More fun words and phrases
scat
horse apples
serried
beseech
boon
entreaty
susurration
orch
yrch
fëa
hröa
rent
sacked
razed
wedge
shield wall
gawp
Scat: a type of waste from small rodents.
Horse apples: the same, but from
horses.
Serried: I don't know this one, unfortunately.
Beseech: combines "beg" and "plead", to my understanding. It's a most pitiful form of them both.
Boon: "A boon, a boon!" Quoth Little John.
The terms "favor" and "gift" do not quite match the meaning of this word. It is both, from a superior to a subject, both able to come from every social class, as long as one has power over the other.
Entreaty: a similar word to beseech. However, an entreaty is longer, and can apply to an entire noun as a letter written as an entreaty), whereas "beseech" applies to verbs only.
Sussuration: I do not know this one either, though it reminds me of ressuscitation.
Orch: part of me wonders if this is a mistyped "
orc", but if not, I do not know this word either.
yrch, fëa, hröa. Inflict us with
Sindarin, will ye, sir? I know two off the top of my head: Yrch is orc, Fëa is spirit. Hröa I have heard and really should know, given how often I delve into the Parf Edhellen dictionary, but I don't recall the meaning right now.
Rent: as in, the action "to tear", I suppose. "The air was rent with the sound of wailing".
Sacked: to have been sacked, or to have been dispossessed of everything. A great example of this verb are the many sackings carried out by Norse Viking warriors.
Razed: absolutely, thoroughly destroyed. Commonly happens to a
city or town.
Wedge: can be both a noun and a verb. A wedge is a block made for wedging, which is to create an obstacle between two
objects by force.
Shield wall: a line of
men who overlap their shield with each other. A common defence tactic.
Gawp: more embarrassing than gape, wider than merely open. I think this can also be an insult.
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