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Foclir Draochta - Dictionary of Druidism
http://www.summerlands.com/crossroads/focloirdruids/focloir.htm
2nd Edition
le Sen Tuathail
copyright 1993 John Kellnhauser / Cainteanna na Luise
Plurals follow nouns in ()s
A
A ( aw ) ............................................. v irne.abhainn - river.
bhar (bhair) - student, subject, potential quality, fair
portion.
ab - interjection following proper name, loosely "hail forever".
achar feadha's feadh achair - (untranslatable: "duration/area
of distance /duration and/is extent of extent" etc) - premise
that 1) "time" is a "field" like space, not a "flow"; 2) distance
and duration interact; 3) both time and space are "subjective".
dh - "good luck" as either good dn or as indicated by lth.
adhann - coltsfoot (v sponc).
dhmharaighe - lit. "lucky injury", paradoxical serendepity,
i.e. the wrong thing at the right time, something wherein an
error produces a result better than planned, 7rl.
er - v aoir.
aerach - gay (in both "happy" and "homosexual" senses).
aes dna - poets, harpers, artists as a social privileged class.
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ag tos - at (the) beginning.
Agallamh - 1) dialogue; 2) v Acallam na Seanrach, a seanchas.
agus araile (written "7rl") - et cetera.
aided - death tale, a major type of seanchas (v oidhe).
aigne - nind, basic dispositions, emotional outlook, basic
inclinations (cf aireachtail. ciall, cuihmne, dil, irim,
inchinn, intinn, meabhair, meanma, meon, moth, smaoineamh, toil).
ail anscuichthe - "immovable (large) stone", validating
testimony from a non-plant/animal/person.
ilgeis - poet's right of (esp. derogatory or egotistical)demand (which must be granted as the force of geis).
aill - cliff.
ailt - cliff bordered ravine.
aimhleas - harmful path in life.
aocht - hospitality as a duty.
airbhe - an encircling "hedge" which protects those inside
and may be crossed but with il-effect on whom does so.
aircheadal - set-piece poetry or chant.
aireachtail - perception, sense (both physical and 6th), cf aigne 7rl.
iren - being nocturnal, night vigil, vsiting at night.
airgead - 1) silver; 2) modern word for money.
airmert - 1) preparation, equipment; 2) effort; 3) prohibative
brocht (not as strong as geis.
irne - blackthorn, fiodh for letter A, associated with,
among other things, quarrel, vigil.
aisling (-) - dream/trance vision much stronger more lucid
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than taibhreamh.
aiteacht - sensation of thing or place being "not quite
right" but not being able to tell why.
aiteann - horse.
Aithirne - Ulster druid known for ilgeasa.
aithriocht - shape-shifting, actual not mealladh (v athdholb).
aitire - hostage surety.
Albu - 1) rsa: all of Britain; 2) modcern [Alba]: Scotland.
Almu - dn of the fianna in n. Co. Kildare (cf Dn Aillinne).
altramas - fosterage between generations more important tnanblood-ties.
amadn - fool (esp. one with briotais of getting others in
trouble).
amhailt - 1) threatening phantom; 2) fomoth, etc., of threat.
amhainseacht - paleo-shamanism, seizure trance.
Amhairghin Glingeal - first and greatest mortal poet-druid
who challenged the Tuatha D Danann and called forth Ireland
from behind the mists of invisibility; his name means: "Birth of
Song, of the Bright Knees [= Generations]"; variant spellings
include Aimhirgin, usually rendered in english as "Amergin" (v Duan
Amhairghine).
