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•Key:
n. = noun
v. = verb
adj. = adjective
(exclamation) = exclamatory word or interjection, such as "Ouch!"
(Krakish) = a word in the Krakish language
(Jouzhen) = a word in the Jouzhen language
(Wolf) = a word in the language of dire wolves
B
battle claws: n. Sharp claw-shaped weapons, usually forged by a Rogue smith, that are fastened onto an owl’s talons.
bleshka: n. (Krakish) Blood.
bonk: adj. An extremely hot coal that takes on different shades of color than an ordinary coal.
breaklight: n. An owl's morning meal.
byggenbrocken: n. (Krakish) Great size.
C
chaw: n. A class at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. Each chaw focuses on a different kind of skill.
chaw-chop: v. The temporary removal of an owl from his or her chaw. This is considered very disgraceful, as an owl has to do something very bad indeed to be chaw-chopped.
chawlet: n. A mock chaw that helps in tapping owlets for an official chaw.
coal claws: n. The deadliest kind of battle claws, with bonk coals embedded in the tips.
cold coal: n. An odd coal that can disable the magnetic properties of flecks without burning anything.
collier: n. An owl that harvests coals for use in cooking and making weapons, among other things.
crabbing: v. A flight maneuver that involves flying at an angle, similar to the sideways walk of a crab, in order to push through a strong headwind.
creelies: n. The owl equivalent of "the creeps"; a very strange feeling about something.
crowl: n. The ancestors of both crows and owls before the two species separated into distinct forms.
E
ether veil: n. A layer of windless air in the atmosphere that protects the owl world. If a tear were made in the ether veil, there would be disatrous consequences, not the least of which would be the return of nachtmagen.
F
fire claws: n. Battle claws with live coals embedded in the tips. Rarely made by Rogue smiths due to the damage they inflict on an owl's talons over time.
fire blinking: n. A yeeplike state that occurs when an owl is transfixed by the sight of a fire, unable to move. The owl plummets to the ground or, if it is already on the ground, is unable to fly.
fire juicing: v. Technique used by blacksmiths to heat up coals to very high temperatures, thus giving the coals temporary bonk status.
firesight: n. The ability to see prophetic images in a fire. In the present day, only Coryn and the legendary blacksmith Orf have the power of firesight. An owl with firesight is called a “flame reader.”
fizgig: n. A kind of flail with live coals embedded on the outside.
flecks: n. Small bits of metal that have magnetic properties which can disturb the balance of metals in an owl’s head, often leading to shattering. Flecks' destructive powers can be nullified by fire.
flint mop: n. Detention. Used as a punishment for owls.
flivling: v. The owl word for flirting.
frink: v. An owl curse used to describe something bad; or, in the case of “to frink off,” to greatly annoy another owl.
fyngrot: n. The yellow glare a hagsfiend emits from its eyes in order to distract and stun its victim.
G
Ga': n. "Great Spirit". Few owls are in possession of true Ga’. However, some can develop it over time.
gadfeather: n. In the time of the legends, an owl that had no permanent home and made a living entertaining whoever would listen. They have recently begun to make a reappearance. Gadfeathers take great pride both in their freedom and singing ability.
Ga'Hoole: n. The Great Spirit of Hoole.
gallgrot: n. The "nerve" of an owl (e.g. "That owl must have some real gallgrot to suggest something like that!").
gazooling: v. Loud conversation between many young owls.
gizzard: n. An owl's second stomach that presses the indigestible parts of food, such as bones and fur, into a pellet to be yarped up.
gizzard resister: n. An owl that does not believe in violence, and often rebels peacefully against attempts of violence.
gizzuition: n. A form of thinking that allows an owl to immediately understand the truth and comprehend something as if it can actually feel the truth inside its gizzard.
glaumora: n. The owl equivalent of heaven.
Glaux: n. The first order of owls. Glaux is usually referred to as a single spirit and is considered sacred by owls aka the owl's equivalent of God.
