fmoo (Trollish) - mother.
fowks n. (Goblish-Beakish) - folks.
frendes (Archaic Modern Niarg) - friends.
from, fro (Archaic Modern Niarg) - from.
fruyt (Archaic Modern Niarg) - fruit.
futur tyme (Archaic Modern Niarg) - future.
fynden inf. (before consonants) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to find.
fynt inf. (before vowels) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to find.
ga (Archaic Modern Niarg) - go.
gayhol (Archaic Modern Niarg) - jail.
geten, gete inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to get.
getynge (Archaic Modern Niarg) - getting.
gnydy n. (trollish) - devil, evil spirit, ghost, spirit of the dead.
gon inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) to go.
good (alone or before vowels) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - good.
goode (loosely before consonants) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - good.
goyng (Archaic Modern Niarg) - going.
grauntfadyr (Archaic Modern Niarg) - grandfather.
grand jete (French) - great leap. A ballet leap, looking like unto the splits in mid-air.
grand-niece - graunt-nece (Archaic Modern Niarg) - grand-niece.
grene a. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - green.
gretteste (Archaic Modern Niarg) - greatest.
gridele n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - griddle.
gweed aet for the hurdies (Goblish-Beakish) - good feed for the buttocks.
gyte adj. (Goblish-Beakish) - crazy.
gyveth 3rd sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - gives.
hadde 1st pers. sing., 3rd pers. sing (Archaic Modern Niarg) - had.
hadden 1st, 2nd and 3rd pers. pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - had.
hadst 2nd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - had.
Halow! (Archaic Modern Niarg) - Hello!.
happe intr. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - happen.
happede (Archaic Modern Niarg) - happened.
harme (Archaic Modern Niarg) - harm.
hast 2nd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - have.
hath 3rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - has.
have 1st pers. sing., 1st pers. pl. 2nd pers. sing., 2nd pers. pl., 3rd pers. pl.,inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - have.
haven 1st pers. pl., 2nd pers. pl., 3rd pers. pl., inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - have.
heere 3rd pers. sing., 3rd pers. pl., inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - hear.
heere (Archaic Modern Niarg) - here.
hem (Archaic Modern Niarg) - them.
herd 2nd pers. past (Archaic Modern Niarg) - heard.
herte (Archaic Modern Niarg) - heart.
hir (Archaic Modern Niarg) - her.
hise Possess. adj. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - his.
hoom n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - home.
howre (Archaic Modern Niarg) - hour.
hurte gen. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - hurt.
hym (Archaic Modern Niarg) - him.
in dede (Archaic Modern Niarg) - indeed.
in-side (Archaic Modern Niarg) - inside.
in to, in-to (Archaic Modern Niarg) - into.
introducciones (Archaic Modern Niarg) - introductions.
is 3rd pers. sing. pres. ind. (be) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - is.
journe (Archaic Modern Niarg) - journey.
joysome (Archaic Modern Niarg) - joyful.
kanst, canst 2nd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - can.
kepe 1st pers. sing., 3rd pers. sing., 3rd pers. pl., inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - keep.
knowe (to knowe) inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to know.
knowen 1st pers. pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - know.
konne 1st pers. sing., 1st pers. pl., 2nd pers. pl., 3rd pers. pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - can.
koudest 2nd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - could.
ladyschipes (Archaic Modern Niarg) - ladyships.
lat absol.(Archaic Modern Niarg) - let.
leeft (Archaic Modern Niarg) - left.
londes n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - lands.
loos a. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - loose.
lyche (Archaic Modern Niarg) - like.
lyve n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - life.
lyven 1st pers. pl., inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to live, to life.
maked 3rd pers. sing. past (Archaic Modern Niarg ) - made.
maistresse n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - mistress.
may be (Archaic Modern Niarg) - maybe.
