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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 2757 Views
Yeah... - 17/06/2010 09:31:15 AM 1985 Views
Semirhage is named as "The Lady of Pain" in KoD, by Rand... - 17/06/2010 11:14:56 AM 2352 Views
You are right... - 17/06/2010 11:31:05 AM 1886 Views
Do Semirhage & Bel'al actually mean those things or are they other nicknames? - 17/06/2010 11:38:18 AM 1828 Views
On Be'lal - 17/06/2010 11:42:31 AM 1674 Views
Nice ideas! - 17/06/2010 02:10:43 PM 1787 Views
Gai'shain = those sworn to peace in battle - 17/06/2010 09:22:02 PM 1688 Views
Gaidin = Brother to Battle ... which is what I think the OP meant to use - 17/06/2010 09:32:20 PM 1576 Views
Presumably he meant "Dai Shan", or "Battle Lord", as he said. - 17/06/2010 10:37:07 PM 1637 Views
or that *NM* - 17/06/2010 10:45:49 PM 937 Views
About Aginor - 17/06/2010 12:50:04 PM 2101 Views
Great! - 17/06/2010 02:11:47 PM 1781 Views
Some Old Tongue translations - 17/06/2010 01:34:18 PM 1681 Views
ah Thanks! *NM* - 17/06/2010 02:12:00 PM 929 Views
Good luck with that - 17/06/2010 02:36:36 PM 1758 Views
Re: Good luck with that - 17/06/2010 03:24:52 PM 1577 Views
Very interesting! - 17/06/2010 08:34:36 PM 1755 Views
As always, - 20/06/2010 02:25:07 PM 1560 Views
I always thought Lanfear probably translated to something closer to a Moon translation - 17/06/2010 02:43:04 PM 1901 Views
it's the other way around... - 17/06/2010 02:58:33 PM 1625 Views
good point - 17/06/2010 03:13:17 PM 1632 Views
Re: good point - 17/06/2010 04:05:50 PM 1692 Views
Not to mention she STILL hasn't earned a 3rd (or in 4th) name - 17/06/2010 04:16:57 PM 1660 Views
What about Cyndane - 17/06/2010 04:48:03 PM 1568 Views
It must be her favorite one, since it's the only one she actually earned *NM* - 17/06/2010 05:43:41 PM 853 Views
Well she earned Mierin *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:27:05 PM 975 Views
how so? I figured mom and dad gave that one too her *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:36:24 PM 883 Views
she earned it by being born... ha! gotcha *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:39:10 PM 843 Views
HA! But technically I think her mother earned that *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:58:30 PM 774 Views
well she earned Eronaile by virtue of her genetics *NM* - 17/06/2010 09:04:36 PM 858 Views
Tee hee ... I'd credit her father on that one *NM* - 17/06/2010 09:31:19 PM 892 Views
Re: good point - 17/06/2010 04:47:01 PM 1729 Views
Again, a self-proclaimed ownership aimed at making her seem more impressive - 17/06/2010 05:55:12 PM 1672 Views
I disagree - 17/06/2010 06:20:08 PM 1688 Views
Personally I think that order was off the cuff - 17/06/2010 08:55:28 PM 1805 Views
Re: Personally I think that order was off the cuff - 17/06/2010 09:02:06 PM 1752 Views
Disagree - 17/06/2010 09:28:51 PM 1673 Views
Re: Disagree - 17/06/2010 09:41:23 PM 1654 Views
I'm not being very clear - 17/06/2010 10:14:10 PM 1628 Views
Re: I'm not being very clear - 18/06/2010 08:06:56 AM 4120 Views
Re: I'm not being very clear - 18/06/2010 03:33:12 PM 1636 Views
Re: I'm not being very clear - 18/06/2010 04:35:12 PM 1515 Views
The point isn't if Lanfear has the skill, it's that it was poorly shown. - 18/06/2010 05:31:11 PM 1672 Views
I think it's shown well - 18/06/2010 06:10:55 PM 1812 Views
your own examples show only OP prowess though! - 18/06/2010 06:54:38 PM 1750 Views
How can you say Semirhage didn't achieve anything? - 18/06/2010 01:59:44 AM 1700 Views
I'm partial to Sammael myself. - 18/06/2010 02:24:49 AM 1509 Views
The statement makes clear that those 6 were all quite impressive - 17/06/2010 10:51:49 PM 1460 Views
I don't see that bearing out in the text at all - 17/06/2010 10:57:36 PM 1654 Views
Well, with this point I don't disagree.. *NM* - 17/06/2010 11:10:34 PM 1579 Views
- 17/06/2010 11:12:58 PM 1675 Views
Lanfear's motives were never Shadow-driven - 20/06/2010 06:47:22 PM 1717 Views
not ballsy, just psycho - 20/06/2010 07:25:46 PM 1682 Views
Like Etzel I don't agree - 17/06/2010 08:30:37 PM 1566 Views
I think she's a weak villain - 17/06/2010 08:58:01 PM 1565 Views
Re: I think she's a weak villain - 17/06/2010 09:03:47 PM 1625 Views
Semirhage has done more than anyone since Ishy destroyed the Ten Nations - 18/06/2010 02:06:30 AM 1631 Views
Regarding "Demandred" ... - 17/06/2010 04:51:43 PM 1641 Views
I always thought it was a coincidence - 17/06/2010 08:32:39 PM 1934 Views
Lan/Lanfear isn't a coincidence... - 18/06/2010 12:19:58 AM 1606 Views
Wow. I'm not quite sure where this came from... *NM* - 18/06/2010 05:24:25 PM 821 Views
Re: Lan/Lanfear isn't a coincidence... - 20/06/2010 07:01:55 PM 1703 Views
No, it was supposed to be a joke. - 20/06/2010 07:23:19 PM 1659 Views
Re: No, it was supposed to be a joke. - 21/06/2010 06:36:44 AM 1659 Views
Re: I always thought it was a coincidence - 18/06/2010 05:20:11 PM 1670 Views
Perhaps Lan-fear meaning Night-Daughter would make more sense - 17/06/2010 06:00:35 PM 1671 Views
Interesting *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:33:03 PM 927 Views
Re: Perhaps Lan-fear meaning Night-Daughter would make more sense - 18/06/2010 04:23:38 PM 1891 Views
Regarding "Far Dareis Mai" ... - 18/06/2010 05:28:41 PM 1560 Views
We also have din in Mera'din/Brotherless and far in Far Madding - 18/06/2010 08:16:14 PM 1654 Views
Re: Regarding "Far Dareis Mai" ... - 20/06/2010 03:56:38 AM 1876 Views
And Dragon translations... - 17/06/2010 10:53:02 PM 1773 Views
Re: And Dragon translations... - 17/06/2010 11:01:25 PM 1589 Views
But of course the NT word for Dragon isn't Dragon - 18/06/2010 05:45:34 PM 1839 Views
Ah yes, that sounds reasonable. *NM* - 18/06/2010 08:28:54 PM 888 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 1852 Views
"Dragon Wannabe" *NM* - 20/06/2010 09:23:09 PM 728 Views
Lizard? *NM* - 20/06/2010 10:04:21 PM 915 Views
"Scaled Worm"... though I doubt he'd take that name up in pride . *NM* - 22/06/2010 01:23:03 AM 808 Views
It's probably too much to attempt to guess at the meanings of words... - 17/06/2010 10:58:06 PM 1379 Views
A nice article about the Old Tongue and my ramblings - 18/06/2010 11:14:24 AM 7874 Views

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