Lexicon:Modern/Frizdoeen
| Frizdoeen | |
|---|---|
| Stage | Modern CLT |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɾiz.dɔɪn/ |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Etymology | from frizzei and doeenei |
| Related words | frizzei, doeenei, Waendra, Oetfolk, Haeldi |
Frizdoeen — the cities’ word for an escaped slave living in the frontier bands.
Notes
Built from frizzei, an unruly person or a thistle, and doeenei, to take by stealth. It names her as stolen goods and blames her for having been difficult, which is the whole of what a city thinks about the matter. The theft was committed by the property, and the property was defective to begin with.
They do not use it of themselves. A band member asked what they are gives the name of the band, which is the nearest thing they have to a Famrae. There is no word in the Spraecha for what they are collectively, because the only people who need one are the people they left.