Valkyrie's Saga

Wyrdfell The tongues

Karlmál

Norrœn family

The name means "The Karls' speech," kept from before the Karls became the Ashborn.

About Karlmál

Spoken by
The Ashborn, Hrafnholt Keep, Valkyrie liturgy
Built from
Old Norse
Seen in game
Ranks, oaths, rune-stones, land-grant rolls
Script
Runes, on stone and in Valkyrie markings.
Stress
The first syllable.

Valkyries speak Karlmál in its oldest, most formal register when performing a marking. Otherwise they speak Common.

Naming

People
Given name + deed-name in Common (Iron-Vow, Wolfmane), or a patronymic (-son, -dóttir, rendered "Brokk-Daughter")
Places
Noun + -holt (wood), -heim (home), -vík (bay) or -garðr (enclosure)
Compounds
Modifier first: Öskuborn, Hrímgarðr

Pronunciation

LettersSounds likePlain-text
þth in thinth
ðth in thisdh
á, í, ú, é, óLong vowela, i, u, e, o
ö, ǫu in hurto
jy (járn = YARN)j

Use the plain-text spelling where accented letters won't display, such as in config files or some fonts.

Á

A

Á

áss

ass core word

god

Related: deus (Vetus Ignis), dieu (Cendral), dievs (Aizspraka), dia (Bethruna), ghaz (Ghurzakh)

B

Brandkirk

name Canon

Burnt church (brandr, fire + kirk)

From Norse or Northern roots. Nobody agrees who named it.

C

Castellan

name Canon

Keeper of a castle

A Castrum loan into Karlmál, showing the Keep's Covenant-era treaty roots.

D

E

Eir

name Canon

Mercy, help

F

H

Hersir

faction term Canon

Campaign commander; lord of a host

Rank, as held by Sigurd Wolfmane.

Related: Dux (Castrum)

hrafn

core word

raven

Runs through Hrafnholt and the Valkyries.

Related: corvus (Vetus Ignis), corb (Cendral), krauk (Aizspraka), fiach (Bethruna), krawk (Ghurzakh)

Hrímgarðr

Hrimgardhr faction term

The Frost Line

The Ashborn name for the front at Praesidium Glacis.

Related: Praesidium Glacis (Castrum)

Í

J

já

ja core word

yes

Related: ita (Vetus Ignis), òc (Cendral), jā (Aizspraka), tá (Bethruna), ug (Ghurzakh)

K

Karl

faction term Canon

Leader of the Ashborn; originally a free man, later a ruler

Title, as held by Aslaug Iron-Vow.

Related: Dux (Castrum)

L

Landbréf

Landbref faction term

Land-grant letter

As in Karl Aslaug's rolls.

N

nei

core word

no

Related: non (Vetus Ignis), non (Cendral), nē (Aizspraka), níl (Bethruna), nak (Ghurzakh)

Ó

Óofnir

Oofnir faction term

The Unwoven

Neutral, descriptive.

Related: Retexti (Vetus Ignis), Gansnáth (Bethruna)

Ö

Öskuborn

Oskuborn faction term

The Ashborn

The Banner's own name.

Öskuhlið

Oskuhlidh name

Cinderreach, the Ashgate

Ó

S

Skjaldhendi

faction term

Shieldhand

Formal rank name.

Skurðr

Skurdhr faction term

The Cut

Also a sawn beam end.

Related: Scissio (Vetus Ignis), Tall (Cendral), Griez (Aizspraka), Gearr (Bethruna), Zhak (Ghurzakh)

T

Tómsæti

Tomsaeti name

Windmere; literally "the Empty Seat"

U

urð

urdh faction term

Fate, wyrd

The root of Wyrdfell and the Wyrd Rows in Common.

Related: fatum (Vetus Ignis), fad (Cendral), likts (Aizspraka), cinnu (Bethruna), durg (Ghurzakh)

V

Valkyrja

name Canon

Valkyrie; chooser of the fallen

Related: Electrix (Vetus Ignis)

vefr

faction term

The Loom

The Ashborn speak of it as a machine.

Related: tela (Vetus Ignis), telièr (Cendral), stell (Aizspraka), seol (Bethruna), krakk (Ghurzakh)

Vél

Vel faction term

The Engine

Aslaug's device. Also means "trick."

Þ

þráðr

thradhr faction term

Thread

Also in an engineering sense: wire, cable.

Related: filum (Vetus Ignis), fial (Cendral), dieg (Aizspraka), snáth (Bethruna), snik (Ghurzakh)

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