Merciment! (Goblish-Beakish) - Mercy!
mete 1st pers. sing., 2nd pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - meet.
mirthful (Archaic Modern Niarg) - funny.
mooder (Archaic Modern Niarg) - mother.
moodres (Archaic Modern Niarg) - mothers, mother's.
moore, more (Archaic Modern Niarg) - more.
morwnynge (Archaic Modern Niarg) - morning.
most 1st pers. sing., 1st pers. pl., 2nd pers. pl., 3rd pers. sing., 3rd pers. pl.(before vowels) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - must.
moste 1st pers. sing., 1st pers. pl., 2nd pers. pl., 3rd pers. sing., 3rd pers. pl. (before consonants) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - must.
mowen pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - may.
mowfines n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - muffins.
mustest 2nd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - must.
my (occasionally used before vowels except h) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - my.
myn before vowels or h (my before consonants) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - my.
myne used at end of sentence (Archaic Modern Niarg) - my.
nat, ne, nought (Archaic Modern Niarg) - not.
needeth 3rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - needs.
never, nevere (Archaic Modern Niarg) - never.
newe (Archaic Modern Niarg) - new.
nis (Archaic Modern Niarg) - is not.
nolde (Archaic Modern Niarg) - would not.
northeren (Archaic Modern Niarg) - northern.
no thyng (Archaic Modern Niarg) - nothing.
nyce (Archaic Modern Niarg) - nice.
O! (Archaic Modern Niarg) - Oh!
o, oon (Archaic Modern Niarg) - one.
of (Archaic Modern Niarg) - off.
oke (Archaic Modern Niarg) - oak.
oother (Archaic Modern Niarg) - other.
oure (Archaic Modern Niarg) - our.
ous (Archaic Modern Niarg) - us.
owene (Archaic Modern Niarg) - own.
passed n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - past.
pathe (Archaic Modern Niarg) - path.
pece n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - piece.
peple, poeple (Archaic Modern Niarg) - people.
perchaunce (Archaic Modern Niarg) - perchance, perhaps.
pleiyng (Archaic Modern Niarg) - playing
plese ind. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - please.
poer, pouer (Archaic Modern Niarg) - poor.
poysinynge (Archaic Modern Niarg) - poisoning.
praty (Archaic Modern Niarg) - pretty.
pye (Archaic Modern Niarg) - pie.
redy (Middle English) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - ready.
redy inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to ready.
redyn (Archaic Modern Niarg) - readying.
reste (Archaic Modern Niarg) - rest.
righte (Archaic Modern Niarg) - right.
roume (Archaic Modern Niarg) - room.
ryng n. (Middle English) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - ring.
schullen 1st pers. pl., 2nd pers. pl., 3rd pers. pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - should.
selve (Archaic Modern Niarg) - self.
sente 3rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - sent.
see 1st pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - see.
seen 1st pers. pl., 2nd pers. pl., 3rd pers. pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - see.
seen (to seen), sene (to sene) inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to see.
seest 2nd pers. sing., ind. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - see.
seith 1st pers. pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - see.
seeth 3
rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - see.
semeth 3rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - seems.
shal (Archaic Modern Niarg) - shall.
shal mowen 1st pers. pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - may.
sharn-bree (Goblish-Beakish) - manure, squirting cow.
shewen inf. (to shewen) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to show.
sithence (Archaic Modern Niarg) - since.
skinweler n. m.; skinweleriou pl. (Headlandish) - television set; a special type of scrying globe that can be used by those who do not have magical powers to receive broadcasts from and to talk to the magically skilled who control the globes. Skinweleriou cannot be used by the magically endowed to find those who have not been previously introduced to the ball being used (see scrying ball, below).
slepen inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to sleep.
slowe (Archaic Modern Niarg) - slow.
slowliche (Archaic Modern Niarg) - slowly.
soo (Archaic Modern Niarg) - so.
soortyn inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to sort.
som thyng (Archaic Modern Niarg) - something.
sory (Archaic Modern Niarg) - sorry.
spak 3rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - spoke.
stepe ind. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - step.
steyres n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - stairs.
supprised (Archaic Modern Niarg) - surprised.
suster (Archiac Modern Niarg) - sister.
sustrin (Archaic Modern Niarg) - sisters.
syngyng (Archiac Modern Niarg) - singing.
tak imp., 1st pers. sing (before vowel) 2nd pers. sing. (before vowel) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - take.
taisteal (Jutish Elven or Old Gwaelic Elven) - travel or magical instantaneous travel.
tay (Middle English) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - tea.
