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drwys
: doors

dwfr
: water

dwyvach-breichled
: goddess-bracelet; bracelet made of oak used by Druids

eiddew
: ivy

Eiddew Mis
: ivy month; roughly corresponds to April

enaid-dal
: soul-catcher; lead collars that prevent Y Dawnus from using their gifts

eos
: nightingale; the symbol of the Bards

erias
:
fi
re
erydd
: eagle

Far-Sensing
: the telepathic ability to communicate with animals

ffynidwydden
:
fi
r tree; sacred to the High kings

Fire-Weaving
: the psychokinetic ability to light
fi
res

gaef
: winter

galanas
: blood price
galor
: mourning, sorrow
goddeau
: trees

gorsedd
: a gathering (of Bards)

greu
: blood

Gwaithdydd
: third day of the week

gwarchan
: incantation

Gwarda
: ruler of a commote

gwernan
: alder tree; sacred to Gwynedd

Gwernan Mis
: alder month; roughly corresponds to late April/early May

gwinydden
: vine

Gwinydden
: vine month; roughly corresponds to August

Gwlad Yr Haf
: the Land of Summer; the Otherworld

gwydd
: knowledge

gwyn
: white

gwynt
: wind

Gwyntdydd
:
fi
fth day of the week

gwyr
: seeker

haf
: summer

hebog
: hawk; the symbol of the royal house of Gwynedd

helygen
: willow

Helygen Mis
: willow month; roughly corresponds to January

honneit
: spear

Life-Reading
: the clairvoyant ability to lay hands on a patient and deter- mine the nature of their ailment

llachar
: bright

llech
: stone

lleihau
: to diminish; the time when the moon is waning

lleu
: lion

Llundydd
: second day of the week

llyfr
: book
llyn
: lake
llys
: court

Lord/Lady
: ruler of a cantref

mam
: mother

march
: horse; the symbol of the royal house of Rheged

Master Bard
: leader of the Bards, must be a descendent of Llyr

Meirgdydd
: fourth day of the week

meirig
: guardian

Meriwdydd
: seventh day of the week

mis
: month

morynion
: maiden

mwg-breudduyd
: smoke-dream; a method Dreamers can use to induce dreams

mynydd
: mountain

mynyddoedd
: mountains

naid
: leap

nemed
: shrine, a sacred grove

nerth
: strength

neuadd
: hall

niam-lann
: a jeweled metallic headpiece, worn by ladies of rank

nos
: night
ogaf
: cave
olau
: fair

onnen
: ash tree; sacred to the Dewin

Onnen Mis
: ash month; roughly corresponds to February

pair
: cauldron

pen
: head of

Plentyn Prawf
: child test; the testing of children, performed by the Bards, to determine if they are Y Dawnus

rhyfelwr
: warrior

sarn
: road

Shape-Moving
: the psychokinetic ability to move objects

Storm-Bringing
: the psychokinetic ability to control certain weather condi- tions; only effective in partnership with the High King

Suldydd
:
fi
rst day of the week

tarbell
: a board game, similar to chess

tarw
: bull; the symbol of the Druids

tarw-casgliad
: the ceremony where Druids invite a dream from Modron

telyn
: harp

teulu
: warband

Time-Walking
: the ability to see events in the past; one of the Dreamer’s gifts

tir
: earth

triskele
: the crystal medallion used by Dewin

ty
: house

tynge tynghed
: the swearing of a destiny

Tynged Mawr
: great fate; the test to determine a High King

tywyllu
: dark; the time when the moon is new

ur
: daughter of

var
: out of

Wind-Riding
: the clairvoyant ability of astral projection

Wind-Speaking
: the telepathic ability to communicate with other humans

wythnos
: week

yned
: justice

Y Dawnus
: the gifted; a Druid, Bard, Dewin, or Dreamer

ysgawen
: elder

Ysgawen Mis
: elder month; roughly corresponds to September

ystafell
: the Ruler’s chambers

ywen
: yew

Ywen Mis
: yew month; roughly corresponds to November

Glossary (Corania)

