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Anonymous
February 22, 2017

Possible to translate this to dovazul?

Hi all. I was wondering if it'd be possible to translae 'lolligagging' into dovahzul? If so, does anyone know what it would be?

 

Thanks

-B

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Liis
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February 22, 2017 		The only words in the dragon tongue we know of are what's given to us in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and a few other official sources such as websites and guidebooks.
This includes written runes on Word Walls and what the dragons themselves say to us - along with their ever loyal Draugr.

In which case, there has not been a dragon, Word Wall nor Draugr to directly convey "lolligagging". So as far as we know, a word or term directly for "lolligagging" does not exist, though my best and closest guess would be "Mulhaan", "unmoving".

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Frinmulaar
February 22, 2017

lollygag: lollygagged; lollygagging

intransitive verb

fool around, dawdle "Stop lollygagging and get to work."

The active part of the meaning is hard to translate because no known verb is 'casual' enough. I suggest saraan ol mey "wait like a fool". Meysaraan if you're feeling adventurous and want to stretch the boundaries of canon.

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Zinrahzul
February 24, 2017 		In context of the game, lolligagging is equivalent to loitering in a traffic/security sense. The guard doesn't want you standing around obstructing traffic or ability to see the guarded area.

I would suggest:

"Ni saraan het" - don't wait here
"Ni kriist het" - don't stand here
"Nis saraan het" - (you) can't wait here
"Hi bo nu" - you go now

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