telle (to telle) inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to tell.
thaire (Archaic Modern Niarg) - their.
thanne (Archaic Modern Niarg) - than.
thanne (Archaic Modern Niarg) - then.
thee sing. dat. acc. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - thee.
ther (Archaic Modern Niarg) - there.
they - they nom. pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg).
thou, thow, thu sing. nom. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - thou.
thurgh (Archaic Modern Niarg) - through.
thy, thine sing. poss. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - your.
tyme (Archaic Modern Niarg) - time.
thyng (Archaic Modern Niarg) - thing.
thynk 2nd pers. sing. (thynk thou) (Middle English) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - think.
thynke 1st pers. sing. (Ich thynke), 2nd pers. sing., 2nd pers. pl., 3rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - think.
thynketh 1st pers. sing. (as hit thynketh me), 1st pers. pl. (us thynketh), 2nd pers. pl., 3rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - think.
thynkinge 3rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - thinking.
torn (to torn) inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to turn.
tourne (to tourne) inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to turn.
travayle (to travayle) inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to travel.
treen (Archaic Modern Niarg) - trees, grove.
tryen (to tryen), tryn (to tryn) inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to try.
unben n. m. (Old Niarg) - dictator.
unc, unnc dual dat. acc. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - us two.
un-til (Archaic Modern Niarg) - until.
un-to, un to (Archaic Modern Niarg) - unto.
usynge 1st pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - using.
verray (Archaic Modern Niarg) - very.
vowest 2nd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - vow.
wantes 3rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - wants.
wayk a. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - weak.
wayte 2nd sing., inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - wait.
wayte inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to wait.
wayten 3rd pers. pl., inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) wait.
waytyn 3rd sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - wait.
wel (Archaic Modern Niarg) - well.
weo nom. pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - we.
when - whan (Archaic Modern Niarg) - when.
whoso (Archaic Modern Niarg) - who, whoever.
whyte (Archaic Modern Niarg) - white.
wit, witt dual nom. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - we two.
with-oute 3rd pers. sing. (before consonants) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - without.
with-outen, withouten 3rd pers. sing. (before vowels) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - without.
wode n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - wood.
wodes n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - woods.
wol 1st pers. sing, 1st pers. pl., 2nd pers. pl., 3rd pers. sing., 3rd pers. pl.(Archaic Modern Niarg) - will.
wolde 1st pers. sing., 3rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - would.
wolde, wolde 1st pers. sing.,1st pers. pl.,3rd pers. sing., 3rd pers. pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - would.
woldest 2nd pers. sing. (thou woldest) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - would.
woldestow (Archaic Modern Niarg) - would you.
wolt 2nd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - will.
wondreful (Archaic Modern Niarg) - wonderful.
worde (Archaic Modern Niarg) - word.
wordes (Archaic Modern Niarg) - words.
woreld (Archaic Modern Niarg) - world.
Woreld Restorid (Archaic Modern Niarg) - or Restored World, the world immediately after the death of Spitemorta.
wrang adj., adv. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - wrong.
Yaghhe! Gront dhedha sevel yn-y (Gwaelic) - Get well! Grant to them to rise up sound.
ybe (Archaic Modern Niarg) - is.
ybe, yben past ppl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - be (I have been).
yben (Archaic Modern Niarg) - been.
ycleped, yclept (Archaic Modern Niarg) - am called, is called.
ycomen 3rd pers. sing., pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - a-coming, coming.
ydo 1st pers. sing. perf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - do.
ye nom. pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - you.
ygon (Archaic Modern Niarg) - gone.
ygrowe (Archaic Modern Niarg) - grow.
yifte n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - gift.
yis (Archaic Modern Niarg) - yes.
yit (Archaic Modern Niarg) - yet.
yit, yet nom. dual (Archaic Modern Niarg) - you two.
yive, yiffe inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to give.
yknoweth 3rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - knows.
yset, ysette 3rd pers. sing. perf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - set.
yunc, inc, yinc dat.acc. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - you two.
