
king n. jun, thur little adj. mal
kingdom n. junaar littleness n. mal
kinship n. fron live v. lahney
know v. mindok living adj. nahl
korvanjund n. korvanjund lizard n. siigonis
kynareth n. kaan lo interj. ond
kyne n. kaan loan n. bodiis
loan v. bodiis
lone adj. gein
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long v. bahlok me pron. zu'u, dovah

longing n. bahlok meal n. kipraan
loose v. komeyt meet v. grind
lord n. drog, thur meeting n. grind
lordship n. thur melancholy adj. so
lose v. saan, sizaan melancholy n. so
lose v. viik memory n. vahrukt
loss n. saan men n. muz, jul
loss n. viik mer n. fahliil
lost adj. sizaan mercenary n. sovrahzun
lost adv. viik mercy n. aaz
lost v. saan might n. sahrot
loyal adj. mid, mir might v. aal
loyalist n. middovah mightily adv. sahrot
loyally adv. mid, mir mightiness n. sahrot
loyalty n. mid, midrot, midun, mir mighty adj. sahrot
lure n. horvut military n. lahvu
mind n. hahdrim, hah
mine pron. dii
M mirror n. fiik
mirror v. fiik
made v. wahl, zorox, drun misjudged adj. folaas
made v. meyz misjudgment n. folaas
mage n. kro mistake n. folaas
magic n. lah mistaken adj. folaas
magicka n. lah mistakenly adv. folaas
magnus n. krein moment n. tiid, sul
maiden n. vahdin momentarily adv. maltiid
make v. wahl, zorox, drun momentary adj. maltiid
make v. meyz money n. faraan
make haste v. vosaraan monster n. sunvaar
man n. mun, jul mortal adj. zah, joor
mankind n. jul mortal adj. dilos
many adj. pogaan mortal n. joor
many pron. pogaan mortal ghosts n. gaaffesejul
march n. yoriik mortally adv. dilos
march v. yoriik most adv. zok
master n. in, thur, drog most n. zok
mastery n. inhus mother n. monah
match n. ronit motionless adj. mulhaan
match v. ronit motionlessness n. mulhaan
maw n. jot mount n. key
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move v. bo nothing pron. nid

movement n. bo now adv. nu
much adj. pogaas numerous adj. pogaan
mundus n. lein
murder n. kriivah
murder v. kriivah O
murderer n. krivaan
music n. lovaas oak adj. wol
musician n. sonaan oak n. wol
must v. fen, fent oaken adj. wol
muster v. lahvraan oath n. vaat, vahriin, midrot
my pron. dii obedience n. thaarn
obedient adj. thaarn
obediently adv. thaarn
N obey v. thaarn
obligation n. heyv
nature n. sil oblivion n. oblivion
necromancer n. nahgahdinok obscurity n. vomindok
necromancy n. alok-dilon obtain v. ofaal
never adv. neh ocean n. okaaz
next adv. ruz of prep. do, se
night n. vulon old adj. wuth
nightmare n. hahvulon oldness n. wuth
nirn n. vus on prep. nau
no adj. nid once adv. ont
no adv. nid, ni, niid one adj. gein
no one pron. nid one pron. gein
nobility n. nonvul oneself pron. geinmaar
noble adj. nonvul only conj. nunon
nobleness n. nonvul onward adv. amativ
nobly adv. nonvul open v. bex
none n. nid opening n. miiraad, bex
nonexistence n. vokiin opponent n. hokoron
nonexistent adj. vokiin opportunity n. miiraad
nord n. bron option n. miiraad
nordic adj. bron or conj. uv
north adj. brom orc n. ogiim
north n. brom orcish adj. ogiim
northerly adv. brom order n. uth
northern adj. brom order v. uth
northward adj. brom origin n. bormah, monah
not adv. ni orphan n. oth
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our pron. un plating n. qah

