High Eolic word of the day: mengassán

mengassán (noun): honest, open; trusting, naïve.

ta civa mengassánd-es mácavis allándeválecá
NEG become.COMPL honest-ESS they.SUBL hero.cloud.BEN.PL
“[there is no place for] honest men among the Champions of the Cloud”

Listen to the example sentence here: W_HE_134_mengassaan_example

In Eolic culture, the concept of honesty is not highly valued, as evident from the implications of the word mengassán (including naïveté). The example sentence is actually a praise for the Champions of the Cloud (Allándeválecá) – an elite mounted unit that forms a formidable shock-trooper section of the Eolic army – since they are implied not to be easily trusting of others, and to always expect treachery of others (and only depend on themselves while carrying out orders from their superiors).

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