Christian Thalmann
zhalio.bsky.social
Christian Thalmann
@zhalio.bsky.social
#Fjerdan #Lexember 31st: sliht «hoar frost». Happy new year! #SixOfCrowsSpinoff
January 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 30th: davret «to persevere»
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December 30, 2024 at 1:22 PM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 28th: chenke «up to, until»
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December 29, 2024 at 10:12 AM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 27th: stirlen «here is...»
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December 29, 2024 at 10:12 AM
December 27, 2024 at 9:53 PM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 25th: wändla «egg white»
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December 27, 2024 at 9:53 PM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 24th: rödblüla «red-cheeks»
Happy holidays!
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December 24, 2024 at 9:20 PM
December 24, 2024 at 9:20 PM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 22nd: tarkento «nonsense», with a tip of the hat to That Inej Scene...
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December 23, 2024 at 9:44 AM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 21st: räppe «hill», inspired by this scene in Rapperswil («Rappi») yesterday.
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December 23, 2024 at 9:43 AM
December 20, 2024 at 12:45 PM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 19th: kennet «to chase»
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December 19, 2024 at 11:51 PM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 18th: hölih «up for something». It literally means «wrapped» and used to refer to proper clothing for venturing out into the cold.
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December 18, 2024 at 12:55 PM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 17th: uptikt «plan», inspired by a neverending teachers’ conference. The word üzhet «to spend the night» doubles as «to last, to have a duration».
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December 18, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Reposted by Christian Thalmann
Phase Transition xkcd.com/3025
December 16, 2024 at 8:01 PM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 16th: önger «goose»
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December 16, 2024 at 11:13 PM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 15th: vraif «hedgehog»
While a herbivore, the hedgehog is dangerous enough to earn its status as a wolf-class noun.
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December 15, 2024 at 10:38 AM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 14th: tiklet «to write», derived from the diminutive of taiket «to chop»

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December 14, 2024 at 11:16 PM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 11th: bardas «story»
The verb bardet originally means «to flatten, to spread out» and has gained the extended meaning «to tell (a story), to narrate, to report». It comes from the same root as bart «dead», which originally meant «flat».
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December 11, 2024 at 11:41 AM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 10th: brumnet «to scare», used in the passive to express «to be scared».

The use of hyullen «which one» instead of hyul «who» is a bit unconventional here, but needed for rhythm. Presumably it's part of a game of nursery rhyme.

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December 10, 2024 at 3:11 PM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 9th: veskel «leek», lit. sword-onion

Also note essöt «to forget», lit. «to let [out of one's] scalp» (cf. the book word felöt «to let out») and imblih «braised» from the deliciously irregular aimen, imnir, ümnu «oven».

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December 10, 2024 at 3:11 PM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 8th: uksin «stew». It can always use one more onion!
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December 8, 2024 at 11:37 PM
December 7, 2024 at 10:36 PM
#Fjerdan #Lexember 6th: mül «hips»
Note the impersonal expression for being cold: It literally says «It chills me at the hips». ❄️
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December 6, 2024 at 6:09 AM
December 5, 2024 at 9:52 AM