Common

Also known as the Common Tongue, it is the official language of humanity, and the lingua franca of trade and commerce throughout Aerûn.

Dictionary

COMMON	TRANSLATION
afore	before
alehouse	tavern
baseborn	lowborn
borough	town
croft	farmstead
dour	gloomy
espousal	engagement
fen	marsh
glimmer	candle
hayseed	yokel
jackplate	brigandine
ken	know, understand
laird	landowner
march	frontier
moot	assembly
naught	nothing
outlander	foreigner
pottage	soup, stew
reeve	royal official
repast	meal
sellsword	mercenary
shire	county
tallage	toll
underway	tunnel
wench	young woman

Writing System

Common uses the Thûlian script, which was said to have been invented by a group of scholars from the holy city of Trevain, whose names have long since been lost to the passages of time.

Notes

• Common is heavily based on archaic English, with several realms having unique accents and dialects. 

Common Phrases

Bend the Knee
to formally swear fealty
Godspeed
Farewell