Tristan of Dintagell and The Tristan Stone Appendix
Pronunciation Guide and Glossary
Leah McDaniel
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Tristan of Dintagell
The Tristan Stone
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Tristan of Dintagell and The Tristan Stone
Pronunciation and Glossary
Aberffraw
Pronounced - a-BER-fro
Cadwallon's capital in Gwynedd.
Abhainn naL?eghain
Pronounced - ah-vahn nuh-layg-an
Meaning, calf river. River Lagan. Ford of the Ornamh (River Lagan) is where the battle of Mag Rath was fought.
Acha
Pronounced - ah-chah
Achall
Pronounced - akh-ahl
Hill of Skryne
(Pronounced screen, from the Gaelic scr?n) located on the far side of the Gabhra Valley from the Hill of Tara in the County Meath. Part of the Tara complex, where stood Rath Lugh.
Ad Gefrin
Pronounced - ad gev-rin
Yeavering in Northumbria.
Celtic meaning - Hill of the goats.
Aebbe
Pronounced - ab-ay
Oswald's sister. Domnall Brecc's wife.
Aed?n
Pronounced - ay-dahn
Father of Echaid the Yellow.
Aederyn
Pronounced - a-DE-rin
Son of Padern Beisrudd.
Aed Sla?ne
Pronounced - ayd shlawn-yeh
King of Meath, High King of Ireland 598-604.
Father of Diarmaid and Blathmac.
Aengus
Pronounced - ayn-guhs
Domnall mac Aed's son. Isuelt's eldest brother.
Aethelburgh
Pronounced - ahthayl-boorgh
King Edwin's second wife, daughter of King Eadbald.
Aethelfrith
Pronounced - ahthayl-vreeth
King Oswald's father. King of Bernicia. 592-604 A.D.
Aethelwald
Pronounced - ahthayl-wald
King Oswald's son.
Afan Ferdigg
Pronounced - AY-vahn ver-dig
King Cadwallon's bard. Geddyn's father.
Afon
Pronounced - AY-von
River Avon.
Ahrien
Pronounced - AR-yen
Isuelt's body servant while she was in Northumbria.
Aidan
Pronounced - Ay-dan
Bishop of Lindisfarne.
?ine
Pronounced - awnya or enya
Irish goddess of Celtic healing.
Aircol Lawhir
Pronounced - ahr-kohl lau-er
King of Dyfed (du-ved).
Airgialla
Pronounced - ahry-al-yuh
Seventh century military federation of unrelated dynasties that occupied modern central and southern Ulster. Later called Oriel (pr. ah-ree-ahl).
Alan Hir
Pronounced - AL-an hire
Breton prince.
Alar
Pronounced - AL-ar
Hoel's Breton horsemaster.
Alaunus (River)
Pronounced - allow-noos
Alba
Pronounced - al-puh
Modern day Scotland.
Alcfrith
Pronounced - ahlk-vreeth
Cadwallon's wife, Penda's sister, pet name - Elen.
Aldfrith
Pronounced - ahld-vreeth
Illegitimate son of Oswui of Northumbria and F?n (feen), and Irish princess. Nephew of King OswaldOf Northumbria. Also called Flann Finn.
Aleth
Pronounced - a-layth
Monastery in Brittany, known now as Saint-Servan, situated two miles from the Ferry port of St. Malo.
Alron Bath
Pronounced - ahl-rone bahth
Alt Clut
Pronounced - alt-klit
British kingdom of Dun Breatainn (Dumbarton).
Andret
Pronounced - ahn-dret
Breton noble. King Marc's kinsman.
An Forradh
Pronounced - uhn-vah-ruy
Domnall mac Aed's palace on the Hill of Tara. The ancient seat of the High-Kings of Tara.
Angon
Pronounced - ahn-goan
Anglo/Saxon javelin.
Anna, King
Pronounced - ahn-nah
King of East Anglia.
Annun
Pronounced - A-noon
Madryn's handmaid.
Aongus (The Stout)
Pronounced - een-guhs
Chief of Edgal. Kinsman of Suibne mac Colman.
Arcoat
Pronounced - ar-kot
Inland Brittany. It is Breton for woodland or forest.
Ardenwood
Pronounced - ar-den-wood
Forest boundary between Mercia and the Middle Angles.
