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A list of words in the Gnome language.

C[]

cosim camman denoctusd
"the settled ground before the earthquake", which in the Common tongue would be close to the phrase, "the calm before the storm".[1]

E[]

estel
"rose"[2]

F[]

forstneblin
"forest gnome"[3]

H[]

harnor
"monstrous spider"; plural is harnorl[4]

K[]

karkolohk
"home"[5]

M[]

magga cammara
"by the stones".[6]

N[]

norl
"spider"; plural is norra[4]

P[]

praed
"male homosexual" (slang)[7]

S[]

steinneblin
"rock gnome"[8]
svirfneblin
"deep gnome"[9]

T[]

thoulal
"transgender"[10]

References[]

  1. R.A. Salvatore (August 1995). Siege of Darkness. (TSR, Inc), p. 35. ISBN 1-7869-0164-0.
  2. Ed Greenwood (2023-03-10). "Flower-inspired names". Greenwood's Grotto (Discord).
  3. Andrew Turpin and Nathan E. Irving (August 1999). "Bazaar of the Bizarre: Magic of the Wee Folk". In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #262 (TSR, Inc.), p. 65
  4. 4.0 4.1 Ed Greenwood (2022-01-08). The Word for Spider Across Languages (Tweet). theedverse. Twitter. Archived from the original on 2022-11-20. Retrieved on 2023-02-21.
  5. Christopher Perkins (September 2020). Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden. Edited by Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 274. ISBN 978-0786966981.
  6. R.A. Salvatore (August 1994). Starless Night. (TSR, Inc), p. 158. ISBN 1-56076-880-0.
  7. Ed Greenwood, The Hooded One (2005-02-16). Questions for Ed Greenwood (2005). Candlekeep Forum. Archived from the original on 2020-09-20. Retrieved on 2021-06-09.
  8. Andrew Turpin and Nathan E. Irving (August 1999). “Bazaar of the Bizarre: Magic of the Wee Folk”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #262 (TSR, Inc.), p. 62.
  9. Douglas Niles (1995). Player's Option: Skills & Powers. (TSR, Inc), p. 30. ISBN 0-7869-0149-7.
  10. Ed Greenwood (2021-08-29). How Demihuman Languages Refer to Transgender (Tweet). theedverse. Twitter. Archived from the original on 2021-08-30. Retrieved on 2021-09-13.
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