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Gaidin = Brother to Battle ... which is what I think the OP meant to use darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 17/06/2010 09:32:20 PM
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.


Just a small tidbit.
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
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Forsaken translations - 17/06/2010 09:16:36 AM 2483 Views
Yeah... - 17/06/2010 09:31:15 AM 1755 Views
Semirhage is named as "The Lady of Pain" in KoD, by Rand... - 17/06/2010 11:14:56 AM 2092 Views
You are right... - 17/06/2010 11:31:05 AM 1650 Views
Do Semirhage & Bel'al actually mean those things or are they other nicknames? - 17/06/2010 11:38:18 AM 1586 Views
On Be'lal - 17/06/2010 11:42:31 AM 1427 Views
Nice ideas! - 17/06/2010 02:10:43 PM 1563 Views
Gai'shain = those sworn to peace in battle - 17/06/2010 09:22:02 PM 1389 Views
Gaidin = Brother to Battle ... which is what I think the OP meant to use - 17/06/2010 09:32:20 PM 1333 Views
Presumably he meant "Dai Shan", or "Battle Lord", as he said. - 17/06/2010 10:37:07 PM 1403 Views
or that *NM* - 17/06/2010 10:45:49 PM 814 Views
About Aginor - 17/06/2010 12:50:04 PM 1847 Views
Great! - 17/06/2010 02:11:47 PM 1533 Views
Some Old Tongue translations - 17/06/2010 01:34:18 PM 1438 Views
ah Thanks! *NM* - 17/06/2010 02:12:00 PM 807 Views
Good luck with that - 17/06/2010 02:36:36 PM 1523 Views
Re: Good luck with that - 17/06/2010 03:24:52 PM 1346 Views
Very interesting! - 17/06/2010 08:34:36 PM 1459 Views
As always, - 20/06/2010 02:25:07 PM 1323 Views
I always thought Lanfear probably translated to something closer to a Moon translation - 17/06/2010 02:43:04 PM 1647 Views
it's the other way around... - 17/06/2010 02:58:33 PM 1391 Views
good point - 17/06/2010 03:13:17 PM 1373 Views
Re: good point - 17/06/2010 04:05:50 PM 1441 Views
Not to mention she STILL hasn't earned a 3rd (or in 4th) name - 17/06/2010 04:16:57 PM 1423 Views
What about Cyndane - 17/06/2010 04:48:03 PM 1308 Views
It must be her favorite one, since it's the only one she actually earned *NM* - 17/06/2010 05:43:41 PM 733 Views
Well she earned Mierin *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:27:05 PM 858 Views
how so? I figured mom and dad gave that one too her *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:36:24 PM 752 Views
she earned it by being born... ha! gotcha *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:39:10 PM 712 Views
HA! But technically I think her mother earned that *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:58:30 PM 643 Views
well she earned Eronaile by virtue of her genetics *NM* - 17/06/2010 09:04:36 PM 723 Views
Tee hee ... I'd credit her father on that one *NM* - 17/06/2010 09:31:19 PM 770 Views
Re: good point - 17/06/2010 04:47:01 PM 1483 Views
Again, a self-proclaimed ownership aimed at making her seem more impressive - 17/06/2010 05:55:12 PM 1371 Views
I disagree - 17/06/2010 06:20:08 PM 1444 Views
Personally I think that order was off the cuff - 17/06/2010 08:55:28 PM 1575 Views
Re: Personally I think that order was off the cuff - 17/06/2010 09:02:06 PM 1517 Views
Disagree - 17/06/2010 09:28:51 PM 1435 Views
Re: Disagree - 17/06/2010 09:41:23 PM 1387 Views