Afliae
: the most powerful of the old gods and goddesses

ansuz
: the rune for divinity

asbru
: rainbow

blot
: sacri
fi
ce

byrne
: mail coat worn by soldiers

byrnwiga
: warrior

Byrnwiga Necht
: Old Religion ceremony honoring Tiw, God of War; Au- tumn Equinox

chalk
: the dead man’s rune

churl
: peasant
cynerice
: kingdom
cyst
: best

daeg
: day

Dagmonath
: the
fi
fth month of the year, roughly corresponds to May

deore
: beloved

Deore Necht
: Old Religion ceremony honoring Fro and Freya, God of Peace and Goddess

of Fertility; Summer Solstice

Dis
: the old gods

Disir
: the old goddesses

dol
: foolish

Dol Daeg
: festival commemorating the day Lytir
fi
rst preached to the mul- titude; corresponds to the Old Religion festival of Molnir Necht

Dondaeg
:
fi
fth day of the week

dyrne
: secret

Dyrne-Hwata
: a board with letters used to discern messages from the spirit world

ealh
: temple

eho
: the rune for change

Ermonath
: the fourth month of the year; roughly corresponds to April

faeder
: father

Faeder Necht
: Old Religion ceremony honoring Narve, God of Death
Falmonath
: the sixth month of the year, roughly correspond to June/July
Fredaeg
: sixth day of the week

galdra
: magic

Galdra Necht
: Old Religion ceremony honoring Wuotan, God of Magic;

Spring Equinox

gar
: the rune for power

gesith
: warband

Gewinnan Daeg
: festival commemorating Lytir’s tournaments; corresponds to the Old Religion festival of Byrnwiga Necht; Autumn Equinox

Godia
: a priestess of the Old Religion

goltre
: boar

gulden
: golden

Heofan
: Heaven

Heiden
: hidden; a worshipper of the old gods

Hod
: the sacri
fi
cer, the male assistant to a priestess

Holdmonath
: second month of the year, roughly corresponds to February

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hul
: hall

hwata
: divination

hwitel
: knife; the sacri
fi
cial knife used in religious ceremonies

jaga
: hunter

kranzlein
: a string of beads, used to say prayers in the New Religion

Logmonath
: the tenth month of the year, roughly corresponds to November

maeder
: mother

Maeder-godia
: the high priestesses of the Old Religion

Mandaeg
: second day of the week

Modcearu
: the six weeks between Dol Daeg and Sar Daeg; commemorates the imprisonment of Lytir

modra
: variant of mother

Modra Necht
: ceremony honoring Nerthus, Goddess of Earth; Winter Solstice

molnir
: hammer

Molnir Necht
: ceremony honoring Donar, God of Storms

monath
: month

Nardaeg
: seventh day of the week

necht
: night

Nemonath
: the third month of the year, roughly corresponds to March
Natmonath
: the ninth month of the year, roughly corresponds to October
needen
: the rune for necessity

Ostmonath
: the eighth month of the year, roughly corresponds to September

preost
: priest

sar
: pain

Sar Daeg
: commemoration of the day Lytir was sacri
fi
ced to Donar; Win- ter Solstice

Saxmonath
: the
fi
rst month of the year, roughly corresponds to Decem- ber/January

scima
: light

Scima Daeg
: the festival commemorating the arrival of Lytir; corresponds to the Old Religion festival of Modra Necht

seid
: a reading of the runes by a valla

seidr
: the rues, used for telling fortunes

Sifmonath
: the seventh month of the year, roughly corresponds to August

Soldaeg
:
fi
rst day of the week

sweltan
: die

Sweltan Daeg
: the festival commemorating Lytir’s departure; corresponds to the Old Religion festival of Faeder Necht

thorn
: the rune for dark force
Tiwdaeg
: third day of the week
undeadlic
: immortal

Undeadlic Daeg
: festival commemorating the resurrection of Lytir; corre- sponds to the Old Religion festival of Galdra Necht; Spring Equinox

valla
: a seeress

Walcyries
: the warrior women who collect the souls of dead heroes

Wiccan:
those that possess the psychic gifts of telepathy, clairvoyance or psychokenesis

Witan
: the Emperor’s council
Wodaeg
: fourth day of the week
wynlic
: joyful

Wynlic Daeg
: festival commemorating the time when Lytir ruled Ivelas; corresponds to the Old Religion festival of Deore Necht; Summer Sol- stice

wyrce
: witch

Wyrce-jaga
: the arm of the church tasked with rooting out The Heiden

Wyrd
: the three goddesses of fate

wyrd-galdra
: fate-magic; cards used for telling fortunes