Dwarven Sayings

[Waylander the Slayer]

Hi folks,

I would like your help with unique dwarven sayings. Here are a few I found onine:


"Never injure your pride by substituting your axe for a smith's hammer.": A dwarven proverb meaning "the right tool for the right job."

"People die for wealth and birds die for food.": An Dwarven proverb that speaks to what is truly of value.

"The Gods look after fools, children, and drunkards... humans usually count for two out of three.": A Dwarven saying that expresses their general opinion of the human race.

"An elf’s tongue will talk the Timelight round."

"Between the pickaxe and the rockface..."

"Certain as the Morongetyr is still in place."

"Discussion gathers no gems."

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Not exactly a saying, but a good thing for a dwarf to say when he sees a fortress built by non-dwarves which he feels is of good construction: "Give me a year and a hundred of my kin and I would make this a place that armies would break upon like water." (Gimli, speaking to Legolas, The Two Towers, Chapter VII, "Helm's Deep").

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

"It's no hair off my chin."

 

[Ambrus]

A good dwarven swear word is "Sandstone!" It's a soft and brittle stone that no dwarf worth his salt would be pleased to build with or live beneath.

 

[Anti-Sean]

"No ale for me, just some wine, please! Don't I look pretty in this dress! Tra la la!"

That might just be how I play dwarves, though...

 

[Mycanid]

"No ale for me, just some wine, please! Don't I look pretty in this dress! Tra la la!"

That might just be how I play dwarves, though...

Err ... yeah.

Gimli had a good one elsewhere: "Give me a row of orc necks and room to swing and all weariness will fall from me!" Generally said when tired or worn out after strenous labor.

 

[Goblyns Hoard]

"When the mountain crumbles..." dwarven equivalent of "Snowball's chance in hell"

 

[Tonguez]

A good dwarven swear word is "Sandstone!" It's a soft and brittle stone that no dwarf worth his salt would be pleased to build with or live beneath.

Sandstone still is still useful as it makes great grindstones for sharpening axeblades on. Sandstone is also easy to carve and so a few Dwarven artist may use it as a base

"Even a clot of sand can sharpen an axe" - don't underestimate small things

a better candidate for a despised rock would be something like Shale and schist which are flakey and break easily.

"Shale-spined lot you are"

Talc! also makes a good short expletive and probably refers to anything of little substance

"Its nought but talc to me boy!"

 

[Simm]

To quote Pratchett:
"All trees are felled at ground level," which is better translated as "When his hands are higher than your head your teeth are at a level with his groin."

also

"Today is a good day for somone else to die!"

To quote WHFB:

"There is nothing as sure in the world as the glitter of gold and the treachery of an elf."

 

[Agent Oracle]

my favorite Pratchet dwarfism is "It is the thing, and the whole of the thing".

also:

"He has seen the light." (A deep dwarven ethnic slur against common dwarves who have been outside of a mine.)

"Where there is trouble, you will always find a troll."