High Eolic word of the day: allánd

allánd (noun): hero.

allánd-eválúyel lapá yarnúsettár
hero-cloud.ATTR.PL go.PERF mountaintop.ILL
“the heroes of the Cloud made their way towards the mountaintops”

allánd usually refers to heroic personages from Eolic legends and history (such as Allándacálassut, the mythical ‘Blue-Eyed Hero’, most famously praised by the poet Mbámarcut Mbámarcut Ussándut (1019/20-1070)), but it may also be used metaphorically for contemporary Eolic soldiers, or indeed the Eolic people in general, especially in contexts where superiority towards Eoleon’s lesser neighbors needs to be asserted.

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