ours pron. un poetry n. lovaas, rot
over prep. ko poison n. viidost
overlord n. thur poor adj. sahlo
poor adv. sahlo
portal n. miiraak
P portent n. prodah
possess v. loost
pack n. tah possess v. piraak
pain n. faaz possessing prep. voth
pain v. faaz possession n. piraak
painful adj. faaz power n. suleyk, fus, du'ul, mulaag
painfully adv. faaz powerful adj. suleykaar, mulaag
painfulness n. faaz powerfully adv. suleykaar, mulaag
palace n. hofkahsejun praise n. werid
pardon interj. krosis praise v. werid
particular adj. rinik pray v. draal, hind
pass v. vod prayer n. draal
passion n. smoliin predict v. prodah
past adj. vod prediction n. prodah
past n. vod premonition n. prodah
past prep. zeim presence n. qalos
path n. miiraad presently adv. nu
patience n. drem pride n. kah
peace n. drem prideful adj. kah
peak n. naar, strunmah priest n. sonaak
people n. muz prince n. kulaan
people n. reyliik princess n. kulaas
perceive v. koraav prolong v. lingrah
perception n. koraav prolonged adj. lingrah
perpetual adj. unslaad, unahzaal promise n. vaat
perpetuate v. unslaad, unahzaal promise v. vaat
person n. mun prophecy n. qostiid, prodah
phantasm n. sah prophesy v. prodah
phantom adj. sah prophet n. qolaas
phantom n. sah protect v. spaan
pierce v. nin protection n. qah, spaan
pine n. galik protector n. vahlok
place n. golt proud adj. kah
plague n. krasnovaar proudly adv. kah
plague v. folook province n. junaar
plain n. pindaar punishment n. sosaal
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pursuit n. yah relent n. aaz

push n. dah relent v. aaz
push v. dah reliance n. ov
rely on v. ov
remains n. kopraan
Q remember v. dahmaan
remembrance n. dahmaan, vahrukt
quake v. motaad removal n. govey
quarter n. aaz remove v. govey
queen n. jud renounce v. gahvon
query n. laan renouncement n. gahvon
question n. laan renunciation n. gahvon
quite adv. orin request v. laan
resist v. qahnaar
resistance n. qahnaar
R respite n. aaz
rest n. praan
race n. reyliik rest v. praan, nok
rage n. ruth, rahgol restoration n. vokrii
raise v. wahl restore v. vokrii
raised v. wahlaan restraint n. drem
raven n. ruvaak return n. daal
realm n. suleyksejun, junaar return n. vokrii
receive v. ofaal return v. daal
reception n. ofaal return v. vokrii
recognition n. koraav revenge n. nahkriin
recognize v. koraav reversal n. vo
red adj. sahqo reverse v. vo
red n. sahqo revival n. vokrii
redden v. sahqo revive v. vokrii
redly adv. sahqo rich adj. yuvon
redness n. sahqo richly adv. yuvon
reek v. pook ridge interj. kol
reflect v. fiik right adj. vahzah
reflection n. fiik rightful adj. vahzah
regiment n. ronax rightfully adv. vahzah
reign n. rel rightly adv. vahzah
related adj. fron rightness n. vahzen, kun, du'ul
relatedness n. fron rip v. vaaz
relations n. fron rise n. alok
relationship n. fron rise v. alok
release n. gaar risen adj. alok
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rival v. ronit savageness n. bruniik

river n. rath savagery n. bruniik
roam v. rovaan savior n. saviik
roar n. rein scales n. qah
roar v. rein scar n. ahraan
rock n. golz scar v. ahraan
rorikstead n. rorikhofkah scorn n. beyn
rose n. peyt scorn v. beyn
rout n. graan scroll n. kel
rout v. graan sea n. okaaz
rove v. rovaan search n. tovit, yah
rule n. rel, thur search v. tovit
rule v. rel searcher n. tovitaan
ruler n. jun season n. evgir
run n. ru seat n. praal
run v. ru see v. koraav
rune n. sik seek v. yah, paar
rush v. fonaar separate v. govey, vaaz
serpent n. vith
servant n. aar
S serve v. aam
service n. ahmik
sacred adj. revak shadow n. vokun
sacredly adv. revak shake v. motaad
sacredness n. revak shall v. fent
sacrifice n. zahrahmiik shame n. paak
sacrifice v. zahrahmiik shame v. paak
sad adj. tiiraaz shamed adj. paak
sadden v. tiiraaz sharp adj. kinzon
sadly adv. tiiraaz sharpen v. kinzon
sadness n. tiiraaz sharply adv. kinzon
safeguard n. spaan sharpness n. kinzon
safeguard v. dein shatter v. kren
sanctify v. revak shattered adj. krent
sanctity n. revak she pron. rek
sand n. klo she'd pron. rek
sap v. lun shield n. spaan
satisfaction n. brii shield v. spaan
satisfying adj. brit shine n. viin
satisfyingly adv. brit shine v. viin
savage adj. bruniik shining adj. viintaas
savage n. bruniik shiningly adv. viintaas
savagely adv. bruniik ship n. veysun

