Elf Killers (33 page)

short - yoynyrpstnipyr (trollish)

silver maidenhair -
Ginko genetrex-argenteus R
. also
             
called "mother tree" by the Fairies and

             
Gwaelic Elves, its leaves and stems are covered
             
with a silver colored cuticle, hence its

             
name. It lives in symbiotic association with the
             
mycelia of Fairy ring mushrooms, and

             
whilst its leaves, stems, fruit, bark and roots are
             
each said to have potent medicinal

             
properties, the tree's great rarity has prevented
             
substantial empirical study.

sledge (Manx) (Gwaelic Elven) - in this case, a
             
travois like contrivance used by the Gwaelic

             
Elves called a sleayd

snot - nefnephntirr (trollish)

step (take a step) - nyrdinyrrdarr (trollish)

stop it, halt - nyrvyrnirrtrad (trollish)

Strah black dots -
Rudbeckia viridosus R
., a
             
composite closely related to black-eyed susans
             
with jet black reproductive flowers and emerald
             
green ray flowers used for a green dye by the

             
Gwaelic Elves of the Great Strah.

Strah cobra -
Dendroaspis pratum-sicariusvenenosus
             
R.

Strah flax - see rescue flax

Strah fowl -
Tympanuchus cupido gwaeli R
.

Strah hen - see Strah fowl

Strah owl -
Asio flammeus R
. has a scratchy bark-like
             
call.

Strah deer - (Strah stag)
Cervus unicolor R.

strike falcon - shawk spoogh (Gwaelic Elven),
             
Phororhacos longissimus R
., an 8-9 foot tall,

             
flightless gruiform raptor, a member of the True
             
Bird (Adar Gwir) Dynasty, indigenous

             
to the open tall grass strah of the Eastern
             
Continent, where it was the top predator of the
             
biome, a strict carnivore capable of bringing
             
down mammals weighing up to 450 pounds

             
or more. Though it usually hunted singly or in
             
pairs, it was known to form into

             
formidable foraging packs on rare occasions.
             
Human habitation and livestock grazing

             
remained utterly impossible on the Great Strah
             
until all strike falcons were exterminated

             
in the wild, only three Elven generations ago
             
(1000 yrs.). Today all known strike falcons

             
live symbiotically with the Gwaelic Elves, where
             
each bird is assigned upon hatching to

             
its personal, life-long Elven trainer called an
             
austringa. The falcon must be placed at

             
hatching with the austringa within mere hours of
             
the austringa's seventh naming day

             
(99th birthday), and they remain in perpetual
             
contact with one another until the death of

             
one of them. Strike falcon and austringa form a
             
deadly military assault unit for the

             
defence of the Gwaelic Elves, particularly from
             
the ravages of the Elf Killers,
Homo

             
neanderthalinsis gwaelii R
., also known as
             
Social Trolls. 

strike falcons - shawkyn spooghey (Gwaelic Elven)

Summer Solstice - Shass Greiney Souree (Gwaelic
             
Elven)

tall - nyrnip (trollish)

the mean one - vafagyrfniyy (trollish)

the People - Dyrney (trollish)

there - nyrreyi (trollish)

thirteen wattled bellbird -
Procnias
             
tridecimcarunculata R.
is a 13'' to 15'' long
             
plump bodied member of the Cotingidae family
             
living in the dense maidenhair forests, high on
             
the coastal slopes of the Eternal Mountains. The
             
males have a brilliant pink head and neck

             
and a dark olive body with a stubby fan shaped
             
tail and thirteen fleshy worm like wattles

             
attached to the base of the beak. The topmost
             
wattle is erectile, while the other twelve

             
writhe or hang limp. Females are olive all over
             
and have no wattles. The males may be

             
the loudest birds on earth, with territorial calls
             
which can be heard as far away as a mile

             
and a half. An approximation of it might be:
             
"BARNK! seee k' k' see k'berk," or,

             
"BARNK! See k' k' berk see see see BARNK!"

thunder - toirneach (Jutish Elven and Old Gwaelic
             
Elven)

thunderbolt - taarnee (Gwaelic Elven)

Toss one... toss two...

Toss three... four...

Ursula has a boyfriend...

One after the other. - Caith aon... caith dha...

             
             
             
             
             
Caith tri... ceithre...

             
             
             
             
             
aici buachaill...

             
             
             
             
             
duine i ndiaidh an duine eile.
             
(Jutish Elven and Old Gwaelic Elven)

Tramp the grass flat! - Ntnrof nyrdinyrrdarr
             
snyrfuynipryoyayi! (trollish)

travel or magical instantaneous travel - taisteal
             
(Jutish Elven or Old Gwaelic Elven)

trius n. - tight leggings, each leg pinned independently to the breeches

troll-brute - male troll

turd - ganf (trollish)

urinate - fnadripf (trollish)

urination - fnadripf (trollish)

vamp - fnarryirrny (trollish)

vile, poor, miserable, sick - gwael a. (Old Niarg
             
Standard)

war - fnanar n. (trollish)

watch - nyrnirrfnyr (trollish)

Watch the meat! - Adpyrfn nyrnirrfnyr! (trollish)

whang - 16th century Borderland word for thong, till
             
i
n use in Appalachia 

What? - Fafnyoydfyphn (trollish)

white plew -
Myocastor coypus R
. an albino aquatic
             
beaver-like rodent kept in captivity for meat

             
and fur by the Fire Sprites 

whore - fnarryirrny (trollish)

wizard - dyrjiny (trollish)

worm - gnophn (trollish)

yes - aoofn (trollish)

yoo hoo - oouyuyf (trollish)

you - nyr (trollish)

you are coming - dyrija (trollish)

you are ugly - nigspoonfi (trollish)

your slave - ninardern (trollish)

Written by

Carol Phipps
&
Tom Phipps

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