Part 1: Language
You poor readers have been flooded with strange terms and languages in my Akiniwazisaga freebies. Well, I’m going to give you a little more of a freebie and that’s the glossary and notes to help you understand the words, pronunciations and meanings of them. It’ll teach you to cuss like a Viking, too. This will be a compilation of the master list that will cover all 3 novels that are out. That means there will be terms and subjects you haven’t encountered yet, or are buried too deep in the novels for you.
Check it out from the start, here:
Language
Nickames & Terms of Endearment
Elskling – [EHLSK-ling]
Darling
Kjaere – [CHEH-reh]
Dear or precious. Often “kjaere mann” for dear man or husband, or “kjaere kvinne” for dear woman. “Kjaere kone” means “Dear Wife”.
Slang & Colorful Colloquialisms
Bacraut – [bah-KROWT]
Asshole
Baksteypa – [BAHK-stay-pah]
Backstabber (Plural Baksteypir)
Daufi Murtr – [DOW-fee-MUR-tur]
Stupid Fish
Ekornbaesj – [EH-korn-BEH-shah]
Squirrel turd
Fonefote – [FON-foht]
A person who is sluggish and lazy
Fubrande – [foo-BRAHN-deh]
An insult; literally means “arse log”. A piece of wood used below the horse’s tail to prevent a certain type of sleigh from slipping too far forward when going downhill.
Fy da – [FEE-dah]
An expression of great disgust.
Gobermouch – [GAH-bur-moosh]
Old Irish A meddler and gossip.
Greithr – [GREH-thur]
Slang for agreement. Okay, all right, sure thing, so be it.
Grjonuxa – [grohn-OOCKS-ah]
Grain Ox. Someone who is slow or plodding. Someone who is ungainly or ugly. Pedestrian and undesirable.
Haensafraetr – [HEN-sah-FREH-turs]
Chicken Farts
Hrodinefr – [ROWD-NEH-fur]
Snotnose
Knok’e – [NO-kay-ee]
A mild insult between friends
Kjaetterhund – [CHET-ur-HOOND]
Heretic dog
Lort’e – [LOR-tay]
A turd. Feces.
Oj – [OY]
“Hey,’ “Oh” or “Oy Vey.”
Scobblelotcher – [SKA-bul-LAH-chur]
Old English. A lazy person
Sipill – [SIP-pill]
Potlicker
Skeiturhuth – [SKEE-tur-HOOTH]
Dirt (dung) skin. A nasty pejorative toward anyone of dark complexion. Saved mostly for Skaerslinger or Inuit descent.
Skrott’e – [SKROH-tay]
A carcass. Used to describe a person who is lazy and/or of little value.
Tambakkji – [tam-BAHK-yeh]
A cheap alloy. Used to describe a person you dislike.
Tjovekjakji – [TEE-YOH-va-CHA-chi]
A thief. Literally “thief’s cheek.”
Uff Da – [UHF-dah]
An expression of unpleasant or startling surprise.
