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Dictionary > Nahkriin

Word[?]
N4KR3N Nahkriin
Word Type[?]
strong verb
Pronunciation[?]
/ˈnɑ krin/
Official Definition[?]

Vengeance
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition[?]

v. to kill in revenge; to exact vengeance
n. revenge, vengeance

Usage[?]

Ahrk ond drey sahrot Heimverlund meyz, nol hevno Brom, med Strun do uznahgaar nahkriin nol Sovngarde nimaar.
And lo did the mighty Heimverlund come, from the brutal North, like a Storm of unbridled vengeance from Sovngarde itself.
(Word Wall for Strun, Storm Call)

Connotations[?]
No connotations to note.
Etymology[?]

Compound of nah ‘fury’ and kriin ‘to slay’, ‘to slay in fury’.

Notes[?]

Namesake of one of the dragon priest masks.