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Semirhage is named as "The Lady of Pain" in KoD, by Rand... Shannow Send a noteboard - 17/06/2010 11:14:56 AM
Semirhage means Lady of Pain.

But translations may prove difficult. RJ says he has the meanings of all the Forsaken names, it it will no doubt appear in the encyclopedia.

But he also said that he didn't develop a complete Old Tongue language, and that he pretty much used words as and when necessary.

So we might well see a situation where the actual syllables and meaning of a Forsaken name don't match up as far as the Old Tongue is concerned, or contradicts other uses of the same phrase.

Demandred might be "Lord of Hate" but something like Lord may already have been given as the "Gai" in Gai' shain, which means Battle Lord or something.

This is a stupid example, and may be totally incorrect, as I can't actually remember exactly what Gai Shain means, but I think you see the point I'm trying to make.
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Forsaken translations - 17/06/2010 09:16:36 AM 2355 Views
Yeah... - 17/06/2010 09:31:15 AM 1642 Views
Semirhage is named as "The Lady of Pain" in KoD, by Rand... - 17/06/2010 11:14:56 AM 1987 Views
You are right... - 17/06/2010 11:31:05 AM 1547 Views
Do Semirhage & Bel'al actually mean those things or are they other nicknames? - 17/06/2010 11:38:18 AM 1425 Views
On Be'lal - 17/06/2010 11:42:31 AM 1317 Views
Nice ideas! - 17/06/2010 02:10:43 PM 1452 Views
Gai'shain = those sworn to peace in battle - 17/06/2010 09:22:02 PM 1281 Views
Gaidin = Brother to Battle ... which is what I think the OP meant to use - 17/06/2010 09:32:20 PM 1219 Views
Presumably he meant "Dai Shan", or "Battle Lord", as he said. - 17/06/2010 10:37:07 PM 1293 Views
or that *NM* - 17/06/2010 10:45:49 PM 739 Views
About Aginor - 17/06/2010 12:50:04 PM 1737 Views
Great! - 17/06/2010 02:11:47 PM 1402 Views
Some Old Tongue translations - 17/06/2010 01:34:18 PM 1325 Views
ah Thanks! *NM* - 17/06/2010 02:12:00 PM 754 Views
Good luck with that - 17/06/2010 02:36:36 PM 1361 Views
Re: Good luck with that - 17/06/2010 03:24:52 PM 1223 Views
Very interesting! - 17/06/2010 08:34:36 PM 1317 Views
As always, - 20/06/2010 02:25:07 PM 1210 Views
I always thought Lanfear probably translated to something closer to a Moon translation - 17/06/2010 02:43:04 PM 1510 Views
it's the other way around... - 17/06/2010 02:58:33 PM 1271 Views
good point - 17/06/2010 03:13:17 PM 1273 Views
Re: good point - 17/06/2010 04:05:50 PM 1326 Views
Not to mention she STILL hasn't earned a 3rd (or in 4th) name - 17/06/2010 04:16:57 PM 1307 Views
What about Cyndane - 17/06/2010 04:48:03 PM 1202 Views
It must be her favorite one, since it's the only one she actually earned *NM* - 17/06/2010 05:43:41 PM 663 Views
Well she earned Mierin *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:27:05 PM 814 Views
how so? I figured mom and dad gave that one too her *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:36:24 PM 690 Views
she earned it by being born... ha! gotcha *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:39:10 PM 652 Views
HA! But technically I think her mother earned that *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:58:30 PM 583 Views
well she earned Eronaile by virtue of her genetics *NM* - 17/06/2010 09:04:36 PM 667 Views
Tee hee ... I'd credit her father on that one *NM* - 17/06/2010 09:31:19 PM 712 Views
Re: good point - 17/06/2010 04:47:01 PM 1345 Views
Again, a self-proclaimed ownership aimed at making her seem more impressive - 17/06/2010 05:55:12 PM 1231 Views
I disagree - 17/06/2010 06:20:08 PM 1330 Views
