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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 2190 Views
Yeah... - 17/06/2010 09:31:15 AM 1479 Views
Semirhage is named as "The Lady of Pain" in KoD, by Rand... - 17/06/2010 11:14:56 AM 1811 Views
You are right... - 17/06/2010 11:31:05 AM 1377 Views
Do Semirhage & Bel'al actually mean those things or are they other nicknames? - 17/06/2010 11:38:18 AM 1224 Views
On Be'lal - 17/06/2010 11:42:31 AM 1155 Views
Nice ideas! - 17/06/2010 02:10:43 PM 1284 Views
Gai'shain = those sworn to peace in battle - 17/06/2010 09:22:02 PM 1106 Views
Gaidin = Brother to Battle ... which is what I think the OP meant to use - 17/06/2010 09:32:20 PM 1055 Views
Presumably he meant "Dai Shan", or "Battle Lord", as he said. - 17/06/2010 10:37:07 PM 1131 Views
or that *NM* - 17/06/2010 10:45:49 PM 652 Views
About Aginor - 17/06/2010 12:50:04 PM 1426 Views
Great! - 17/06/2010 02:11:47 PM 1258 Views
Some Old Tongue translations - 17/06/2010 01:34:18 PM 1154 Views
ah Thanks! *NM* - 17/06/2010 02:12:00 PM 666 Views
Good luck with that - 17/06/2010 02:36:36 PM 1210 Views
Re: Good luck with that - 17/06/2010 03:24:52 PM 1038 Views
Very interesting! - 17/06/2010 08:34:36 PM 1120 Views
As always, - 20/06/2010 02:25:07 PM 1053 Views
I always thought Lanfear probably translated to something closer to a Moon translation - 17/06/2010 02:43:04 PM 1335 Views
it's the other way around... - 17/06/2010 02:58:33 PM 1110 Views
good point - 17/06/2010 03:13:17 PM 1104 Views
Re: good point - 17/06/2010 04:05:50 PM 1166 Views
Not to mention she STILL hasn't earned a 3rd (or in 4th) name - 17/06/2010 04:16:57 PM 1141 Views
What about Cyndane - 17/06/2010 04:48:03 PM 1031 Views
It must be her favorite one, since it's the only one she actually earned *NM* - 17/06/2010 05:43:41 PM 576 Views
Well she earned Mierin *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:27:05 PM 729 Views
how so? I figured mom and dad gave that one too her *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:36:24 PM 607 Views
she earned it by being born... ha! gotcha *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:39:10 PM 568 Views
HA! But technically I think her mother earned that *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:58:30 PM 497 Views
well she earned Eronaile by virtue of her genetics *NM* - 17/06/2010 09:04:36 PM 583 Views
Tee hee ... I'd credit her father on that one *NM* - 17/06/2010 09:31:19 PM 624 Views
Re: good point - 17/06/2010 04:47:01 PM 1154 Views
Again, a self-proclaimed ownership aimed at making her seem more impressive - 17/06/2010 05:55:12 PM 1059 Views
I disagree - 17/06/2010 06:20:08 PM 1160 Views
Personally I think that order was off the cuff - 17/06/2010 08:55:28 PM 1276 Views
Re: Personally I think that order was off the cuff - 17/06/2010 09:02:06 PM 1241 Views
Disagree - 17/06/2010 09:28:51 PM 1191 Views
Re: Disagree - 17/06/2010 09:41:23 PM 1131 Views
I'm not being very clear - 17/06/2010 10:14:10 PM 1136 Views
Re: I'm not being very clear - 18/06/2010 08:06:56 AM 3494 Views
Re: I'm not being very clear - 18/06/2010 03:33:12 PM 1141 Views
Re: I'm not being very clear - 18/06/2010 04:35:12 PM 999 Views
The point isn't if Lanfear has the skill, it's that it was poorly shown. - 18/06/2010 05:31:11 PM 1117 Views
I think it's shown well - 18/06/2010 06:10:55 PM 1245 Views
your own examples show only OP prowess though! - 18/06/2010 06:54:38 PM 1238 Views
How can you say Semirhage didn't achieve anything? - 18/06/2010 01:59:44 AM 1187 Views
I'm partial to Sammael myself. - 18/06/2010 02:24:49 AM 991 Views
The statement makes clear that those 6 were all quite impressive - 17/06/2010 10:51:49 PM 957 Views
I don't see that bearing out in the text at all - 17/06/2010 10:57:36 PM 1164 Views
Well, with this point I don't disagree.. *NM* - 17/06/2010 11:10:34 PM 1001 Views
- 17/06/2010 11:12:58 PM 1128 Views
Lanfear's motives were never Shadow-driven - 20/06/2010 06:47:22 PM 1135 Views
not ballsy, just psycho - 20/06/2010 07:25:46 PM 1149 Views
Like Etzel I don't agree - 17/06/2010 08:30:37 PM 1030 Views
I think she's a weak villain - 17/06/2010 08:58:01 PM 999 Views
Re: I think she's a weak villain - 17/06/2010 09:03:47 PM 1081 Views
Semirhage has done more than anyone since Ishy destroyed the Ten Nations - 18/06/2010 02:06:30 AM 1116 Views
Regarding "Demandred" ... - 17/06/2010 04:51:43 PM 1110 Views
I always thought it was a coincidence - 17/06/2010 08:32:39 PM 1192 Views
Lan/Lanfear isn't a coincidence... - 18/06/2010 12:19:58 AM 1043 Views
Wow. I'm not quite sure where this came from... *NM* - 18/06/2010 05:24:25 PM 547 Views
Re: Lan/Lanfear isn't a coincidence... - 20/06/2010 07:01:55 PM 1204 Views
No, it was supposed to be a joke. - 20/06/2010 07:23:19 PM 1116 Views
Re: No, it was supposed to be a joke. - 21/06/2010 06:36:44 AM 1162 Views
Re: I always thought it was a coincidence - 18/06/2010 05:20:11 PM 1155 Views
Perhaps Lan-fear meaning Night-Daughter would make more sense - 17/06/2010 06:00:35 PM 1092 Views
Interesting *NM* - 17/06/2010 08:33:03 PM 646 Views
Re: Perhaps Lan-fear meaning Night-Daughter would make more sense - 18/06/2010 04:23:38 PM 1317 Views
Regarding "Far Dareis Mai" ... - 18/06/2010 05:28:41 PM 1036 Views
We also have din in Mera'din/Brotherless and far in Far Madding - 18/06/2010 08:16:14 PM 1145 Views
Re: Regarding "Far Dareis Mai" ... - 20/06/2010 03:56:38 AM 1263 Views
And Dragon translations... - 17/06/2010 10:53:02 PM 1208 Views
Re: And Dragon translations... - 17/06/2010 11:01:25 PM 1087 Views
But of course the NT word for Dragon isn't Dragon - 18/06/2010 05:45:34 PM 1283 Views
Ah yes, that sounds reasonable. *NM* - 18/06/2010 08:28:54 PM 608 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 1313 Views
"Dragon Wannabe" *NM* - 20/06/2010 09:23:09 PM 450 Views
Lizard? *NM* - 20/06/2010 10:04:21 PM 615 Views
"Scaled Worm"... though I doubt he'd take that name up in pride . *NM* - 22/06/2010 01:23:03 AM 546 Views
It's probably too much to attempt to guess at the meanings of words... - 17/06/2010 10:58:06 PM 854 Views
A nice article about the Old Tongue and my ramblings - 18/06/2010 11:14:24 AM 7283 Views

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