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* Only attested in [[Last Light]]. The phrase "ayende alkarye" is officially rendered "do not falter". Given the contained ''kar'' (harshness, suffering), the context, and the [[-ye]] suffix as an abstract intensifier, alkarye likely means something like "hopelessness" or "despair" — a state one must not fall into. | * Only attested in [[Last Light]]. The phrase "ayende alkarye" is officially rendered "do not falter". Given the contained ''kar'' (harshness, suffering), the context, and the [[-ye]] suffix as an abstract intensifier, alkarye likely means something like "hopelessness" or "despair" — a state one must not fall into. | ||
[[Category:Old Tongue words]] | [[Category:Old Tongue words]] | ||
[[Category:Old Tongue nouns]] | [[Category:Old Tongue nouns]] | ||
[[Category:Song vocabulary]] | [[Category:Song vocabulary]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:12, 20 August 2026
alkarye
Out of Universe
✓ Canonical — Attested in canon.
Old Tongue
Noun
alkarye
- hopelessness
- despair
Attestations
Sul'imsoen, ayende alkarye
"Stay true, do not falter"
— Alkarye (Last Light)
Notes
- Only attested in Last Light. The phrase "ayende alkarye" is officially rendered "do not falter". Given the contained kar (harshness, suffering), the context, and the -ye suffix as an abstract intensifier, alkarye likely means something like "hopelessness" or "despair" — a state one must not fall into.