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Fire On Fire Dictionary with Pronunciations

A
  • Annwn (Welsh) - Place - means Otherworld, a world of delights and eternal youth where disease is absent and food is ever-abundant. The land of the fae.
B​
  • brither (Scots Gaelic) - means brother
  • bracken - large, coarse, low-lying ferns
C
  • camanachd (Scots Gaelic) [cama-nock] - essentially the game of shinty, resembles hockey 
  • ceilidh (Scots Gaelic) [kay-lee] - a social event with folk music and singing, traditional dancing, and storytelling 
  • Celtic [keltic]
  • Cerridwen (Welsh) [keh-ruhd-wen] - Name - Celtic goddess of rebirth, transformation, and inspiration; she possesses the cauldron of Awen.
  • Chancellor - principal advisor to the sovereign (in both spiritual and temporal matters); chief royal chaplain; responsible for the supervision, preparation, and dispatch of the king's letters; caretaker of public deeds, contracts, and other documents relating to the crown and realm.
  • charaid (Scots Gaelic) [ka-rittch] - means friend 
  • cherie (French) [shay-ree] - means dear
  • camarade (French) - means comrade
  • "Cychwyn tan." (Welsh) - Druid spell - fire starting spell                                                                                                                                     
D
  • "Dod yn ol" (Welsh) - Druid spell - physical item summoning spell
  • "dod atom" (Welsh) - Druid spell - power summoning spell
  • "Disgyn" (Welsh) - Druid spell - levitating spell
E
  • Edinburgh [Ed-in-bruh] - Place - capital of Scotland 
G
  • Gaelic (Scots Gaelic) [gah-lic]​
  • garcon (French) - means boy
H
  • Hiraeth (Welsh) [HEER-YTH] - Place - means deep longing for something, homesickness 
J
  • Je ne sais quoi (French) - literally translates to "I don't know what," but means a pleasing quality that cannot be exactly named or described.
  • je t'amine, mon coeur (French) - means "I love you, my heart"
K
  • Kvinna (Old Norse) - means woman
L
  • Lachland (Scots) [lock-lan] - means from the land of lakes (lochs), from the fjord land, nickname given to those of Scandinavia 
M
  • Mon's Meg - large, six-ton cannon housed at Edinburgh castle, that once rode on the Great Michael. She had a range of 2miles, and her barrel diameter of 20 inches makes her one of the largest cannons in the world by caliber. She retired from the Navy in 1550.
  • midge - a small two-winged fly that is often seen in swarms near water or marshy areas where it breeds. 
  • mither (Scots Gaelic) - means mother
  • morveux (French) [mor-voo] - means brat
N
  • "Nemo me impune lacessit" (Latin) - "no one attacks me with impunity," motto of the Kingdom of Scotland, the Royal Stuart Dynasty, and the Order of the Thistle
O
  • Oui (French) [wee] - means yes 
P
  • petit tresors (French) - means little treasures
  • pili pala (Welsh) - means butterfly
  • a plaisance (French) - a type of jousting challenge and means friendly or for fun (the other option is 'a la guerre' or as in war)
  • postern - a back or side entrance
Q
  • "Que c'est agreable de te revior"(French) - means, "how nice it is to see you again."
R
  • regent - a person appointed to govern a state pre tempore (Latin for "for the time being") because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated, or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy, or the throne is vacant and the new monarch has not yet been determined. 
S​
  • "Slainte mhath!" (Scots Gaelic) - a toast, means "Good health!"
T
  • a terre (French) - means down
  • Tres bien (French) - means alright
W
  • Sally Port - a small exit point in a fortification for the passage of troops when making a sally (a military maneuver - a sudden charge in the direction of the enemy, abrupt offensive attack - designed to delay and harass an opposing force, many times with the advantage of taking the enemy by surprise). 
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