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shore n. klo slay v. kriin

short adj. mal, maltiid slayer n. kriid, kriaan, dovahkriid, feyn
shorten v. maltiid slice v. vey
shortly adv. maltiid slip n. motmah
shortness n. mal, maltiid slip v. motmah
should v. fod, rul slipperiness n. motmahus
shout n. zaan slippery adj. motmahus
shout n. thu'um small adj. mal
shout v. zaan smallness n. mal
shrink v. mal snake n. vith
shudder v. motaad snare n. horvut
sibling n. zeymah snow n. od
sick adj. kras snowfall n. od
sicken v. kras snowily adv. odus
sickly adj. kras snowiness n. odus
sickly adv. kras snowy adj. odus
sickness n. krasaar so adv. ful
sight n. koraav so conj. ful
significance n. sahrot so pron. grik
significant adj. sahrot soil n. denek
significantly adv. pogaas, sahrot soldier n. kendov
silence n. nahlot some adj. osos
silence v. nahlot son n. kul
silent adj. nahlot song n. lovaas
silently adv. nahlot sorcerer n. kro
similar to prep. med sorrow n. krosis, so
similarly adv. ol sorrowful adj. krosis, so
since conj. fah sorrowfully adv. krosis, so
sing v. lovaas sorry interj. krosis
single adj. gein soul n. sil, zii, rii, gaaf
sister n. briinah sovngarde n. sovngarde
sisterhood n. briinahmaar speak v. tinvaak
sit v. praal specter n. brendon
skilfully adv. dun spectre n. brendon
skill n. dun speech n. tinvaak
skilled adj. dun spend v. sov
sky n. lok spending n. sov
skyrim n. keizaal spent v. sov
slain adj. kriaan spirit n. zii, rii, gaaf, su'um, goraan
slaughter n. kriivah, kriin spirited adj. goraan
slaughter v. kriivah spring n. vah
slave n. zaam, aar, aan stamina n. gaan
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stand v. kriist summit n. naar

statue n. nus summon v. bel
steading n. hofkah summons n. bel
steal v. gahrot sun n. krein, shul
steed n. key sunlight n. shul
steel adj. dwiin surrender n. gahvon
steel n. dwiin surrender v. gahvon
steely adj. dwiin swallow v. diivon
stench n. pook swear v. vaat, vahriin
still adj. mulhaan sword n. zahkrii
still adv. nu sword n. tuz
still v. mulhaan sworn adj. vahriin
stillness n. mulhaan
sting n. nin
sting v. nin T
stink n. pook
stink v. pook tactic n. grahmindol
stole v. gahrot tale n. tey
stolen adj. gahrot talk n. tinvaak
stone n. golz, qethsegol talk v. tinvaak
storm n. strun tamriel n. taazokaan
stormcrown n. strundu'ul tear n. luv, vaaz
story n. tey tear v. vaaz
strategem n. grahmindol tell v. fun
strategy n. grahmindol telling n. fun
strength n. mulaag, mul, suleyk tempest n. kest
strengthen v. mulaag, mul, suleykaar temporarily adv. frul
strike n. nos, nin temporary adj. frul
strike v. nos, nin terrible adj. maar
strong adj. mul, mulaag terribly adv. maar
strongly adv. mul, mulaag terrify v. maar
struggle n. krif terrifying adj. maar
struggle v. krif terrifyingly adv. maar
stubborn adj. golah terror n. maar
stubbornly adv. golah terrorize v. maar
stubbornness n. golah thank you interj. kogaan
submission n. qiilaan thankfully interj. kogaan
submit v. qiilaan thanks interj. kogaan
such pron. grik that adj. daar, tol
suck v. lun that conj. tol
suffer v. aus, sosaal the art. fin, faal
suffering n. aus, sosaal theft n. gahrot
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then adv. ruz triumph n. zind