Amhairghin mac Eicet - Ulster poet-druid.
amhlaidh - thus, used as "go raibh amhlaaidh", "so be it",
but not as a wish for something to occur but that the
requirements have already been met and said conditions should
continue as they are now (as mallacht it means "may you be
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stuck with this forever").
amhra - wonder, marvel, nobility, charm.
amhrn - song.
am - 1) wasted, in vain; 2) astrray (as from Sdhe).
anil - 1) breath; 2) strength; 3) (esp. verbal) influence.
anam - soul (probably a loan-word, v bradn, br).
anamimirce - transmigration of soul.
anfa - tempest, storm (used of magic instead of the borrowed "stoirm").
nradh - 6th (from bottom up) rank poet.
nruth v nradh.aoir - brocht satire, usually mallacht.
aonarn - hermit, recluse (cf dthreabach).
aor - v aoir.
aosn - neach Sdhe of il-intent.
rach - 1) bond, security, linkage; 2) opening advantage,
favorable opportunity; 3) "offer", solicitation to act a certain
way to gain bua, v caoi.
ard - high (often prefixed).
ard-draoi - arch-druid (a social position).
ardartha - salute to only extremely high authority, fists to forehead.
ardfhile - high-poet, a social position.
ardr - high-king.
ardtiarna - high lord, one of the ranking leaders, master
adepts, etc., of the Tuatha D Danann or any neach
Sdhe of equivelent nature (never used for any mortal).
arracht (-a) - spectre, monster, 7rl (loose term, real or illusion).
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rsa - ancient, archaic.
rsachumadh - deliberate anacharicism or archaicization in seanchais.
asarla - occultist, ritual magician.
asarlaocht - occultism, hermetics, ritual magic (cf piseogacht).
ascalt - 1) lack of food; 2) lower level of bua than required
for a specific working.
astaidhbhreacht - "reading" (in the clairoyant sense of an object).
athair thaln - yarrow.
athdholb - shape-shifted form.
athgabhil - allowable reprisal.athioncholl - reincarnation (not a regular feature of
draocht).
athmhoth - (act of switching) alternative states of consciousness.
athshocr - alternate arrangement (during smhoill, etc.)
audacht - (text) of learned reportage and advice (modern
Irish "uacht" is "will, testament").
B
B ( bay ) ............................................ v beith.
badbh - 1) carrion-crow; 2) neach Sdhe of battle.
bagair - threathen, beckon toward, chase away, threaten.
bail - prosperity, validity.
bain - extract, release, agitate, win, evoke, gain, begin,
induce, remove, obtain, deprive, interfer with, stay, appease,
control, relate.
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baint - v bain.
baisleac - wisewoman, female folk-wizard, woman upthg.
bn - white, associated with emptiness, weakness (cf geal).
Banda - an alternate name for Ireland.
bndhraocht - "white druidism", i.e. fake druidism drained
dry of genuine elements, or diluted of difficulty to be popular.
bard (baird) -low class [non-druid] songster.
bs - death (considered part of dn).
Beag mac Deadh - druid of Diarmaid mac Cearbhaill (qv).
balaocht - oral tradition (in general).balaithris - oral tradition, oral account.
Bealtaine - quarter day beginning sunset 30th April, day of
arrival of both mortals and TDD in Ireland.
beannacht (-a) - 1) with ar (beannacht ort): blessing; 2)
with do (beannacht duit): greetings; (the word is, based on the
double-n, not a Latin loan, but from "beann", "antler").
Beann na dithe's n'aindhithe ort - "The
blessings of the gods and the non-gods upon you".
barla - 1) english language (cf sasanaigh); 2) jargon, cant.
beathnua - St John's wort.
beirbhine - vervain.
beith - birch, fiodh for the letter B, associated with, among
other things, beginning, cleansing.
beo - person's life, physical incarnation.
beo fada is bs in irinn - "Long life and may you die
in Ireland!"
