Dun na nGal
Pronounced - doon-uh-guhl
County Donegal, Irelend. Domnall mac Aed's capital.
Meaning, Fort of the Foreigner. Located in the northwest corner of Ireland, bordered in the west and north by the Atlantic Ocean.
Durocornovia
Pronounced - diro-kir-nov-ee-ah
Latinized from the Celtic duno-Cornouio-n - fortress of the Cornish.
Dyn Teyryn
Pronounced - dine teir-in
Eadbald, king
Pronounced - ed-bahld
King of Kent.
Eadfrith
(1)Pronounced - ed-freeth
King Edwin's son by Coenburg.
Eadfrith
(2) Pronounced - ed-freeth
One of King Oswald's (half) brothers.
Eanfrith
Pronounced - en-freeth
Domnall Brecc's foster-brother (in exile), son of Aethelfrith of Bernicia.
Ecgric
Pronounced - edge-rik
Wuffing (East Anglian) King. Co-ruled with Sigbert.
Echaid the Yellow
Pronounced - YEO-hay
Grandfather of Congal Caech, in Alba.
Edenstou
Pronounced - ayd-ayn-stowe
Meaning - Holy place of Saint Edwin.
Edern
Pronounced - ay-dern
One of Hoel's Breton retainers.
Edgal
Pronounced - ej-uhl
Dalriadan territory.
Edwin
Pronounced - ed-ween
King of Northumbria.
Egan
Pronounced - ay-gan
One of Isolde's Breton retainers.
Eiludd ap Cynan
Pronounced - eil-ith ap ki-nan
Of the Cadelling line, brother to Selyf.
Einion Yrth
Pronounced - ey-en yown
Son of Cunedda Wledig and Gwawl.
?ire
Pronounced - air-ah
Gaelic name for Ireland after the mythical goddess ?riu.
Elen
Pronounced - E-len
Meaning - bright one. Pet name for Alcfrith, Cadwallon's wife.
Eluan
Pronounced - EL-win
Eluan Powys. King of Powys. Brother of Morfael ap Glast and Cynddylan.
Emain Macha
Pronounced - ev-in mah-ha
Royal seat of ulster in north Ireland. Capital of the Ulaid. Present day Armagh.
Emlyn
Pronounced - EM-lin
Eochaidh Finn Fuathnairt
Pronounced - YOCH-ee feen foo-uht-nyirt
Legendary bloodline from which St. Brigidsprang.
Eoforwic
Pronounced - yuv-oor-wik
Present day York.
Eorann
Pronounced - YOE-ran
Ronan's (the cleric) foster-son.
Eowa, king
Pronounced - yuv-ah
King Penda's brother and co-ruler.
Ergyng
Pronounced - er-keek
British Kingdom (anglicized as Archenfield) that occupied most of present day southern Herefordshire. King was Gwrgan, who's daughter, Onbraust married Meurig of Gwent, unifying the kingdoms.
Ermhwy
Pronounced - erm-wee
Eugein map Beli
Pronounced - ei-gain map bel-ih
King of the Alt Clut.
Eyot
Pronounced - ayt
Alney Island. Anglo/Saxon word for island.
Ewyas (Vale of)
Pronounced - e-wiy-as
Valley of the River Honddu in the Black Mountains of South Wales, within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Feabhail
Pronounced - foyl
Feann?g
Pronounced - fan-oh-g
Irish word for the bird, hooded crow.
Fehtan Leag
Pronounced - ve-tan lay-ag
Feorms
Pronounced - f-yurms
A grant of land in exchange for a portion of what it
produced, paid to the king by its tenants. The king reserved the legal right to receive benefit from the granted properties.
Fercher
Pronounced - fe-ruh-chur kon-ad
Fercharmac Connad, ruled 637-650. Co-ruled with Domnall Brecc in Scottish Dalraida.
Ffynnon Bedwry
Pronounced - fuh-non bed-wir
Present day Bakewell, Derbyshire.
Fiach Dubh
Pronounced - fey-awk duv
Irish word for the bird, raven.
Fifths
Pronounced - fifths
Division of Ireland into provinces.
Finghin
Pronounced - fineen
King of Caisel and all of Mumu. Finghin Feimhin
Died 619. Finghin's Spear - Totem for the sept of Feimhin. Feimhin is an alternate name for Caisel.
Flann Finn
Pronounced - flan feen
Flann Finn mac Ossu (son of Oswui) and the daughter of Norther U? N?ill king, Colm?an R?mid. Irish name for Aldfrith of Northumbria. Ruled in Northumbria from 685-705.
Fliethas
Pronounced - flee-ya-hus
Celtic goddess Flidais. Three daughters of Flidais are Fand, Argoen and Be Chuille. Flidais is the goddess of wild beasts, sexual passion/lust.
Foss
Pronounced - fos
River in North Yorkshire, tributary to River Ouse.
Meaning - ditch-like river from the Latin "fossa".