Glaux in Glaumora: (exclamation) Basically 'Oh my goodness, oh my God, for the love of heaven, etc.' Others are: Great Glaux, Oh my Glaux, and Glaux-in-a-box.
gleeking: v. The owl term for fooling about in general.
glimpox: adj. Describes words or actions considered to be slanderous.
grosnik: adj. Forbidden food; used especially by Burrowing Owls to describe a nest with only babies in it.
Guanjho-Noh: n. (Jouzhen) Literally, "Sea of Vastness;" the Jouzhen name for the Unnamed Sea.
H
hagsfiend: n. A group of crowls who never separated into distinct crow or owl species. Hagsfiends are now the demons of hagsmire.
hagsmire: n. The owl equivalent of hell.
half-hag: n. Tiny, poisonous birdlike creatures that live in the feathers of hagsfiends.
hengleen: n. The angel owls of glaumora.
hireclaw: n. Owl that is paid and hired to work.
hoole: n. (Wolf) An owl.
Hoolian: n. The language spoken by owls in the Southern Kingdoms.
hordo: n. (Krakish) A snake.
hordonphonk: n. (Krakish) A supremely beautiful snake.
J
jaunyx: n. (Wolf) The vyrwolf equivalent of fyngrot.
Jouzhen: n. The language spoken by owls in the Middle Kingdom.
K
kerplonken: (exclamation) (Krakish) It's all over. (Example: "If reinforcements don't come soon, it'll be kerplonken for us!")
Krakish: n. The language spoken by owls in the Northern Kingdoms.
kukla: adj. (Krakish) The Krakish word for "crazy," though "yoicks" is also used.
M
magen: n. (Krakish) General term used to describe all kinds of magic, both good and bad.
milkberry: n. Teardrop-shaped berries that grow from vines on the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. At the great tree, seasons are named after the colors the berries take on at those times: White Rain for winter, Golden Rain for summer, Copper-Rose Rain for autumn, and Silver Rain for spring.
moon blinking: v. Occurs when an owl sleeps out in full moonlight. The moon’s glare badly muddles the owl’s mind and makes it perfectly obedient to any commands given it. It is terrible but not considered as bad as shattering.
moon calf: n. A battle term that means both "idiot" and "coward," considered the worst insult a commander could throw at a soldier.
moon scalding: v. Only occurs in the moon-blaze chamber of St. Aggie's, but is much more damaging than typical moon blinking.
N
Nacht Ga’: n. A curse cast by hagsfiends that locks the feelings of the gizzard and stops the development of Ga’. The curse can only be broken by plunging an issen blaue splinter into the affected owl’s gizzard.
nachtmagen: n. (Krakish) The sinister magic used by hagsfiends.
nod pule: v. The term for the paying of respects to a deceased owl.
nootie: n. Flavorful nuts that grow on the Great Ga'Hoole tree during the Copper-Rose Rain.
N'yrthghar: n. (Krakish) The old name of the Northern Kingdoms.
O
owlipoppen: n. Owl dolls made from molted feathers.
P
pheng gwuil: n. (Jouzhen) An honored guest.
phonqua: n. (Jouzhen) Fate. A creature's phonqua may have many different phases.
pilgrim: n. Owl that lives far away from others, alone. Usually help any wounded owls they see.
preenie weenie: n. A derogatory term that is considered the worst name one young owl could call another.
R
racdrops: (exclamation) Short for "raccoon droppings." Considered a curse by owls.
riffling: v. A special technique used by Spotted Owls that shows off their white spots.
Rogue smith: n. A blacksmith owl that does not attach itself to any particular kingdom or area.
ryb: n. A chaw teacher at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree.
