Elf Killers

by Phipps, Carol Marrs

  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 in 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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