Niarg Standard Words into Foreign or Archaic Words (& Technical Terms Defined)
abcess - hesked n. m.; heskidi pl. (Headlandish).
ability - abilite (Archaic Modern Niarg).
abominable - abhominable (Archaic Modern Niarg).
absolutely - absolut (Archaic Modern Niarg).
about, of - aboute (Archaic Modern Niarg).
a-coming, coming - ycomen 3rd pers. sing., pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg).
act - acte n. (Archaic Modern Niarg).
alliance - alliaunce, allyaunce, aliaunce n. (Archaic Modern Niarg).
all - al (Archaic Modern Niarg).
am - am 1st pers. sing. pres. ind. (be) (hit am I) (Archaic Modern Niarg).
another - a nothere (Archaic Modern Niarg).
answer - answere 3rd pers. pl., inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg).
answer - answeren 3rd pers. sing., inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg).
any - eny (Archaic Modern Niarg).
Archaic Modern Niarg - predecessor of Modern Niarg, spoken six centuries ago. This language uses very few words not found in present day English. By all means read it in any manner which allows you to enjoy the book. Its spellings are at least as easy to make sense of as those in the notes passed by grammar school children. However, if you wish to have it sound as we intended when you read it aloud, please
heed the following simple rules. Do not hesitate to refer to the glossary. Archaic Modern Niarg should be pronounced as follows. There was no vowel shift between Archaic Modern Niarg and Niarg Standard, so vowels sound much the same as in modern Appalachian English. However, each letter of a diphthong tends to be pronounced separately, for example, maister would be pronounced may-ist-er. Es at the end of words are not silent, but are pronounced. Certain consonants which have become silent in Niarg Standard are sounded, for example, the k in knight and the gh in knight. The gh is hard, much like a kh. The gh in thought is also sounded, just as in knight. Remember that Ich means I and should be pronounced to sound like ike. Hit means it and ybe is similar to is and are.
are - aren (before vowels), arne (before consonants) 1st pers. pl., 3rd pers. pl.(Archaic Modern Niarg).
are (be) - art 2nd pers. sing. pres. ind. (be) (Archaic Modern Niarg).
art thou - artow (Archaic Modern Niarg).
as - als (only used as the first word in a sentence) (Archaic Modern Niarg).
as -as (never used as the first word in a sentence) (Archaic Modern Niarg).
at - atte (Archaic Modern Niarg).
back - bakke (Archaic Modern Niarg).
bastards - bastardes (Archaic Modern Niarg).
be (are) - art 2nd pers. sing. pres. ind. (be) (Archaic Modern Niarg).
be - be 1st pers. pl., 2nd sing. subj., 3rd pers. sing. past, 3rd pers. pl. pres., 3rd pers. sing. fut. (Archaic Modern Niarg).
be - beoth 2nd pers. pl., pres. imp. sing., pres imp. pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg).
be - bese 1st pers. sing. fut. (Archaic Modern Niarg).
be (I have been) - ybe, yben past ppl. (Archaic Modern Niarg).
be (to be) - to bene, to buen inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg).
be (was), to be - been 3rd pers. sing. past, 3rd pers. sing. fut. (hee wol been) (Middle English) (Archaic Modern Niarg).
be (was) (were), to be - ben 3rd pers. sing. past, 3rd pers. pl. past (ther ben), 3rd. pers. sing. fut. (hee wol ben) (Archaic Modern Niarg).
be (we shall be) (to be) - buen 1st pl. fut., inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg).
be, is, shall be - beth (before vowels), bethe (before consonants), 2nd pers. sing. fut., 3rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg).
Beaks - a diminutive people making up the Kingdom of Marr, who in Spitemorta's time spoke Goblish-Beakish and had scarcely joined the Iron Age. They decorated themselves extensively with blue tattoos which they preferred to enhance with blue woad stain rather than to cover with clothes. They built wooden stockade style castles atop great mounds and made a life of raiding and plundering their neighbors as well as farming. The Kingdom of Marr made up of an extensive region of fens called Beakmore or the Beakmoor, that were known as the Gobbler Marshes (Marshmallow Marshes) during the Peppermint Forest days, which surround a raised pastoral part of the Kingdom known as Caistealbeak, which includes the village of Caistealbeak which surrounds the Beak Castle, known as Caisteal-Beak.
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