Mordentish (Language)

There is some confusion in early canon as to whether Mordentish was faux-French, insofar as it's the language of Richemulot and Dementlieu. Mordentish has two forms, sometimes referred to as Upper and Lower Mordentish or High and Low Mordentish. Lower Mordentish is preferred in Mordent, while Upper Mordentish is preferred in Richemulot and Dementlieu. The language is thus analogous to Anglo-Norman or the perhaps the later Middle English that was combined from old German and old French. Low Mordentish uses compound words common to Old English poetry, known as kennings.

For the dialect in Souragne, see Souragnien.

Sample Vocabulary

English	Low Mordentish	High Mordentish
affluent	byrde, welig	malin
ah! alas!	la! eala!	oh! hélas!
astute	searocræftig	malin
child	bearn	enfant
city	burg	ville
conspire	reonian	comploter
dangerous/harmful	bealu	mauvais
day	dæg	jour
death	feorhgedal, swylt (murder), cwealm	mort, (murder) muertre
farewell	Wes thu hal	adieu
forest	weald	forêt
get below! (a curse)	begietan dun!	decendre!
go away!	faran aweg	s’en aller
greetings	Wes thu hal (lit. be you well)	bonjour
hunter	hunta	chasseur
inn	hûs, inn, tôcirhûs	auberge
life	feorh, gast, lif	vie
literature	bokcræft	écriture
love	lufraeden	amour
man	carl, mann, rinc	homme
mist, fog	lyfthelm, mist, nip	brume, brouillard
money	mynet, sceatt	argent
moon	môna	lune
night	niht	nuit
noble (n.)	ætheling	savant
no	nese	non
ocean, sea	holm, mere, (seashore) brim	océan, mer
painting	searo	peinturex
performance	plegende	présentation
poison (n.)	ator, lybb	poison, toxine, venin
rat	ræt	salaud
river	éa	fleuve
scholar	bôkere, scôler	savant
sewer	âdelsçath	égout
spirit	feorh, gâst, (evil) scucca	fantôme
sun	heathusigel, sôl, sunne	soleil
town	tûn	ville
traitor	laewend	chapradeur
trespasser	forgægend	intruse
wolf	ulph	loup
woman	faemne, wif, (married) aewe	femme
yes	giese	oui