What is "fraken"

Usage examples of "fraken".

Kellimans was there, and Fraken the alladjex, old and withered, but respected greatly for his knowledge and healing powers.

When the talk bogged down Ulfadan called for Fraken for guidance and others took up the cry.

When the boy was grown, and Fraken died, he would take the old one's name.

He crouched in front of Fraken and rooted in a leather bag to produce a dark ball which he placed carefully on the ground by the fire.

Just the night before old Fraken had unrolled the ball of fur disgorged by an owl, had poked his fingers through the tiny bones inside, had seen the future and the success of the hunting from the manner in which the bones were tangled.

And while Fraken had done this he had talked about the owls, the only birds that flew by night, the birds that waited to guide the tharms of dead hunters through the darkness towards the sky.

Kerrick wondered at this, then remembered the stories that Fraken told about the owls and knew why the boy was so frightened.

The pipe passed from hand to hand, Fraken chanted the story of their victories, his voice rising and falling with passion as everyone, even the women and small children, grouped around, listening intently.

Small boys searched the woods for the compact balls of fur and bones that the owls regurgitated and Fraken poked them open and read the omens.

Although there were complaints about how thin the air was and old Fraken gasped loudly and could not walk so rode instead on one of the travois, Kerrick found himself filled with a happiness that was new to him.

Herilak, Fraken, and the sammadars sat close, the rest of the sammads in the circle around.

Like Fraken, Sanone knew many things and could recite them from the rise of the sun in the morning to the darkness at night.

Only old Fraken complained at the toughness of the meat, but this was because he had very few teeth left.

Though he did stick some of the pieces into his mouth when Fraken looked away.

Old Fraken still had enough of his wits about him to observe that the days were indeed shorter.