Sylvan Lexicon

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Sylvan Lexicon

A list of confirmed words in Sylvan. For suggestions/additions, please use the Discussion page and include a link to the relevant document the term is used in (or if it is an in-game item/location, enough information staff can find it for review).

Sylvan Term	Translation	Roots	Originating Documentation	Date Introduced	Other Info
Ataela	"cloudsilk"	Based on the root for cloud	Roltons, Wools, and Cheese of the Land	June 2023	A type of sylvan silk (similar to RL batik)
Cavelta	"dancing rolton"	Based on the root for dance	Roltons, Wools, and Cheese of the Land	June 2023	Also known as the cavelta rolton. A type of sylvan rolton
Cavela	Unknown	Based on the root for dance/cavelta rolton	Roltons, Wools, and Cheese of the Land	June 2023	A type of thin, supple leather or suede from the hide of a cavelta
Ivelyrael	Loosely "caretaker of the sacred grove"	Unknown	Anchors Within Chaos: Sylvans & Mourning	February 2023	Part of the ivethlyss death ritual
Lyssatha	Loosely "recitation to the trees"	Unknown	Anchors Within Chaos: Sylvans & Mourning	February 2023	A prayer recited during an ivethlyss
Caelrivel	Loosely "rites of amber"	Unknown	Anchors Within Chaos: Sylvans & Mourning	February 2023	A sylvan death ritual
Rivelyn	Unknown	Unknown	Anchors Within Chaos: Sylvans & Mourning	February 2023	A glassworked bead including ashes of a loved one
Athgosael	Unknown	Unknown (though "gos" appears to come from Gosaena)	Anchors Within Chaos: Sylvans & Mourning	February 2023	Death rites for sylvans following or inspired by the worship of Gosaena
Rantylan	"the Summoner	Unknown	History of the Sylvan Elves	Unknown	A large drum beat upon the death of a council member
Tyshveriel	Unknown	Unknown	Anchors Within Chaos: Sylvans & Mourning	February 2023	A zircon-based tea ceremony
Tyshath	Unknown	Unknown	Anchors Within Chaos: Sylvans & Mourning	February 2023	A rare deep red zircon with dark purple starring
Vyshath	Unknown	Unknown	Anchors Within Chaos: Sylvans & Mourning	February 2023	A rare blue-green zircon
Aelyreth	Loosely "ceremony of the fallen leaves"	Unknown	Anchors Within Chaos: Sylvans & Mourning	February 2023	A sylvan funeral ceremony
Ilyraelin	Unknown	Unknown	Anchors Within Chaos: Sylvans & Mourning	February 2023	A clothing style/trend that captures fireflies in mesh netting
Lyraev	Unknown	Unknown	Anchors Within Chaos: Sylvans & Mourning	February 2023	A ceremonial releasing of fireflies caught in mesh netting upon one's clothes
Ivethlyss	"telling the trees"	Unknown	Telling the Bees: Death Rituals of the Forest Gnomes	2022	Sylvan death ritual
Lyshaelyn	Unknown	Unknown	Artisanal Glasses of Elanthia: A Continuation	September 2022	Sylvan glassworking - a type of dichroic glass
Ithaenil	Unknown	Unknown	Artisanal Glasses of Elanthia: A Continuation	September 2022	A subset of lyshaelyn glassworking
Atala yr'cavel	Cloud dancer	originating from the phrase "leaving the trees to dance in the clouds"	A Library Mouse By Any Other Name	February 2021	Sylvan term for bookworm
Arg'Hamim	Unknown	Unknown	History of the Sylvan Elves	Unknown	Sylvan ritual of initiation
Dra'Elstin	Unknown	Unknown	History of the Sylvan Elves	Unknown	Sylvan annual spring festival, occurs during Ivastaen
Nevishrim	"Pearl at Mountain's Foot"	Unknown	History of the Sylvan Elves	Unknown	Name given to the city-forest established after the sylvan left Ithnishmyn
Alandalore	"the lost is found"	Unknown	History of the Sylvan Elves	Unknown	Name given to a human child found during the migration west after dismantling Nevishrim
Hyrrad	Unknown	Unknown	History of the Sylvan Elves	Unknown	A temporary dwelling of thick canvas, insulating the occupants from weather
Andemyon	"edge of all"	Unknown	History of the Sylvan Elves	Unknown	Name given to a river that formed a boundary to the western edge of the forest in which Yuriqen was located
Cavalot	Unknown	Unknown	History of the Sylvan Elves	Unknown	Elected leaders for the original D'ahranal assembly
Yuriqen	Trees of the Sky	Unknown	History of the Sylvan Elves	Unknown	A sylvan city built on seven modwirs
Ne'Yuscarl	Unknown	Unknown	History of the Sylvan Elves	Unknown	Border guards of Yuriqen
Nanrithowan	Unknown	Unknown	History of the Sylvan Elves	Unknown	Warding magic used at Yuriqen
Rithowan	Unknown	Unknown	History of the Sylvan Elves	Unknown	Turns the effects of nanrithowan from disorientation to a heightened awareness and perception
Yr	most likely a prefix version of "tree"	N/A	History of the Sylvan Elves	Used in the names of the 7 modwirs of Yuriqen
Lythela	Roughly "Summer's Ethereal Light"	n/a	Estival, or Summer, Holidays	June 2024	Believed to be Sylvan in origin, this is a term only found in the Wyrdeep. It is the name of a summer solstice celebration there, and the rough translation is said to be "Summer's Ethereal Light." The day after is named "Af'Lytha" but this is believed to be Wyrdeep slang and not actual Sylvan.
Acal	A truncation of a term for shade or shadow	Unknown	Autumnal Holidays	September 2024
Yrsael'wan	Literally "tree art ceremony"	From "yrsael" (art of the woods) and "wan" (festival)	Autumnal Holidays	September 2024	A sylvan ceremony involving tree art
Wan	An affix for festival	n/a	Autumnal Holidays	September 2024
Yrsaelan	A type of tree art ( shortened from yrsael alore andemit)	n/a	Autumnal Holidays	September 2024	A sylvan artform
Yrsael alore andemit	Colloquially, yrsaelan, "Finding the opposite edges of art within the tree)	from "yrsael" (art of the woods), "alore" (a term for finding), and "andemit" (a term for edges)	Autumnal Holidays	September 2024	A sylvan artform
Alore	Finding	n/a	Autumnal Holidays	September 2024
Andemit	Edges, metaphysically	n/a	Autumnal Holidays	September 2024
Yrsael	Art of the trees/woods	From "yr" (tree) and "sael" (one of several terms for art)	Autumnal Holidays	September 2024
Sael	One of several terms for art	n/a	Autumnal Holidays	September 2024