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The '''Dwemer''' (pronounced /{{IPA|ˈdweɪ.məɹ}}/ or "Dway-mur") are a fictional race of [[Mer (Elder Scrolls)|elves]] from [[The Elder Scrolls]] video game universe.

== Etymology ==
While the translation of [[mer]] is generally a non-issue, the translation of 'Dwe' remains a contentious part of etymologylinguistics within the games. The [[Bosmer|Bosmeri]] authored [[Morrowind]] game book ''The Annotated Annuad'' translates Dwemer to mean 'the "Deep Ones,'"<ref name="Annuad">{{cite web|url=http://til.gamingsource.net/mwbooks/anuad.shtml |title=The Anuad Paraphrased |accessmonthday=August 21 |accessyear=2006=}}</ref> with supposed origin in the ancient tongue of the [[Races_of_The_Elder_Scrolls#Aldmer|Aldmer]], Aldmeris. The ''TES Translation Dictionary'' states that the term was corrupted sometime in before it became part of the [[Cyrodiil|Cyrodiilic]] lexicon, and thus Dwemer became "short folk."<ref name="Dictionary">{{cite web|url=http://til.gamingsource.net/translation/ |title=The Elder Scrolls Translation Dictionary A-E: "Dwe-" |accessmonthday=August 21 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> ''The Pocket Guide to the Empire'', an [[Imperial (Elder Scrolls)|Imperial]] pamphlet that shipped with [[The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard|Redguard]], questions the reading of Dwe as "short", introducing the translation of Dwe as "smart."<ref name="PGHammerfell">{{cite web|url=http://til.gamingsource.net/pge/hammerfell.shtml |title=The Pocket Guide to the Empire: Hammerfell, Sidebar: The Dwarves |accessmonthday=August 21 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> Outside the game, the Bosmer rendering of the term is almost universally accepted. In February 1999 , while [[Morrowind (province)|Morrowind]] was still in its earliest stages of development, developer Michael Kirkbride made a post on [[The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard|TESA: Redguard]] Forums stating that the term meaning Deep Folk.<ref name="Teasers">{{cite web|url=http://til.gamingsource.net/obscure_text/forum.shtml |title=Elder Scrolls Forum |accessmonthday=August 21 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> The Translation Dictionary concurs,<ref name="Dictionary"/> as does The Definitive Guide to the Dwemer,<ref name="Definitive">{{cite web|url=http://til.gamingsource.net/dwemer/#2 |title=The Definitive Guide to Dwemer: What's up with the word 'Dwemer'? |accessmonthday=August 21 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> with varying degrees of equivocation.

== History ==
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