Help with english terms...

[Almeidaboo]

Hey everyone, i´ve got thins thing I can´t work out and i´d like to know if anyone can help me out... I´ve recently start playing Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 and I got the player´s handbook....thing is, it is in english. So far it is ok, cuz i got a complete english course. The problems began when I got an official adventure to read....some "terms" appeared that I can´t get the translation, even in online translators. I´d like to know if anyone can give me a synonymous or something that explains roughly what the word meaning (cuz I don´t think many pl here speak portuguese right?)...here are some(i´ll update if there are any more...):

-hulderfolks
-jest
-boggy
-perch
-agate (a stone?)
-jasper (another stone?)
-sojourn
-slabs
-plummet
-hurtling
-forested ridges
-that "meh" thing you guys say...(kinda off topic here....)

Thanks a lot!

[drenrin2120]

well I don't play D&D, but I can help with some of those words.

-hulderfolks-well, folk would be a person

-jest-there's certain kinds of this, depending on its usage, it could mean something to do with a clown or jester

-boggy-bog is another word for swamp, so swampish.

-perch- this could be a place upon which you rest yourself, usually used with birds. "The bird perched himself on the tree branch"

-agate (a stone?)-not sure, but I think it's another word for ajar, or slightly open.

-jasper (another stone?)- a Jasper sounds familiar... it could be a magical stone? just a guess...

-sojourn-sorry again, must be a D&D thing.

-slabs-this is used like "the slabs of rock" right? well, this means a flat smooth or platelike whatever.

-plummet- this means to fall downward.

-hurtling-this means to fall or be thrown/moving downward or elsewhere at a fast pace

-forested ridges- this could mean the edge of the forest, like a lush/full edge of the forest

-that "meh" thing you guys say...(kinda off topic here....)- well, I would never say that, it's basically disagreeing with little care. Like seeing nah, or nay, or just plain no, not really.

I'm sorry if i didn't help much. I speak english but these are words used in like, the medieval ages and stuff.

[Red Giant]

A jester is a person who is employed to entertain or make jokes, so to "jest" generally means to joke, or to be playful or sarcastic.
It's quite an old-timey term, though, but I guess that fits D&D.

The Agate and Jasper are both forms of pretty stone.

To sojourn means to reside or occupy a place for a brief or temporary time. Ex:
"Their sojourn at the inn was restful and refreshing."

Originally posted by drenrin2120
-that "meh" thing you guys say...(kinda off topic here....)- well, I would never say that, it's basically disagreeing with little care. Like seeing nah, or nay, or just plain no, not really.

Well, not really. It's more of a natural thing rather than a real word.

"Meh" can be used to express:

Lack of care. Ex:
"So who do you want to win the superbowl?"
"Meh."

A medium range; not too good and not too bad. Ex:
"Was the ice cream tasty?"
"Meh."

Lack of knowledge combined with little care. Ex:
"What the hell was that?!"
"Meh."

[White Dwarf]

Originally posted by Almeidaboo

-that "meh" thing you guys say...(kinda off topic here....)

you COULD have said

(a bit off topic here...meh...)
yet another place to put meh

[AsakuraHao2004]

Ahh... D&D... no wonder the words were such uncommonly used ones/old-ish ones...

BTW: Some of those words could be interpreted more modernly.. but I wont tell how, otherwise you'll just get confused... (Damn, I can see a language can be hard to learn)

[Almeidaboo]

Thanks a lot all of you...I really can use that, for DnD AND my personal english culture....
It´s been quite challenging reading through all those weird terms...Lemme see if i´ve got anythign else here....(this may take a while, so...)

Thanks again!