S
scroom: n. A ghost owl that never made it to glaumora or hagsmire because of some unfinished business he or she had in life. Scrooms can only pass on to the afterlife when their business has been completed.
scroomsaw: n. The soul of a living owl.
shattering: v. Occurs when an owl exposed to flecks has the natural metals in its brain disturbed. The owl loses its sense of individuality and is unable to make decisions for itself.
skart: adj. Obscene, unclean. Used to describe things that supposedly go against Glaux.
slink melf: n. An assassination squad.
slipgizzle: n. An owl spy. Slipgizzles often live in seclusion.
spottilate: v. When an owl makes the light parts of its plumage cover up the darker parts.
sprink: v. An owl curse word. It is a verb used in a derogatory manner ("Sprink on you!"), and is considered the worst possible curse an owl could say.
spronk: adj. Indicates forbidden knowledge. The word is also used to simply mean "forbidden."
starsight: n. A way of seeing the future through certain dreams. An owl with starsight can, figuratively speaking, see through the holes in the cloth of a dream.
stone stunning: v. Similar to moon blinking, an owl that gets lost in a large canyon can become stone stunned, making it have great difficulty navigating. A stone stunned owl may not even be able to distinguish between up and down.
S'yrthghar: n. (Krakish) The old name of the Southern Kingdoms.
T
true stone: n. Stone taken from certain kinds of meteorites. The stone is made into a kind of compass needle that reacts in the presence of flecks and turns to point toward them.
turnfeather: n. A traitor owl.
tweener: n. An owl's evening meal.
V
vyrwolf: n. (Wolf) The dire wolf equivalent of a hagsfiend.
W
wet pooper: n. A term often used by owls to refer to other kinds of birds who don’t have gizzards that allow them to pass waste by yarping pellets.
wilf: v. When an owl flattens its feathers to its sides and appears to grow slimmer. Owls often wilf when frightened.
windkin: n. An air current that complements another air current in the opposite quadrant.
Y
yarpie barpies: n. Owl diarrhea.
yarp: v. To expel a pellet from the beak; a natural part of the owl digestive process.
yeep: n. A state of paralysis of the wings, brought on by a sudden shock of terror. Owls that go yeep are in danger of plummeting to their deaths.
yoicks: adj. The owl word for "crazy."
n. = noun
v. = verb
adj. = adjective
(exclamation) = exclamatory word or interjection, such as "Ouch!"
(Krakish) = a word in the Krakish language
(Jouzhen) = a word in the Jouzhen language
(Wolf) = a word in the language of dire wolves
B
battle claws: n. Sharp claw-shaped weapons, usually forged by a Rogue smith, that are fastened onto an owl’s talons.
bleshka: n. (Krakish) Blood.
bonk: adj. An extremely hot coal that takes on different shades of color than an ordinary coal.
breaklight: n. An owl's morning meal.
byggenbrocken: n. (Krakish) Great size.
C
chaw: n. A class at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. Each chaw focuses on a different kind of skill.
chaw-chop: v. The temporary removal of an owl from his or her chaw. This is considered very disgraceful, as an owl has to do something very bad indeed to be chaw-chopped.
chawlet: n. A mock chaw that helps in tapping owlets for an official chaw.
coal claws: n. The deadliest kind of battle claws, with bonk coals embedded in the tips.
cold coal: n. An odd coal that can disable the magnetic properties of flecks without burning anything.
collier: n. An owl that harvests coals for use in cooking and making weapons, among other things.
crabbing: v. A flight maneuver that involves flying at an angle, similar to the sideways walk of a crab, in order to push through a strong headwind.
creelies: n. The owl equivalent of "the creeps"; a very strange feeling about something.
crowl: n. The ancestors of both crows and owls before the two species separated into distinct forms.
E
ether veil: n. A layer of windless air in the atmosphere that protects the owl world. If a tear were made in the ether veil, there would be disatrous consequences, not the least of which would be the return of nachtmagen.
