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Dictionary > Gol

Word[?]
GOL Gol
Word Type[?]
noun
Pronunciation[?]
/gol/
Official Definition[?]

Stone/Earth
(Bend Will Shout)
(Dialogue File, 0004DE42)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition[?]

n. earth, land, ground

Usage[?]

Gol hah dov!
Earth mind dragon!
(Bend Will Shout)

Kreh zini! The freedom of the sky beckons! Yet I stay here, nau gol, as promised.
(You) bend my honor! The freedom of the sky beckons! Yet I stay here, on earth (grounded), as promised.
(Odahviing, 0004DE42)

He is too strong on the wing! Bring him to gol with Dragonrend!
(Paarthurnax, 000C64EE)

Qethsegol vahrukiv Bhor fin Golah, wo praal het mulhaan ol Gol saraan onikiv, nunon wah meyz wuth sinon do onik.
This stone commemorates Bhor the Stubborn, who sat here still as Earth awaiting enlightenment, only to become old instead of wise.
(Word Wall for Gol, Bend Will)

Het nok Fjolmod Bein-Su, wo pook ol pogaas nau gol ol ok kopraan dreh nu ko golt.
Here lies Fjolmod Foul-Air, who stank as much on earth as his body does now in the ground.
(Word Wall for Su, Elemental Fury)

Connotations[?]

Word of Power that cleanses the All-Maker Stones of Solstheim from Hermaeus Mora’s influence. Antonym of lok ‘sky’. Connotations of being constant, immutable, also constricting.

Etymology[?]
No etymology to note.
Notes[?]

The phrase nau gol ‘on earth’ is used to mean both ‘grounded’ (‘on the earth’) and as an idiom that means ‘while alive’, though the latter is exclusive to humans.