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biidh - blessing.
bile (bil) - any large, isolated sacred tree.
bs - spiral.
bliin is l - "a year and a day", a full 364-day solar cycle,
Samhain, not part of the year proper, being the extra day.
b - cow, asssocaited with prosperity and female beauty.
bobcheist - trick question.
bochtg - neach Sdhe associated with sea.
bodhrn - 1) deaf person; 2) native Irish tambourine-like drum.
bolg grine - "sun bubble", magical growth on plantsconferring insight when eaten.
bolg is buinn - "bag and pipes" (pb uilleann, "Uillean
pipes" is a modern borrowing, as is the instrument, but this
term exists from pre-christian sourses, indicating an earlier form).
bonn (boinn) - sole (of foot), foothold, standing (in rank),
foundation, footprint, spoor, coin, token, metal.
bradn - 1) salmon (v eo fis); 2) life principle of individual.
bran - raven.
brann - raven.
brandubh - board game, apparently simpler than fidcheall
and/or involving lots.
brat (brait) - cloak, for a druid always without hood, multi-coloured.
breac - speckled, symbolizing magical power (either br or bua).
breachsholas - twilight, the time of most powerful br.
breachtraocht - (general term) magic (esp. folk-, herbal.
breactradh - (general term) magic, charms, 7rl.
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breitheamh - brehon.
breithinais - Brehon Laws.
br - inherent/intrensic personal power set by dn (lit.
essence, vigour, significance), cannot be won or gained, only
developed or allowed to atrope; cf bua.
briathar - verb, word.
brathar - word, adage.
briatharchath - egotistical laochas-like boast-speech before battle.
brigh - v br.
brocht (-a) - spell, largely or fully verbal (themodern form of the word is spelt, and pronounced, with a short
"i", briocht).
briocht - v brocht.
brionglid - dream (general term).
briotais - inherent talent (in a specific thing).
brosna (-) - withered branch ordead wood gathered by hand
(i.e. not requiring permission of the tree or ritual).
br - hostel, Sdhe-hill, esp. the latter (cf bruon).
Br na Bhinne - Newgrange.
bruane - fire-seed, embers from which other fires are lit.
brugh - v br.
bruidhean - v bruon.
bruigh - v br.
bruon - hostel, Sdhe-hill, esp. the former (cf br).
brthaoscadh - to drain pressure, loosen tightenness, psychically.
bua - 1) gained or attained personal power, esp. in a given
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area (cf br); 2) [usually as plural buatha:] actions which win
or maintain bua v tairbhe); (lit. victory, merit, talent).
buachaitheamh - to "flare power", neutral samhlchaitheamh.
buachloch - power-object.
bad - v bua.
buannaocht - 1) boldness, presumption; 2) having or using briotais.
buas - 1) spring (water); 2) wealth (specifically one's
"store" of bua, but also of gold, property, etc).
bu - yellow, associated with thanksgiving and praise.
bunchur - "let this happen" part of brocht.
C
C ( kay ) ............................................ v coll.
caerthann - v caorthann.
cailleach - 1) hag (esp. as aithriocht of neach Sdhe); 2)
precocious young girl.
cin - offical law, tax to rulers (as opposed to tradition or
iric).
caint (-eanna) - speech, avility to talk, discourse.
cinte - (esp. unjust) satirist.
caitheamh - cast(ing) fiodhrdhm coins, etc. (lit. wear, use,
consumption, 7rl).
cana - 1) cub, 2) 4th (from bottom up) rank poet.
caoi - 1) way, path, manner; 2) opportunity; 3) proper
condition; 4) thing solicited by rach.
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caoilth - omen that what has been said or done is correct
(cf lth, il, taispeadh).
caoimneadh - keen, lament for dead.
caor (-a) - berry, associated with health.
caorthann - common name for luis.
caorthann curraigh - valerian.
cas - turn, wind, sing, return, reproach, attempt, meet.
cath - battle.
cathais - vigil.