F
fire claws: n. Battle claws with live coals embedded in the tips. Rarely made by Rogue smiths due to the damage they inflict on an owl's talons over time.
fire blinking: n. A yeeplike state that occurs when an owl is transfixed by the sight of a fire, unable to move. The owl plummets to the ground or, if it is already on the ground, is unable to fly.
fire juicing: v. Technique used by blacksmiths to heat up coals to very high temperatures, thus giving the coals temporary bonk status.
firesight: n. The ability to see prophetic images in a fire. In the present day, only Coryn and the legendary blacksmith Orf have the power of firesight. An owl with firesight is called a “flame reader.”
fizgig: n. A kind of flail with live coals embedded on the outside.
flecks: n. Small bits of metal that have magnetic properties which can disturb the balance of metals in an owl’s head, often leading to shattering. Flecks' destructive powers can be nullified by fire.
flint mop: n. Detention. Used as a punishment for owls.
flivling: v. The owl word for flirting.
frink: v. An owl curse used to describe something bad; or, in the case of “to frink off,” to greatly annoy another owl.
fyngrot: n. The yellow glare a hagsfiend emits from its eyes in order to distract and stun its victim.
G
Ga': n. "Great Spirit". Few owls are in possession of true Ga’. However, some can develop it over time.
gadfeather: n. In the time of the legends, an owl that had no permanent home and made a living entertaining whoever would listen. They have recently begun to make a reappearance. Gadfeathers take great pride both in their freedom and singing ability.
Ga'Hoole: n. The Great Spirit of Hoole.
gallgrot: n. The "nerve" of an owl (e.g. "That owl must have some real gallgrot to suggest something like that!").
gazooling: v. Loud conversation between many young owls.
gizzard: n. An owl's second stomach that presses the indigestible parts of food, such as bones and fur, into a pellet to be yarped up.
gizzard resister: n. An owl that does not believe in violence, and often rebels peacefully against attempts of violence.
gizzuition: n. A form of thinking that allows an owl to immediately understand the truth and comprehend something as if it can actually feel the truth inside its gizzard.
glaumora: n. The owl equivalent of heaven.
Glaux: n. The first order of owls. Glaux is usually referred to as a single spirit and is considered sacred by owls aka the owl's equivalent of God.
Glaux in Glaumora: (exclamation) Basically 'Oh my goodness, oh my God, for the love of heaven, etc.' Others are: Great Glaux, Oh my Glaux, and Glaux-in-a-box.
gleeking: v. The owl term for fooling about in general.
glimpox: adj. Describes words or actions considered to be slanderous.
grosnik: adj. Forbidden food; used especially by Burrowing Owls to describe a nest with only babies in it.
Guanjho-Noh: n. (Jouzhen) Literally, "Sea of Vastness;" the Jouzhen name for the Unnamed Sea.
H
hagsfiend: n. A group of crowls who never separated into distinct crow or owl species. Hagsfiends are now the demons of hagsmire.
hagsmire: n. The owl equivalent of hell.
half-hag: n. Tiny, poisonous birdlike creatures that live in the feathers of hagsfiends.
hengleen: n. The angel owls of glaumora.
hireclaw: n. Owl that is paid and hired to work.
hoole: n. (Wolf) An owl.
Hoolian: n. The language spoken by owls in the Southern Kingdoms.
hordo: n. (Krakish) A snake.
hordonphonk: n. (Krakish) A supremely beautiful snake.
J
jaunyx: n. (Wolf) The vyrwolf equivalent of fyngrot.
Jouzhen: n. The language spoken by owls in the Middle Kingdom.
K
kerplonken: (exclamation) (Krakish) It's all over. (Example: "If reinforcements don't come soon, it'll be kerplonken for us!")
Krakish: n. The language spoken by owls in the Northern Kingdoms.
kukla: adj. (Krakish) The Krakish word for "crazy," though "yoicks" is also used.