Fosse
Pronounced - fos
Roman road from Lincoln to Bath.
Fothadh Graine
Pronounced - FOE-ugh grawn-yeh
Graine's grave in the Tara complex.
Fougou
Pronounced - foo-goo
Stone underground tunnel or chamber.
Franks
Pronounced - franks
West Germanic tribes.
Frisians
Pronounced - free-zhuns
Peoples who lived in Friesland, one of the Netherland's northern provinces.
Fyrd
Pronounced - feerd
Anglo/Saxon army.
Gabhra
Pronounced - gow-ra
River Gabhra flows in the Skryne Valley between Skryne and Tara.
Gaella
Pronounced - gah-ela
Gaels
Pronounced - gails
Garanwyn
Pronounced - gah-ran-wen
Gartnait
Pronounced - GART-net
Pictish lord, Eanfrith's brother-in-law.
Geddyn
Pronounced - geth-in
Son of Afan FerFerdigg (Cadwallon's bard), loyal to
Cadwaladr of Gwynedd.
Geis
Pronounced - gesh
Prohibition of taboo. Something forbidden to a person.
Gesithas
Pronounced - gay-see-thahs
Anglo-Saxon word for "Companions". Elite fighting forces.
Gifl
Pronounced - giv-el
Present day River Yeo.
Givlcester
Pronounced - giv-el-chayster
Anglo/Saxon name for present day Ilchester, Somerset.
Glastenning
Pronounced - GLA-sning
Present day Somerset. Name means stronghold of the people living in Glaston (Celtic of wood place).
Gleau Cester
Pronounced - glau chayster
Anglo/Saxon name for present day Gloucester.
Gloucester
Pronounced - glaw-stuhr
City and district in Gloucestershire, Enland, close to the River Severn near the Welsh border.
Glyn Cum Nechtan
Pronounced - glee-in koom nech-tan
Literally Nechtan's glen. Nechtan's Glen is a rocky valley that runs from Bos Nechtan or Nechtan's Keive and follows the Trevillitt River to the sea.
Gl
ywysing
Pronounced - gloo-is-ing
Welsh kingdom located between Fiver Llwy and River Towy in mid-South Wales.
Gododdin
Pronounced - guh-dothin
Brythonic people of northeast England and southeast Scotland.
Goen Bren
Pronounced - gun brin
Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. Also called Bosvenna and Fowey Moor.
Govran
Pronounced - gohv-ran
One of Hoel's Breton retainers.
Grips
Pronounced - grips
A network of valleys bounded by cliffs near the village of Clowne in Derbyshire, including the Creswell crags.
Gwawl
Pronounced - gwail
Gwennol
Pronounced - GWE-nol
Gwennwys
Pronounced - gwe-nuis
Gwent, Wales.
Gwent
Pronounced - gwent
Gwlyddien
Pronounced - glu-thee-en
Gwynedd
Pronounced - gwen-eth or gwun-eth
Haelog
Pronounced - hail-og
Breton king of Poher.
Haelog ap Iudhael
Pronounced - hail-og ap yood-i-hail
Breton king. See Haelog.
Hafren
Pronounced - hav-ren
River Severn.
Hafrenrhyd
Pronounced - hav-ren-hreed
Ford at the River Severn.
Heorthgeneats
Pronounced - hyurth-nets
Anglo-Saxon word for "Hearth-Friends". Landed warriors that are responsible for raising their own war-bands.
Herne
Pronounced - her-nuh
Tristan's Breton stallion.
Hii
Pronounced - hy
Original Irish (means island) name for Iona.
Hill of Temair
Pronounced - ta-voir
Coronation place of Ireland's pre-Christian high-kings and royal seat of high-kings. Also called Hill of Tara.
Hoel of Pou-Caer
Pronounced - hoe-ayl
King of Pou-Caer after Haelog.
Hoethfeld
Pronounced - hoowayth-fayld
Honddu (River)
Pronounced - hon-thee
River that drains the Black Mountains (Wales) and joins the Usk in the center of Brecon (Breckonshire or Brecknock).
Horsweala
Pronounced - hoorz-wahl-ah
British horse warrior in the employ of the Anglo-Saxons.
Hubadullya
Pronounced - hyoob-ad-YOOLA-ya
Cornish hurling. Cornish word that means clangor.
Hurlyas
Pronounced - hyoorl-yas
The "thrower" in the game of hurling.
Hwicce
Pronounced - h-wich-ee
Iago ap Beli
Pronounced - yay-go ap bel-ee
Son of Beli ap Rhun.
Icelinga
Pronounced - ick-el-ing-ah
King Penda and Eowa's ancestral line
Idel
Pronounced - idle
River Idle in Nottinghamshire.
Imbolic
Pronounced - IM-bulk or EM-bowlk
Sundown February 1st through February 2nd, one of the four quarterly Celtic feasts. Imbolic is linked to the goddess