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[bitchfitch]

idk, it's probably bc I'm in my comfy cozy era, but Maelgwn and all the other Orawol have insanely dense and water repellent under coats that are like, a Good few inches thick because they are evolved to purposefully break sea ice to hunt seals and walruses and other large arctic marine critters. They spend a good amount of their time under water in a part of the world where it snows year round.

they also have a distinct culture of favoring Big individuals, which has lead to their more wirey over coats to be insano log even if it's not as dense as their under coat so that it sticking up through that dense ass under coat adds a few inches to their height and girth. they do also molt out their coats every year and all of these factors combined prolly means there's like. a legit Orawol fiber trade. Dense Soft fibers that Don't hold water, and that are extremely durable + a different batch of long staple fibers thatre ultra strong water proof and slash resistant? No hunting needed? usually in Great shape and already clean and ready to card bc the critter you're getting it from is an entire person from a culture where good hygiene and rigorous grooming is valued?

That shit probably sells like Gold. and it's not like the orawol need half as much as they produce just naturally so it prolly a whole Thing that they trade their molts and come back the next year for their share of what was made with it before handing in the next.

and the specific reason I'm thinking on this is bc like. Imagine youre a trader freezing your ass off waiting for your companions to finish getting this years supply of fiber oaded onto the sleds. and you've Seen the chief of this pack of beasts that make polar bears look small from a distance before, but you've never directly interacted with him because you're a few tiers down the food chain. k. and he comes up to you. massive Grizzled mother fucker who has claws almost as thick around as your wrist. and he has a bag of his fur, and he very seriously asks you if humans think gifts made from ones own fur is strange. And that how you find out your missing king is a. Alive. and b. has the leader of the giant wolf monsters absolutely tripping over himself to impress him and keep him comfy and the cold climate.

Then he offers you a handful of items that collectively cost more than the total sum of every scrap of money you have ever touched in exchange for a very nice coat made for the king from as much of this dude's fur as possible and you promptly stop asking questions and start nodding and promising to have it done on the rush.

[monsterbroth]

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[thedwarrowscholar]

Hi! Um, how would you translate "Victorious Among People, From Hazel Grove?" I'm unsure how one would begin to break down and translate it, and well... dwarves aren't exactly known for having too many words for plants and such. So "hazel grove" is a bit of an unknown for me.

Well met!

What words for plants are concerned, I’ve actually added quite a few of those in the current draft dictionary. To be released when it is ready at last.

“Hazel tree” however is one of the plant words already in the current dictionary, it is “khadarzars”. Literally meaning “the wall tree” - Hazel is a traditional material used for making fences or primitive walls, hence it seems likely this is the link I had in mind when jotting this word down several years ago (as compound words for trees and plants often relate to their usage).

What the word “grove” is concerned, that is a more recent addition, being “bazirmajt” (meaning: grove, tuft, wisp, thicket, hurst or shrubbery, literally: “low bush”).

Making your complete translation:

Azkâful niktunul kanâg, bi Khadarzars-Bazirmajt?

Notes on the translation:

azkâful: triumphant, victorious

niktunul: among, between

kanâg: folk, people

bi: from

Khadarzars-Bazirmajt: Hazel Grove

For those that have an interest, some other plant related words that I added over the years are listed below. (Note, obviously this topic might not be the priority for dwarves - as I have focused mainly or types of stone and ore, yet to be as complete as possible many plant types have been added over the years; currently nearly 200 - the below is just a very small random pick of those)

abrâshaz [feverfew] (lit. meaning: pain-reducer)

adalamah [wormwood] (lit. meaning: dream-creator)

adalnung [jasmine] (lit. meaning: dream-flower)

'âfahammash [liverwort plant] (lit. meaning: drop-hoarder)

akhaga'bar [garlic] (lit. meaning: stench-grower)

akhalzant [rosemary] (lit. meaning: peace-hair)

akyalnâla [fenugreek] (lit. meaning: life-path)

'amadashkâd [deadly nightshade, belladonna] (lit. meaning: mother-debt)

amazashaf [valerian, setewale] (lit. meaning: burden-reliever)

'azaghâlyasath [marigold] (lit. meaning: he/she that is a warrior-bride)

'azgabsat [agrimony] (lit. meaning: eye-healer)

'azgalbam [eyebright] (lit. meaning: eye-cleaner)

badizasmak [chervil] (lit. meaning: late-taster)

balbabanakraf [purple saxifrage] (lit. meaning: ice of-stone-breaker)

barath-thatr [cardoon (artichoke thistle] (lit. meaning: pink, rose-star)

barazsirtherak [rhubarb] (lit. meaning: red-sour-stick)

barshzehak [myrhh] (lit. meaning: wound-seal)

bir'azg [sage] (lit. meaning: clear-eye)

bulumazlaf [poppy] (lit. meaning: soft-sleeper)

buzrazg [mugwort (common wormwood)] (lit. meaning: deep-eye)

danakh-hakhd [spinach] (lit. meaning: green-tooth)

'ezehahlat [licorice] (lit. meaning: salt-taker)

galtashkan [marjoram] (lit. meaning: boar-banisher)

galtkhagr [dandelion] (lit. meaning: boar-nose)

gamza'bar [fennel] (lit. meaning: fierce-grower)

halwasfar [honeysuckle] (lit. meaning: sweet-twister)

halwkhalf [elecampane, elfdock] (lit. meaning: sweet-root)

ibriz'akt [daisy] (lit. meaning: sun (bright red one)-face)

ibsêtmajd [Athelas, Kingsfoil] (lit. meaning: becoming healthy -herb)

Ever at your service,

The Dwarrow Scholar