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| − | '''Vrykul''' is the presumed language of the [[vrykul]] race. Some words in it resemble words from [[wikipedia:Norse|Norse]] and other nordic languages.<ref>{{quest|Adding Injury to Insult}}</ref> |
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| − | ==Vrykul primer (official translations)== |
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| − | * "Yrkvinn" = "a practitioner of illusions"<ref>{{quest|The Crone's Bargain}}</ref> |
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| − | ==Untranslated words or phrases== |
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| − | * "Bjorns mottar haelgond sygar!", to which Bjorn replies, "No one speaks of my mother in that manner!" |
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| − | * "Bolvin umyol marnjar."<ref>[[General Bjarngrim]]</ref> |
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| − | * "Haraak foln!"<ref>[[Thane Banahogg]]</ref> |
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| − | * "Mjul orm agn gjor!"<ref>[[Ingvar the Plunderer]]</ref> |
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| − | * "Ugglin oo bjorr!"<ref>[[Thane Ufrang the Mighty]]</ref> |
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| − | * "Var-jogg gramalch!"{{fact}} |
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| − | === Translation speculation === |
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| − | * "Bjorns mottar haelgond sygar!", which closely resembles the Icelandic phrase, "Bjorns móðir, Haelgond, sýgur!", which means: "Bjorn's mother, Haelgond, sucks!" |
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| − | * "Mottar" = "Mother" |
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| − | * "Dottar" = "Daughter" |
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| − | ===Speculation?=== |
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| − | It is possible that the [[Common (language)|Common]] language originated from or is a dialect of the Vrykul language, as many words are similar. However it should be noted that Common shares many of the same words from Gnome and Dwarven languages as well which would imply a possible connection to the [[Titan (language)]]. |
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| − | Bjorn, Ingvar, and most other Vrykul names are actually Scandinavian and Icelandic names, and their language also looks a lot like Icelandic, which can be partly understood by Icelandic players. |
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| − | == References == |
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