Spellbinding (Four of Hearts)

Hints & Solutions
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Hint 1:

Each word in the magical language roughly stands for another word or concept. The length of the word and the letters used are not important, and the "compound" (hyphenated) words do not necessarily correspond to valid compound words in English. Use the name of the spell to determine what the constituent words might be. Hint 2:

Some spells have related concepts, such as call angel and dispel devil. For each magic word, consider what the entries including it have in common. Don't worry too much about exact wordings. A spell to do laundry could sound like "make-clean cloth wrappings" or "clean person-covering fabric" or something else.

Hint 3:

Try translating mwadatun as "creature" or "being".

Hint 4:

Cause convulsion roughly translates as "MAKE SHAKE CREATURE". The earthquake spell translates roughly to "SHAKE DEATH EARTH".

Hint 5:

Try and figure out which word means "EARTH". Look at "Plentiful Harvest" and "Raise Zombie".

Hint 6:

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The Solution:

The word "LEGAD" roughly translates as "EARTH", making the spell "UL GONRLI LEGAD" or "SHAKE DEATH EARTH". Approximate translations (alphabetical)


 * aywig: not, un-
 * bokailu: move, transport, relocate
 * edsisi: place, where
 * gonrli: death, dead/kill, harm(ed)
 * jiha: halt, stop, hold, prevent
 * jubapippog: visible, see(n)
 * legad: earth, ground
 * mwadatun: creature, being, thing
 * nulm: down
 * paellegru: make, give
 * qadarpo: ball, orb
 * rhiaggha: fire, light, blaze
 * trigo: riches, treasure, plenty
 * tynkataw: speak/speech, language
 * ul: shake, convulse
 * vicaro: divine, blessed, good
 * weglan: other, different, away, far
 * yuwflwf: summon, bring/call (forth)