there adv. til triumph v. zind
these adj. daar troll n. ufiik
they pron. nust true adj. vahzah
thief n. tafiir truly adv. vahzah
thievery n. gahrot trust n. ov
think v. mindol, morah trust v. ov
this adj. daar truth n. vahzen
those adj. daar truthful adj. vahzah
those pron. nust truthfully adv. vahzah
thought n. mindol, morah try n. unt
throat of the world n. monahven try v. unt
through prep. zeim turbulence n. tahrovin
thus adv. ful turbulent adj. tahrodiis
tie n. gron turn v. meyz
tie v. gron twilight n. suvulaan
tied adj. gro twist n. kreh
time n. tiid, bok, sul twist v. kreh
time-wound n. tiid-ahraan tyranny n. thur
to prep. wah, us tyrant n. thur
told v. fun
tomb n. qoth
top n. naar U
torment v. folook
touch n. haalvut, qalos unallied adj. vomir
touch v. haalvut unborn adj. vokiin
toward prep. ahst, wah, nau, kotin unbound adj. staadnau
towards prep. ahst, wah, nau, kotin unbridled adj. uznahgaar
traitorous adj. tahrodiis unbridledly adv. uznahgaar
trap n. horvut unbridledness n. uznahgaar
trap v. horvutah unchanging adj. mulhaan
travel n. wundun unchangingly adv. mulhaan
travel v. wundun undead adj. diil
traveller n. wunduniik undeath n. diil
treacherous adj. tahrodiis understand v. mindoraan
treacherously adv. tahrodiis understanding n. mindoraan
treachery n. tahrovin undo v. vo, vokiin
tree n. reyth undoing n. vo
tremble v. motaad unending adj. unslaad, unahzaal
trial n. unt unfold v. fundein
trick n. grahmindol unfortunate adj. krosis
trickery n. lo, grahmindol unfortunately adv. krosis
tricky adj. motmahus unfurl v. fundein

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union n. aav vernal adj. vah, goraan

unite v. aav versus prep. wah
unity n. aav very adj. rinik
unknowable adj. vomindok very adv. rinik
unknown adj. vomindok vessel n. veysun
unknown n. vomindok victor n. kroniid, kaal
unleash v. gaar, uznahgaar victory n. krongrah
unmake v. vokiin village n. sahsun
unmoving adj. mulhaan, golah villager n. sahsunaar
unremembered adj. vodahmin visage n. luft
unseen adj. vonun voice n. zul, lovaas
unspecified adj. osos voice n. thu'um
unstable adj. tahrodiis void adj. nil
until conj. erei void n. nil
unworthily adv. vobalaan volunruud n. volunruud
unworthiness n. vobalaan vortex n. wuld
unworthy adj. vobalaan vow n. vaat, midrot
unyielding adj. sindugahvon
unyieldingly adv. sindugahvon
unyieldingness n. sindugahvon W
upon prep. nau
us pron. mu wage v. win
usage n. kod wait n. saraan
use n. kod wait v. saraan
use v. kod wander v. rovaan
usher v. drun wanderings n. rovaan
using prep. voth want v. laan
utilization n. kod war n. kein
war v. kein
warlord n. konahrik
V warm adj. faad
warm v. faad
valiant adj. krilot warmly adv. faad
valiantly adv. krilot warmness n. faad
valley n. lumnaar warmth n. faad
valor n. vur, krilot warn of v. prodah
vanish v. vonun, vonuz warning n. prodah
vanquish v. qahnaar warrior n. kendov
vanquisher n. qahnaarin was v. lost, los
vanquishment n. qahnaar we pron. mu
venerable adj. fodiiz weak adj. sahlo
vengeance n. nahkriin weaken v. sahlo
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weakly adv. sahlo wish n. hind

