Idioms

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Some Valdyan idioms:

crazlie avyste  "as fast as a crow"        as the crow flies

dostei piryn    "dog's bite"               rabies

iraishen        "a count of twelve"        the right amount, enough

   (note: not "a dozen", which is an exact numeral: _iraich_
    "twice-six")

lauyin          "things of the moon"       women's courses

lesten neasa    "to travel into the blue"  to go out into the world

lhaye <V>       "to <V> left-handed"       to do something for fun,
                                           not seriously
ruye <V>        "to <V> right-handed"      to do something seriously

i lea novenat   "I was suckled with        I learned <smithing> at
<tyla>           <smithing>"               my mother's knee

laz sainan      "tramp star"               planet


   Irina


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