Lexicon:Modern/Waedhra
| Waedhra | |
|---|---|
| Stage | Modern CLT |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwaɪð.ɾa/ |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Etymology | from waiting |
| Related words | Krajaeg, Kravoen, Linmaen |
Waedhra — the whaling grounds; the fixed positions where Kravoen arrive at fixed seasons.
Notes
Named for what a crew does there. A ship reaches the water at the right span of days and then waits, sometimes for a week, doing nothing at all until one surfaces.
The positions are held in sailing directions copied by hand for centuries, learned by one crew from the last, and worth more than the ships that carry them. There is nothing at a Waedhra — no reef, no feeding, nothing a chart would mark. The Kravoen come anyway.