Holt Terms and Meanings

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ELFIN TERMS
(From the Ocean Dreams Holt Newsletter, September 2000)
This will be expanding as the need arises, feel free and make sugestions.

Below is a list of Elfin Terms and words they are referred to:

SPRING/ newleaf, newgreen
SUMMER/ hotsun, hot season
FALL/ leafchange, leaf fall
WINTER/ whitecold
TURN OF THE SEASONS/ one year
EIGHT OF DAYS/ one week
MOON/ one month
SUN GOES DOWN/ west
SUN COMES UP/ east

HUBWARD/ north
AWAY FROM THE HUB/ south
CHILD MOON, LITTLE MOON/ smaller of the two moons
BIG MOON, MOTHER MOON/ larger of the two moons
DAYSTAR/ sun
PUCKERNUTS/ bitter nuts or a reference to a frustrating situation
FEVER DREAM/ hallucinations caused by high fever or illness
LOCKSENDING/ a private sending between two elves that can not be intruded upon
WHISTLING LEAVES/ will bring down fevers when chewed
NEEDLE TREE/ evergreen of any kind

CUB/ young animal or child
ROUNDEARS, TALL ONES, FIVE FINGERS, LANDERS/ humans
BEESWEETS/ preservers term for honey
BIRDSBASKET/ preservers term for a birds nest
VAST DEEP/ sea or ocean
FIRE MOUNTAIN, SMOKE MOUNTAIN/ volcano
FIRETAIL/ comet or meteor
SKYFIRE/ lightning
SKYSPINNER/ tornado
HOWLING WINDS/ hurricane

HIGH WATER/ tide
GREAT TAIL/ whale
SPEAR HEAD, SHARP POIINT/ sword fish
BLUBBER BELLIES, FURRY FINS/ seals
PINCHER/ lobster, crab, crayfish etc
FIVE LEGS/ starfish
HOOK FISH/ seahorse
WAVEDANCER, WATERFLIPPER/ dolphin or sometimes is referred to a sea elf

MANY TOOTH/ shark
MANY ARMS/ octopus
SEA SNAKES/ eels
HARD SHELLS/ land turtle or sea turtle
CLEARFISH/ jellyfish
STINGTAILS/ scorpion
CLIFFTAILS/ sea gulls
NIGHT HUNTERS/ sea owls
PUFFER, NEEDLE FISH/ pufferfish
WEBBED WING/ bat
HIGH BACK/ horse
LOW BACK/ pony or smaller horse
DID DIGS/ preservers term for troll
TIGHT SHELL/ clam

Many of the names and terms used may change or be different due to wanderers and their culture.