| “ | All the while, Miss Wren rocked in the chair and stroked Miss Peregrine's feathers, singing her a soft, lilting lullaby:
"Eft kaa vangan soorken, eft ka vangan soorken, malaaya..." "That's the tongue of the old peculiars," Millard whispered. "Come home, come home... remember your true self... something like that." |
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–Hollow City | ||
Old Peculiar is the ancient language of peculiar. It is little spoken, and even Millard—who prides himself as a scholar of all things peculiar—only knows a little.
Words
- ymbryne—literally, "revolution" or "circuit"
- coerlfolc—literally, "Common Folk"
- syndrigast—literally, "peculiar spirit"
- Aldinn—Meaning unknown. The word is used in the phrase, "the Aldinn days."
- Aswindan—"shrink"
- Yeth-Faru—"merman"
- Wolsenwyrsend--"centaur with control over clouds"
- Styl-hyde—"metal skin"
- Suul— presumably"a peculiar soul"