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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
werelight
A strange word I bumped across in the novel A Wizard Of Earthsea. So if you have ever read this novel, could you tell me what it means?
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It is a made-up word. The analogy is "Werewolf" - this is a composite of "were"; from the Latin "Vir" or Old English "wer" meaning "man" and "wolf," the animal. A werewolf is a man that can change into a wolf.
- It is a made-up word.
- The analogy is "Werewolf" - this is a composite of "were"; from the Latin "Vir" or Old English "wer" meaning "man" and "wolf," the animal.
- A werewolf is a man that can change into a wolf.
- So the author feels licensed to make up the word were+light.
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It is a made-up word.
The analogy is "Werewolf" - this is a composite of "were"; from the Latin "Vir" or Old English "wer" meaning "man" and "wolf," the animal.
A werewolf is a man that can change into a wolf.
So the author feels licensed to make up the word were+light.
The analogy is "Werewolf" - this is a composite of "were"; from the Latin "Vir" or Old English "wer" meaning "man" and "wolf," the animal.
A werewolf is a man that can change into a wolf.
So the author feels licensed to make up the word were+light.
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It's no wonder the translator translated it into "fake light"! It seems that it originally should be "man-made light"! Thank you so much!
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The more straightforward translation would be "Light-Man" as in "Wolf-Man."
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A werelight is a floating ball of magical light, think candlelight or mage light in Skyrim.
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