Personally I think that order was off the cuff - 17/06/2010 08:55:28 PM 1456 Views
Re: Personally I think that order was off the cuff - 17/06/2010 09:02:06 PM 1422 Views
Disagree - 17/06/2010 09:28:51 PM 1345 Views
Re: Disagree - 17/06/2010 09:41:23 PM 1292 Views
I'm not being very clear - 17/06/2010 10:14:10 PM 1304 Views
Re: I'm not being very clear - 18/06/2010 08:06:56 AM 3696 Views
Re: I'm not being very clear - 18/06/2010 03:33:12 PM 1313 Views
Re: I'm not being very clear - 18/06/2010 04:35:12 PM 1162 Views
The point isn't if Lanfear has the skill, it's that it was poorly shown. - 18/06/2010 05:31:11 PM 1309 Views
I think it's shown well - 18/06/2010 06:10:55 PM 1436 Views
your own examples show only OP prowess though! - 18/06/2010 06:54:38 PM 1413 Views
How can you say Semirhage didn't achieve anything? - 18/06/2010 01:59:44 AM 1357 Views
I'm partial to Sammael myself. - 18/06/2010 02:24:49 AM 1160 Views
The statement makes clear that those 6 were all quite impressive - 17/06/2010 10:51:49 PM 1124 Views
I don't see that bearing out in the text at all - 17/06/2010 10:57:36 PM 1320 Views
Well, with this point I don't disagree.. *NM* - 17/06/2010 11:10:34 PM 1186 Views
- 17/06/2010 11:12:58 PM 1312 Views
Lanfear's motives were never Shadow-driven - 20/06/2010 06:47:22 PM 1334 Views
not ballsy, just psycho - 20/06/2010 07:25:46 PM 1321 Views
Like Etzel I don't agree - 17/06/2010 08:30:37 PM 1184 Views
I think she's a weak villain - 17/06/2010 08:58:01 PM 1159 Views
Re: I think she's a weak villain - 17/06/2010 09:03:47 PM 1262 Views
Semirhage has done more than anyone since Ishy destroyed the Ten Nations - 18/06/2010 02:06:30 AM 1255 Views
Regarding "Demandred" ... - 17/06/2010 04:51:43 PM 1276 Views
I always thought it was a coincidence - 17/06/2010 08:32:39 PM 1396 Views
Lan/Lanfear isn't a coincidence... - 18/06/2010 12:19:58 AM 1226 Views
Wow. I'm not quite sure where this came from... *NM* - 18/06/2010 05:24:25 PM 649 Views
Re: Lan/Lanfear isn't a coincidence... - 20/06/2010 07:01:55 PM 1373 Views
No, it was supposed to be a joke. - 20/06/2010 07:23:19 PM 1293 Views
Re: No, it was supposed to be a joke. - 21/06/2010 06:36:44 AM 1323 Views
Re: I always thought it was a coincidence - 18/06/2010 05:20:11 PM 1323 Views
Perhaps Lan-fear meaning Night-Daughter would make more sense - 17/06/2010 06:00:35 PM 1280 Views
Interesting *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:33:03 PM 736 Views
Re: Perhaps Lan-fear meaning Night-Daughter would make more sense - 18/06/2010 04:23:38 PM 1502 Views
Regarding "Far Dareis Mai" ... - 18/06/2010 05:28:41 PM 1218 Views
We also have din in Mera'din/Brotherless and far in Far Madding - 18/06/2010 08:16:14 PM 1314 Views
Re: Regarding "Far Dareis Mai" ... - 20/06/2010 03:56:38 AM 1465 Views
And Dragon translations... - 17/06/2010 10:53:02 PM 1388 Views
Re: And Dragon translations... - 17/06/2010 11:01:25 PM 1255 Views
But of course the NT word for Dragon isn't Dragon - 18/06/2010 05:45:34 PM 1464 Views
Ah yes, that sounds reasonable. *NM* - 18/06/2010 08:28:54 PM 699 Views
If "aman" is the Old Tongue name for Dragon, maybe "DEMANdred" contains a reference to Dragon too... - 20/06/2010 08:13:35 PM 1492 Views
"Dragon Wannabe" *NM* - 20/06/2010 09:23:09 PM 536 Views
Lizard? *NM* - 20/06/2010 10:04:21 PM 713 Views
"Scaled Worm"... though I doubt he'd take that name up in pride . *NM* - 22/06/2010 01:23:03 AM 631 Views
It's probably too much to attempt to guess at the meanings of words... - 17/06/2010 10:58:06 PM 1036 Views
A nice article about the Old Tongue and my ramblings - 18/06/2010 11:14:24 AM 7468 Views

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