River Twine Holt Glossary - Revision history

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 ''"High Ones"'' - used as curse or blessing; refers collectively to the pureblooded elves who first arrived on the world, and to their pureblooded children.
-''Holt'' - both a generalized term for the entire territory claimed by the elves, and in context, the immediate area where the Dentree is located.  Note:  the term Holt is always capitalized.
+''Holt'' - both a generalized term for the entire territory claimed by the elves, and in context, the immediate area where the Dentrees are located.  Note:  the term Holt is always capitalized.
 ''Howl'' - Wolfrider ceremony in honor of deceased elf or wolf, to tell stories about him/her and keep memories alive

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 ''woodworms'' - wood-boring insects
-== Preserver-Speak ==
+==Preserver-Speak==
-''Bigthing'' -  preserver term for people bigger than they are; later, used of humans
+angrytalk = arguing
-''Birdbasket'' - preserver term for bird’s nest
+beesweets = honey
-''Dark'' -  preserver’s way of measuring time.
+belonging-time = when the Palace first landed, before the Firstcomers were scattered
-''Dig-Digs'' -  Preservers names for trolls
+big highthing-place = Palace
-''Hangy-Down'' -  a suspended cocoon
+bigthing = anything bigger than a Preserver (later, comes to mean humans almost exclusively)
-''Highthing'' - preserver term for elves
+bigwet -- rivers, lakes, or the sea.  Any large body of water.  (Smaller bodies of water are generally called littlewets)
-''Juiceberries'' -  preserver term for favorite type of berry.
+birdbasket = bird's nest
-''Noisybad'' - preserver’s term for describing behavior they dislike.
+bitty bunches = small groups
-''Stillquiet'' -  preserver term for being asleep, preferably wrapped in wrapstuff.
+bitty wingthing = winged insects
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 ''dreamberry vision'' - a hallucination
 ''elf-friend'' - a wolf's particular Wolfrider
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 ''season of white cold'' - interchangeable with Winter
-"shards" – generally a curse, not certain from whence it derived.  It does not, however, refer to the shards of the Palace -- the RTH elves do not know that the Palace is in shards, buried beneath their feet in the domain of the trolls.  Most likely, it was derived from the process of knapping, which is what the tribe uses to make most of its stone weapons (arrow and spearheads, knives, etc.)  Knapping would create lots of shards of flint and obsidian, which the elves would have to be careful to contain and clean up, or risk stepping on them or getting painful stone splinters.  Thus, "shards" refers to something that is an everyday nuisance, potentially annoying or painful.
+''shards'' – generally a curse, not certain from whence it derived.  It does not, however, refer to the shards of the Palace -- the RTH elves do not know that the Palace is in shards, buried beneath their feet in the domain of the trolls.  Most likely, it was derived from the process of knapping, which is what the tribe uses to make most of its stone weapons (arrow and spearheads, knives, etc.)  Knapping would create lots of shards of flint and obsidian, which the elves would have to be careful to contain and clean up, or risk stepping on them or getting painful stone splinters.  Thus, "shards" refers to something that is an everyday nuisance, potentially annoying or painful.
 ''skyfire'' - lightning

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 ''den-hide'' - a practiced, coordinated defensive action in which all members of the tribe hide and keep silent on command
-''dreamberry'' - a berry that causes intoxication in elves when eaten fresh; fermented, it is hallucinogenic; can be poisonous to humans
+''dreamberry'' - a berry that causes intoxication in elves when eaten fresh; fermented, it is hallucinogenic; can be poisonous to humans.  Note -- the word dreamberry is not commonly capitalized.
 ''dreamberry talk'' - drunken babbling
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 ''"High Ones"'' - used as curse or blessing; refers collectively to the pureblooded elves who first arrived on the world, and to their pureblooded children.
 ''Howl'' - Wolfrider ceremony in honor of deceased elf or wolf, to tell stories about him/her and keep memories alive
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 ''Little Moon'' – the name of the smaller of the world’s two moons
-''Lock-send'' - a sending directed to one individual only; a private sending.
+''lock-send'' - a sending directed to one individual only; a private sending.
 ''lovemate'' - term for elves in a more serious relationship, but one that is not sparked by Recognition.
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 ''ravvit'' - important note:  although this term is mentioned in a BoTC novel, we do not use "ravvit" at RTH.  Instead, we use "rabbit."
-''Recognition'' - entirely involuntary process - psychic link between two elves of the opposite sex whose progeny would improve the elven race; sometimes (but not always) results in lifemating.
+''Recognition'' - entirely involuntary process - psychic link between two elves of the opposite sex whose progeny would improve the elven race; sometimes (but not always) results in lifemating.  Note - the term "Recogition" is commonly captialized.
 ''season of death sleep'' - interchangeable with Autumn or Fall
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 ''squirrel chatter'' - talking without making sense
-''Soul-name'' -  secret name devised by wolfriders to keep some part of themselves protected in a largely telepathic society.
+''soul-name'' -  secret name devised by wolfriders to keep some part of themselves protected in a largely telepathic society.  Note: the term is spelled soul-name, not soul name or soulname.
 ''Sun Goes Down'' - west

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 ''puckernuts'' - expression of distaste
 ''Recognition'' - entirely involuntary process - psychic link between two elves of the opposite sex whose progeny would improve the elven race; sometimes (but not always) results in lifemating.
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 ''swamp rot'' - expression meaning that one's words are totally unbelievable
 ''taal'' - elfin child's game similar to hide and seek