I'm not being very clear - 17/06/2010 10:14:10 PM 1410 Views
Re: I'm not being very clear - 18/06/2010 08:06:56 AM 3847 Views
Re: I'm not being very clear - 18/06/2010 03:33:12 PM 1409 Views
Re: I'm not being very clear - 18/06/2010 04:35:12 PM 1268 Views
The point isn't if Lanfear has the skill, it's that it was poorly shown. - 18/06/2010 05:31:11 PM 1430 Views
I think it's shown well - 18/06/2010 06:10:55 PM 1580 Views
your own examples show only OP prowess though! - 18/06/2010 06:54:38 PM 1511 Views
How can you say Semirhage didn't achieve anything? - 18/06/2010 01:59:44 AM 1468 Views
I'm partial to Sammael myself. - 18/06/2010 02:24:49 AM 1280 Views
The statement makes clear that those 6 were all quite impressive - 17/06/2010 10:51:49 PM 1218 Views
I don't see that bearing out in the text at all - 17/06/2010 10:57:36 PM 1426 Views
Well, with this point I don't disagree.. *NM* - 17/06/2010 11:10:34 PM 1317 Views
- 17/06/2010 11:12:58 PM 1449 Views
Lanfear's motives were never Shadow-driven - 20/06/2010 06:47:22 PM 1451 Views
not ballsy, just psycho - 20/06/2010 07:25:46 PM 1439 Views
Like Etzel I don't agree - 17/06/2010 08:30:37 PM 1308 Views
I think she's a weak villain - 17/06/2010 08:58:01 PM 1266 Views
Re: I think she's a weak villain - 17/06/2010 09:03:47 PM 1379 Views
Semirhage has done more than anyone since Ishy destroyed the Ten Nations - 18/06/2010 02:06:30 AM 1374 Views
Regarding "Demandred" ... - 17/06/2010 04:51:43 PM 1401 Views
I always thought it was a coincidence - 17/06/2010 08:32:39 PM 1506 Views
Lan/Lanfear isn't a coincidence... - 18/06/2010 12:19:58 AM 1347 Views
Wow. I'm not quite sure where this came from... *NM* - 18/06/2010 05:24:25 PM 705 Views
Re: Lan/Lanfear isn't a coincidence... - 20/06/2010 07:01:55 PM 1465 Views
No, it was supposed to be a joke. - 20/06/2010 07:23:19 PM 1416 Views
Re: No, it was supposed to be a joke. - 21/06/2010 06:36:44 AM 1431 Views
Re: I always thought it was a coincidence - 18/06/2010 05:20:11 PM 1440 Views
Perhaps Lan-fear meaning Night-Daughter would make more sense - 17/06/2010 06:00:35 PM 1421 Views
Interesting *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:33:03 PM 797 Views
Re: Perhaps Lan-fear meaning Night-Daughter would make more sense - 18/06/2010 04:23:38 PM 1627 Views
Regarding "Far Dareis Mai" ... - 18/06/2010 05:28:41 PM 1323 Views
We also have din in Mera'din/Brotherless and far in Far Madding - 18/06/2010 08:16:14 PM 1426 Views
Re: Regarding "Far Dareis Mai" ... - 20/06/2010 03:56:38 AM 1594 Views
And Dragon translations... - 17/06/2010 10:53:02 PM 1527 Views
Re: And Dragon translations... - 17/06/2010 11:01:25 PM 1346 Views
But of course the NT word for Dragon isn't Dragon - 18/06/2010 05:45:34 PM 1584 Views
Ah yes, that sounds reasonable. *NM* - 18/06/2010 08:28:54 PM 761 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 1606 Views
"Dragon Wannabe" *NM* - 20/06/2010 09:23:09 PM 606 Views
Lizard? *NM* - 20/06/2010 10:04:21 PM 768 Views
"Scaled Worm"... though I doubt he'd take that name up in pride . *NM* - 22/06/2010 01:23:03 AM 689 Views
It's probably too much to attempt to guess at the meanings of words... - 17/06/2010 10:58:06 PM 1163 Views
A nice article about the Old Tongue and my ramblings - 18/06/2010 11:14:24 AM 7573 Views

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