weakness n. sahlo wish v. hind
wealth n. faraan with prep. voth, naal, wah
weapon n. zun wither v. liiv
weaponry n. zun within adj. kosil, tu'um
wear n. ahtiid within prep. ko
wear v. ahtiid wizard n. kro
weather n. lok woe n. so
weather v. fodiiz woeful adj. so
weathered adj. fodiiz woefully adv. so
well adj. pruzah wolf n. grohiik
well adv. pruzah woman n. vahdin
wellbeing n. haas word n. rot, rok, sik
wellness n. pruzah word of power n. rotmulaag
were v. lost, los world n. lein
when conj. fod, rul, ol worm n. lir
where conj. kolos worship n. zein
whereat conj. kolos worship v. zein
wherein conj. kolos worth n. balaan, bahlaan
while conj. ol worthily adv. balaan, bahlaan
whirlwind n. wuld worthiness n. balaan, bahlaan
whirlwind of time n. wuldsetiid worthy adj. balaan, bahlaan
white adj. sot wound n. ahraan
white n. sot wound v. ahraan
whiten v. sot wrath n. bah
whiteness n. sot writ n. pel
whiterun n. ahrolsedovah write v. pel
who pron. wo writing n. pel
whole adj. win wrong adj. folaas
wholly adv. pah wrongly adv. folaas
whom pron. wo wrongness n. folaas
whose pron. wen wyrm n. diiv, dov
wield v. kod wyrm n. dovah
wife n. kiim
will v. fen
win v. kron Y
wind n. ven
winds of time n. vennesetiid yeah adv. geh
wing n. viing year n. eruvos
wisdom n. onikaan yearn v. paar
wise adj. onik yell n. zaan
wisely adv. onik yell v. zaan
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yet adv. nu youth n. goraan

yield v. gahvon youthful adj. goraan
yore adv. wuth youthfully adv. goraan, goraan
yore n. wuth yup adv. galik
you pron. hi
you're pron. hi
you're v. losei Z
young adj. goraan
your pron. hin, him zombie n. zol
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Articles Plural Nouns

Aan is often cut and left to context. Repeat the last letter and add -e; dovah
Fin is often cut and left to context. “dragon” becomes dovahhe “dragons.”
Faal is formal and used for proper
nouns. All nouns can be their own plural with
context clues.
Adjectives
Possessive Suffixes
Adjectives may precede or follow the
noun they describe. -i “my”
-ii “his/her/its”
All adjectives can be used as adverbs. -iil “your”
Strong adjectives can be used as nouns. -u “our”

Compound Words

Form compounds or show possession

with se; sossedov “the blood of
dragonkind.”

Pronouns

Subject Object Possessive Reflexive

I 1st p. sing. zu'u zu'u dii zu'u

we 1st p. pl. mu mu un mu
you 2nd p. pl. hi hi hin/him hi
he 3rd p. sing. m. rok rok ok rok
she 3rd p. sing. f. rek rek ek rek
it 3rd p. sing. n. nii nii - nimaar
they 3rd p. sing. pl. nust niin - niin

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-a/-ha to-infinitive
-aan past participle

to-infinitive “to fly”

present tense “fly”
past tense “flew”
present perfect “have flown”
future tense “will fly”

Conjugations for bo “to fly”: Conjugations for krii “to kill”:

to-infinitive boha to-infinitive kriiha

present t. bo present t. krii
past t. bo / drey bo past t. krii / drey krii
present perfect boaan present perfect kriaan
future tense fen bo future tense fen krii

Conjugations for mah “to fall”: Conjugations for diin “to freeze”:

to-infinitive maha to-infinitive diina

present t. mah present t. diin
past t. mah / drey mah past t. diin / drey diin
present perfect mahlaan present perfect dinaan / diinaan
future tense fen mah future tense fen diin

*Present progressive is typically expressed as simple present; zu’u bo “I fly / I am flying.”

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