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'''balfrait'''
'''Balfrait'''


==Out of Universe==
==Out of Universe==
{{Canonicity|canonical}}
{{Canon|canonical|show=yes}}


==Old Tongue==
==Old Tongue==


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
* balt (heart, essence)
* [[balt]] (heart, essence)
* frait (strong)
* [[frait]] (strong)


===Adjective (compound)===
===Adjective (compound)===
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# heart-strong
# heart-strong
# fierce
# fierce
# courageous
# brave, courageous


====Attestations====
=== Use in Canon ===
{{Quote|bunok balfrait|Act courageously" = Don't apologize|source=Liandrin Guirale}}
'''Scenes'''
* [[Rhodric Speaks to Latra]] (Season 3, Episode 4)


{{Quote|ashandore balfrait|Courageous Wisdom|source=Nynaeve al'Meara}}
'''Songs'''
* [[Liandrin Guirale]] (Season 2)
* [[Nynaeve al'Meara]] (Season 2)
* [[The Desert Warriors]] (Season 2)


==Notes==
==Notes==
* Parallel to soufrait (mind-strong = cunning). Heart strength = courage, ferocity.
* Parallel to [[soufrait]] ("mind-strong", cunning). "Heart strength", courage.
 


[[Category:Old Tongue words]]
[[Category:Old Tongue words]]
[[Category:Canonical]]
[[Category:Song vocabulary]]
[[Category:Song vocabulary]]

Latest revision as of 02:11, 18 October 2026

Balfrait

Out of Universe

✓ Canonical — Attested in: Show

Old Tongue

Etymology

Adjective (compound)

balfrait

  1. heart-strong
  2. fierce
  3. brave, courageous

Use in Canon

Scenes

Songs

Notes

  • Parallel to soufrait ("mind-strong", cunning). "Heart strength", courage.