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general rohirric information.

rohirric is a language written in by tolkien to his world that was based on the mercian dialect of old english. while i study old saxon, there are still a lot of similarities between the languages, and tolkien was a huge scholar of old english as a general thing ! a lot of character you’re likely very familiar with have old english references. i decided to put together a rough linguistic and cultural cheat-sheet of rohirric/rohirrim-related-things while i do my beowulf homework for the night, lol.

brego, the horse, is a name that can be directly translated to ‘lord, chief’1

meduseld, the name of edoras’ high house, can be translated to “mead-settle,” or more colloquially “meadhall” “meadhouse”

^ meadhouses were homes for warriors and thains and kings and the like, places for gathering before battle or celebrating, and could function as a house of diplomacy or community.

grima is a name, but the word means “mask,” due to the grim way helmets (similar to those worn by rohirrim actors in the films) cover the face in a very grim and menacing way

the word orc comes from the old english “orcneas” which means “evil spirits, monsters”

theoden means king. it means KING. nice one, jolkien.

as for things that might be useful for characters based in rohan/on rohirrim, it might be useful to know some phrases, just to maybe play around with! so i’ve listed a few in old english, as well as some more common-tongue equivalents

hal, hel, wes hal, was hel, was hal, etc. or the more commonly known “was hail!”  these are only a few examples i know of off the top of my head, but in greeting, it would be common for perhaps a rohirrim to greet familiars with “hail” or “hail thee” “hail thou” depending on number/status of who they greet

titles come after names. a good example of this is how theoden is not referred to as “king theoden,” but rather “theoden king.”  this is totally not an accident, if the producers and dialect coaches really weant in on tolkien’s desires.

examples for titles are king, thain, noble, bishop, monk, etc. but for the sake of middle earth language, it might fare best to say things such as “eowyn noble” or “eomer king” yknow??

stress lies on the front syllables in rohirric, so it wouldnt be uncommon for your muse to have a sort of slurring or blurred speech. a problem with old english, and especially old english poetry, was this lack of ending syllables, which resulted in things losing their meanings (this is why today we are more stern about grammar, because words dont usually change meanings based on additions to the roots!)

subjects often come after verbs, so passive voice would be most natural for a rohirrim

and then some vague cultural things because im running out of ideas ! as a last note, if you want to learn anymore, i strongly suggest looking up dr. jonathan evans and his work. hes my old english professor and is ingenius and loves tolkien ^^

prose and poetry were madly respected, so stories and legends told by (usually the very educated) are common to be heard; in fact, the meadhouse could be used as a place to gather the people to tell stories, news, poetry, etc.

the gift of rings or jewels/swords to others by a king of noble is incredibly significant; to do this essentially is like knighting someone

only the most learned, and often the most religious affiliations, were able to read and write, so the chances of a muse not associated with nobility being able to read and write is very uncommon

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MUSE LIST.

aragorn (testing)

bard (primary)

dwalin (secondary)

ecthelion (secondary)

pippin (primary)

maeglin (tertiary)

sam (tertiary)

frodo (primary)

rog (tertiary)

feren (secondary)

faramir (secondary)

eomer (primary)

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revitalizing this with some new muses. stay tuned!

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hello

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bard is a smelly muddy boy and he wants a hug. ㅍㅁㅍ

✨ ━ BARD.      [ CRACK ]

➥ @halconath

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pause on the starters because i have to get ready for class and go learn about oceans and jazz !

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.｡*ﾟ❦.*.｡ SILM STARTER CALL ; @ungoliiant 

          long have they  pursued  the beast. the  PRIMORDIAL  creature that dwelled in shadow, and tainted the world with her darkness; scorn upon their quest !  her children ecthelion had slain, in numbers higher than he had counted, surely. blood of poison stained his blade, dirtied his  SILVER  garb, as he continued his march ever-onward. hissing voices stirred his ear, and he readied himself, diamond helm  GLEAMING  even in the darkness.

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.｡*ﾟ❦.*.｡ SILM STARTER CALL ; @loyalservants (fingon)

          ❝ —  father,  ❞  he speaks, in hushed tones. he was still young, young enough to understand  little  of the political unrest his father faced. of the  WAR  he had seen, and how it spread and festered under all things. hand took his, gentle, seeking comfort to give and to take.  ❝ must you  go  ?  ❞

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.｡*ﾟ❦.*.｡ SILM STARTER CALL ; @edhelquendi (elrond)

          ❝ — i do not  trust  him. ❞  he spoke softly, eyes trained into the distance. the hardened noldor’s voice was low,  suspicious.  ❝ the gift-bearer. i sought círdan’s council on the stranger. what say  you,  eärendilion ?  ❞

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currently seeking new daughter, bard just lost one of his. srs inquiries only.

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i thought your dash icon was a glowing penis...

.｡*ﾟ❦.*.｡ UNPROMPTED ; ALWAYS ACCEPTING !

.................................fuck i cant unsee it now............ welp. this is who i am. this is me........ halconath........ raise the beenis.....

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i’m in a huge silm mood so  LIKE THIS  for a starter from one of my nasty bois (ecthelion, rog, maedhros, fëanor, gil-galad)

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@edhelgund

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.｡*ﾟ❦.*.｡ BAD THINGS HAPPEN !

          — hello !  so, i totally forgot about this until my buddy cinna posted about it, but i applied for a card for the @badthingshappenbingo. the way i’d like to do this is that  YOU  can recommend and submit prompts to me on legolas, or even my other blog @halconath (while recommending the muse) and i’ll check off things as i go.

a warning: the prompts  CAN BE  very triggering !  i’ve kept the bingo sheet under a read more, and the tags below listing the triggers are what you may see when opening up that read more. if you’d like to blacklist this event completely, feel free to blacklist the tag:  .｡*ﾟ❦.*.｡  ʙᴀᴅ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ

feel free to submit at any time, and i’ll be crossing it off as i go !

Keep reading

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this seems like a good time to say it, but if you wanna fill up on some awesome female ocs, be sure to check out: @fearduath @camillelafaye @glysimachia @useknives @terrorshe @xmordeme @snowinabottle @sunqxeen @therapardalis

some of these folks are some really awesome tolkien-centered, tolkien-friendly, or fantasy-centered muses that i can really easily recommend to my probable audience, but  ALL  of them are really rad ocs. it takes a lot of confidence and skill to write an oc that is both  realistic  and  FANTASTIC,  and they deserve all the kudos in the world !

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