Ard Fothadh
Pronounced - ard foe-ugh
Domnall's fortress near Ballintra in County Dongegal.
Ard-ri
Pronounced - ard-ree
Meaning, high-king.
Arnamentia
Pronounced - ahrn-ah-men-tee-ah
Ancient Romano/Celtic goddess of spring waters who was once a minor solar deity.
Arr?e Mountains
Pronounced - ah-ray
Monts d'Arr?e in the Finist?re region of Brittany.
Artgyls of Ceredigion
Pronounced - art-gloo-is of ke-re-DIG-yon
Client king of Cadafael of Gwynedd.
Athair
Pronounced - a-her
Irish word for father.
Audley
Pronounced - owd-lay
King Oswald's alm's-steward.
Austrasia
Pronounced - oh-strayz-shuh
Eastern portion of the Merovingian kingdom of the Franks, comprising present day eastern France, West Germany, and the Netherlands.
Badecanwillan
Pronounced - bad-kan-will-an
Saxon name for Bathwell, which eventually became Bakewell. Bakewell is located in Derbyshire on the south bank of the River Wye.
Baend
Pronounced - band
Baile Atha Cliath
Pronounced - bal-yeh a-hah clee-ah
Dublin, Ireland. Literally translated means Town of The Ford of the Hurdles.
Bangor
Pronounced - bahn-gor
Bangor-is-coed
Pronounced - bahn-gor is koid
Baran
Pronounced - baran
One of Isolde's Breton retainers.
Baranhual
Pronounced - burn-hwal
Faeries.
Bawtry
Pronounced - baw-tree
Located in South Yorkshire.
Beandun
Pronounced - bain-dun
Bebbanburgh
Pronounced - bayb-bahn-boorg
Present day Bamburgh.
Beli ap Rhun
Pronounced - bel-ee ap hreen
Son of Rhun ap Mealgwn.
Bernicia
Pronounced - bur-nish-ee-yah
Anglo/Saxon kingdom located in present day south-east Scotland and north-east England.
Bersules
Pronounced - bur-syool-eez
King Marc's Baron and lifelong friend
Blathmac
Pronounced - blaw-vak
Also called Crimthann (cree-van). Son of Aed, he was both a hostage and fostered by Diarmaid mac
Aed Slaine of Laigin (Leinster), his brother.
Bledric, king
Pronounced - blayd-rik
Dumnonian king, 554-613 A. D. King Marc's father.
Boanerges
Pronounced - bo-eh-noor-jeez
Hoel's stallion. Greek for Sons of Thunder.
B?anne
Pronounced - boyn
B?anne River, means the white cow. Also called Boyne River in Leinster, Ireland. It passes near the Hill of Tara.
Boskyni
Pronounced - bosk-in-ee
Bossiney, Cornwall, located northeast of Tintagel. There was a fortified mound used in the area's defense which became obsolete when Tintagel was constructed.
Bos Nechtan
Pronounced - bos nech-tan
Literally, Nechtan's dwelling. Saint Nechtan's chapel deep within the Trevillitt River Valley in Cornwall.
Brat
Pronounced - braht
A voluminous piece of rectangular fabric worn as a cloak or mantle and fastened with a brooch at the right shoulder.
Breffni
Pronounced - bref-nee
Present day County Cavan and part of County Leitrim, Ireland.
Brendan of Birr
Pronounced - bren-dohn of bier
One of Ireland's twelve apostles.
Brengain
Pronounced - bren-ghen
Isuelt's body servant and companion.
Breton
Pronounced - bret-on
A native or inhabitant of Brittany.
Bretwalda
Pronounced - brayt-wahld-ah
Anglo/Saxon term for an Anglo/Saxon king that gained overlordship of the other Anglo/Saxnkingdoms.
Bricin
Pronounced - brikin
Bricin of Tuaim Creacuin (Tomregan) - noted surgeon and scholar of seventh century Ireland.
Brittany
Pronounced - bre-tan-yuh or bret-uhn-ee
Country on the western end of Europe and France.
Briw
Pronounced - broo
Brue River. Means brisk.
Bro-Gerne
Pronounced - broo gairn
Present day Quimper (Kemper), Brittany.
Bro-Naoned
Pronounced - broo-nay-on-ed
Present day Nantes, Brittany.
Bro-Waroch
Pronounced - broo war-ahk
Present day south-east