Jer molle pe oonet. Enel mörd je I have been made to protect you.
Only in death will I be
nej afva trohem verret. kept from this oath. (Drüskelle oath to Fjerda)[1]
Skerden Fjerda, mende hjertzeng,
(The start of the Fjerdan National Anthem)[2]
lendten isen en da wanden
Wanden olstrum end kendesorum. The water hears and understands. The ice does not
Isen ne bejstrum. forgive.[1]
Fel holm ve koop djet. Our home is better for it.[3]
Der git ver rastjel. We are grateful guests.[3]
Djel comenden! Djel commands it to be so!/Djel wills it so.[4]
felöt-objer taking root (euphemism for dying)[1]
Jormanen end denam danne Be welcome and wait out the storm. (Traditional Fjerdan
näskelle. greeting to travelers)[5]
Grannam end kerjenning grante just
I thank you and bring only gratitude to your home.[5]
onter kelhom.
Djel jerendem.[6]
Linholmenn fe Djel ner werre peje. The Children of Djel are among you.[7]
Sënje Zoya daja kerkenning Saint Zoya of the lightning[8]
Me jer jonink. Forgive me.[8]
Djel djeren je töp. Djel turns his back on you.[9]
Dje janin ess[10] (swear words)[11]
Scön der top[10] (swear words)[11]
Fjerdan English translation Possible language inspiratioWords
drȳ, "sorcerer or magician" (Old
drüsje witch[12]
English)
drüsje + killen/kellen, "to kill" (Middle
drüskelle witchhunter(s)[13]
Dutch)
djur, "animal" (Swedish)
Djel (Fjerdan god of life) fjäll, ”mountain” (Swedish) själ, "soul"
(Swedish)
röd, "red" (Swedish)
roëd red[14]
rød, "red" (Norwegian, Danish)
fugl, "bird" (Norwegian, Danish,
fetla bird[14] Icelandic)
fågel, "bird" (Swedish)
wej[1] magical
fer where[15] var, "where" (Swedish)
esje it is[15]
demjin demon[15]
hje marden?
[12] how are you? hur mår du (Swedish)
jeg (Danish, Norwegian Bokmål)
jer/je I
jag "I" (Swedish)
molle have been made
pe you
oonet to protect
enel until/only in endast "only" (Swedish)
mors, "death" (Latin)
mord, "murder"
mörd death
(Swedish/Norwegian/Danish) mörda,
"to murder" (Swedish)
trohet, "fidelity"/"loyalty" (Swedish)
trohem will keep tro "faith/belief" + hem "home"
(Swedish)
nej/ne [negation] nej (Swedish, Danish)
veritas, "truth" (Latin)
verret this oath vow, (English) värde, "value"
(Swedish)
vann, "water" (Norwegian)
wanden water vand, "water" (Danish) vatten, "water"
(Swedish)
olstrum hears olfacere, "to smell" (Latin)
end and
kende, "to know" (Danish)
kendesorum understands kännedom, "understanding/knowledge"
(Swedish)
isen, "the ice" (Norwegian, Swedish,
isen ice Danish)
is, "ice" (Norwegian, Swedish)
beklaga, "to express regret" (Swedish)
bejstrum forgives beklage, "to express regret"
(Norwegian, Danish)
gestynge, "party" or "accommodation;
gestinge paradise[16]
temporary habitation" (Middle English)
tie, "to stop talking" (Danish)
Tig![16] Shut up! Be quiet! tig, "shut up/be quiet" (Swedish,
Norwegian)
tor, "thor" + väg/vägen "road/the road"
torvegen tanks[17]
(Swedish)
Strymakt
Fjerdan might[17]
Fjerdan
stormakt/stormagt, "great/large power"
(Swedish, Norwegian, Danish)
makt, "power" (Norwegian,
strymakt strength, might[17]
Swedish) styrke, "strength"
(Norwegian) styrka, "strength"
(Swedish)
(exclamation of surprise/ “I’ve Ondtjärnen = lake in Hälsingland,
Ondetjärn![17]
found/caught something!” ?) Sweden
(exclamation of surprise/ “I’ve
Fellenjuret![17]
found/caught something!” ?)
koppar, "copper" (Swedish)
shimkopper piss bucket[18]
kopp, "cup" (Swedish)
ajor hello[19] adjö, "goodbye" (Swedish)
ven tidder five minutes[20] vänta "wait", tid "time" (Swedish)
fem, "five"
ven five
(Swedish/Norwegian/Danish)
var "was, were, where" (att) vara "(to)
ve/ver is/are
be" (Swedish)
perjenger prisoner(s)[1] fångar, "prisoners" (Swedish)
stans!, "stop!" (Norwegian)
Sten! Stop![1]
stanna!, "stop!" (Swedish)
Desjenet! Stand down![1]
nei, "no" (Norwegian)
Neg! No!
nej, "no" (Swedish, Danish)
Djerholm Home of Djel[citation needed] Djurholm = Finnish island
holme, "tiny island", "the island beach"
when compounded as a place name
holm home
suffix (Norwegian)
holm, place name suffix (Swedish)
ulle chieftain
is, "ice" + ulv, "wolf" - isulv, "ice wolf"
(Norwegian)
isenulf ice wolf (partner to drüskelle)[21] isen + ulf, "wolf" (Old Danish)
is "Ice" / isen "The ice" (Swedish) + ulf
/ ulv "Wolf" (Old Swedish)
trassel troublemaker[21] trosse, "to resist or defy" (Norwegian)
trassel, "complication, problem"
(Swedish)
fel our
comenden (it) commands
bine some[6]
de forenen we're learning[6] de forenede, "they united" (Danish)
enke "widow" (Danish, Norwegian)
enke widow (title)[22]
änka "widow" (Swedish)
min my[23] min, "mine" (Swedish, Danish)
fadder father[23] fader "father" (Swedish, Danish)
Sedjet! Hurry up![24]
Sënj / Sënje Saint[25] (masculine/feminine)[26]
gerkenig the need for action[27]
daja of the
kerkenning lightning
Rev «fox», fader «father» [Norwegian]
Rëvfeder Foxfather[28]
räv "fox", fader "father" (Swedish)
Hajefetla Songbird[28]
kal "bare, stark" used when referring to
kalfisk squid[5]
land, + fisk "fish" (Swedish)
gedrenen strangers[6]
suck/draw liquid into mouth
(profane usage[11], used in the swear
dje[10] die "suck" (Norwegian)
phrase "Dje janin ess," inferred
definition)
