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CS - Watership Down glossary Category: Games and Entertainment > Watership Down terms Date & country: 01/09/2018, USA Words: 41

Crixa, the
The center of Efrafa, at the crossing point of two bridle paths.

Efrafa
The name of the warren founded by General Woundwort.

El-ahrairah
The rabbit folk hero. The name (Elil-hrair-rah) means Enemies-Thousand-Prince = The Prince with a Thousand Enemies.

Elil
Enemies (of rabbits).

Embleer
Stinking, e.g. the smell of a fox.

Flay
Food, e.g. grass or other green fodder.

Flayrah
Unusually good food, e.g. lettuce.

Frith
The sun, personified as a god by rabbits. Frithrah! = the lord Sun - used as an exclamation.

Fu Inle'
After moonrise

Hlao
Any dimple or depression in the grass, such as that formed by a daisy plant or thisle, which can hold moisture. The name of a rabbit.

Hlao-roo
Little Hlao. An affectionate diminutive of the name of Hlao, one of the rabbits in the story.

Hlessi
A rabbit living above ground, without a regular hole or warren. A wandering rabbit, living in the open. (Plural, hlessil.)

Homba
A fox. (Plural, hombil.)

Hrair
A great many: an uncountable number; any number over four. U Hrair = The Thousand (enemies).

Hrairoo
Little Thousand. The name of Fiver in Lapine.

Hraka
Droppings, excrera.

Hrududu
A tractor, car or any other motor vehicle. (Plural, hrududil.)

Hyzenthlay
Literally, Shine-dew-fur = Fur shining like dew. The name of a doe.

Inle'
Literally, the moon; also moonrise. But a second meaning carries the idea of darkness, fear and death.

Lendri
A badger.

Marli
A doe. Also carries the meaning mother.

Narn
Nice, pleasant (to eat).

Ni-Frith
Noon.

Nildro-hain
Blackbird's Song. The name of a doe.

Owsla
The strongest rabbits in a warren, the ruling clique.

Owslafa
The Council police ( a word found only in Efrafa).

Pfeffa
A cat.

Rah
A prince, leader or chief rabbit. Usually used as a suffix. E.g. Threarah = Lord Threar.

Roo
Used as a suffix to denote a diminutive. E.g. Hrairoo.

Sayn
Groundsel.

Silf
Outside, that is, not underground.

Silflay
To go above ground to feed. Literally, to feed outside. Also used as a noun.

Tharn
Stupefied, distraught, hypnotized with fear. But can also, in certain contexts, mean looking foolish, or again heartbroken or forlorn.

Thethuythinnang
Movements of Leaves. The name of a doe.

Thlay
Fur

Thlayli
Fur-head. A nickname.

Threar
A rowan tree, or mountain ash.

Vair
To excrete, pass droppings

Yona
A hedgehog. (Plural, yonil.)

Zorn
Destroyed, murdered. Denotes a catastrophe.

M'saion
We meet them.