M
magen: n. (Krakish) General term used to describe all kinds of magic, both good and bad.
milkberry: n. Teardrop-shaped berries that grow from vines on the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. At the great tree, seasons are named after the colors the berries take on at those times: White Rain for winter, Golden Rain for summer, Copper-Rose Rain for autumn, and Silver Rain for spring.
moon blinking: v. Occurs when an owl sleeps out in full moonlight. The moon’s glare badly muddles the owl’s mind and makes it perfectly obedient to any commands given it. It is terrible but not considered as bad as shattering.
moon calf: n. A battle term that means both "idiot" and "coward," considered the worst insult a commander could throw at a soldier.
moon scalding: v. Only occurs in the moon-blaze chamber of St. Aggie's, but is much more damaging than typical moon blinking.
N
Nacht Ga’: n. A curse cast by hagsfiends that locks the feelings of the gizzard and stops the development of Ga’. The curse can only be broken by plunging an issen blaue splinter into the affected owl’s gizzard.
nachtmagen: n. (Krakish) The sinister magic used by hagsfiends.
nod pule: v. The term for the paying of respects to a deceased owl.
nootie: n. Flavorful nuts that grow on the Great Ga'Hoole tree during the Copper-Rose Rain.
N'yrthghar: n. (Krakish) The old name of the Northern Kingdoms.
O
owlipoppen: n. Owl dolls made from molted feathers.
P
pheng gwuil: n. (Jouzhen) An honored guest.
phonqua: n. (Jouzhen) Fate. A creature's phonqua may have many different phases.
pilgrim: n. Owl that lives far away from others, alone. Usually help any wounded owls they see.
preenie weenie: n. A derogatory term that is considered the worst name one young owl could call another.
R
racdrops: (exclamation) Short for "raccoon droppings." Considered a curse by owls.
riffling: v. A special technique used by Spotted Owls that shows off their white spots.
Rogue smith: n. A blacksmith owl that does not attach itself to any particular kingdom or area.
ryb: n. A chaw teacher at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree.
S
scroom: n. A ghost owl that never made it to glaumora or hagsmire because of some unfinished business he or she had in life. Scrooms can only pass on to the afterlife when their business has been completed.
scroomsaw: n. The soul of a living owl.
shattering: v. Occurs when an owl exposed to flecks has the natural metals in its brain disturbed. The owl loses its sense of individuality and is unable to make decisions for itself.
skart: adj. Obscene, unclean. Used to describe things that supposedly go against Glaux.
slink melf: n. An assassination squad.
slipgizzle: n. An owl spy. Slipgizzles often live in seclusion.
spottilate: v. When an owl makes the light parts of its plumage cover up the darker parts.
sprink: v. An owl curse word. It is a verb used in a derogatory manner ("Sprink on you!"), and is considered the worst possible curse an owl could say.
spronk: adj. Indicates forbidden knowledge. The word is also used to simply mean "forbidden."
starsight: n. A way of seeing the future through certain dreams. An owl with starsight can, figuratively speaking, see through the holes in the cloth of a dream.
stone stunning: v. Similar to moon blinking, an owl that gets lost in a large canyon can become stone stunned, making it have great difficulty navigating. A stone stunned owl may not even be able to distinguish between up and down.
S'yrthghar: n. (Krakish) The old name of the Southern Kingdoms.
T
true stone: n. Stone taken from certain kinds of meteorites. The stone is made into a kind of compass needle that reacts in the presence of flecks and turns to point toward them.
turnfeather: n. A traitor owl.
tweener: n. An owl's evening meal.
V
vyrwolf: n. (Wolf) The dire wolf equivalent of a hagsfiend.
W
wet pooper: n. A term often used by owls to refer to other kinds of birds who don’t have gizzards that allow them to pass waste by yarping pellets.
wilf: v. When an owl flattens its feathers to its sides and appears to grow slimmer. Owls often wilf when frightened.
windkin: n. An air current that complements another air current in the opposite quadrant.
Y
yarpie barpies: n. Owl diarrhea.
yarp: v. To expel a pellet from the beak; a natural part of the owl digestive process.
yeep: n. A state of paralysis of the wings, brought on by a sudden shock of terror. Owls that go yeep are in danger of plummeting to their deaths.
yoicks: adj. The owl word for "crazy."