Cathbhadh - ard-draoi of Ulster, responsible for the curse onEmhain Macha, bound whern he was lied to by the king.
cadfa (-) - bodily sense (or one of normal 5), normal
perception/conception.
calmhaire - omen.
cearc - hen.
ceard - craft, skill, art.
ceart tar croch (also cert tar crch) - right of poets to
cross all political borders with safety.
ceas - 1) surfeit, excess; 2) woe, grief, debility, esp.
long-lasting or repetititve, esp. as result of mallacht.
cile - companion, spouse.
cim - 1) step, rank; 2) pass (in mountains), ravine.
ceo - 1) fog, mist; 2) anything, nothing.
ceobhrn - haze, light mist.
ceol - music.
Cesair - v Lebor Gabla.
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ciall - sense. sanity, normal or habitual state of mind,
faculty of logic, meaning; (cf aigne 7rl).
ciapg - (magically induced) confusion or delusion.
cinnbheart - head-dress, esp. feathered.
cinniint - 1) fate (general term, cf dn); 2)
misfortune, tragedy.
cinnte - certainly, surely.
cion - 1) share, amount; 2) love, esteem; 3) offence, crime, blame.
Cithruad - ard-draoi roga of king Cormac who lost to
Mogh Roith (qv).cita (-) - 1) quip; 2) flourish; 3) trick; 4) "extra
decoration", stylistic addition in brocht with no bua itself
but used to help make it unique.
claenmhl - family totem.
nascmhl - animal to which a person's life is linked.
beirmhl - personal totem involving taking of name and geis
against killing (additional) memebers of species.
Claomh Solais - Sword of Light.
clirseach - large (modern) harp, not a druid harp.
clann - children, family, race, followers.
clr - 1) tablulation, listing (of kings, attributes,
7rl); 2) to beat, flatten, 7rl; 3) slang: fuck; 4) modern: to
programme a computer.
cl - left (hand).
cleachtadh (-a) - 1) lesson; practice; 2) habitual wont; 3)
practical experience.
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cleas - feat of prowess, "trick" (but not with the idea of
skill, not cheating).
cleathains (pl.) - paraphernalia, odds and ends, personal
belongings, (esp. minor) props and aids to magic.
cl - 5th (from bottom up) rank poet.
cliatha fis - "wattles of knowledge", wicker (esp. rowan)
lattice sleeping-bag used for divination.
cloch - stone (general term).
cloch iompaithe - turning stone. used esp. for mallacht.
clog - 1) bell; 2) clock; 3) skin-blister.cls - henge, enclosure.
cl - honour, fame (informal, cf eineach).
clmh - feathers, down, body-hair, fur.
cnib - hemp, cannabis.
cn (-nna) - nut, associated with wisdom.
cnoc (cnoic) - hill.
cndna - 1) purring cat; 2) wheedler, pleasant
hoaxer; 3) wannabe (person who likes druidism superficially but
wants easy lessons).
cochall - cowl, cloak with hood, a non-druid cloak.
coill - woods, forest.
Coire Dagdae - Ever-full cauldron of plenty.
coire irme - cauldron of warming, loweest of 3 coir
filochta (qv).
coire fhs - cauldron of knowledge, highest of 3 coir
filochta (qv).
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coire goir - cauldron of motion, middle of 3 coir
filochta (qv).
coir filochta (pl) - 3 "cauldrons of poetry" within the
poet/person, similar but not identical to kundalini chakras;
each has 3 attitudes, giving 9 situational elements (qv naoi) and
7 states of the poet (qv seacht).
ciri - arranging (esp. the details), used of tuning a harp
or "fiddling" with a brocht with or without somhoill.
coisc - v cosc.
coitiantacht - 1) [without qualifying adjective:] theconsensus commonality view of the world; 2) [with adjective]
(esp, agreed upon or experienced in common) way of life and view of
the world.
coll - Hazel, fiodh of the letter C (always pronounced as
"k"), associated with, among other things, poetry and the wilds;
explicited stated as tree most favoured by Tuatha D Danann.
Colmchille - druid-trained greatest native Irish christian saint.
comhaltas - joint fosterage (modern word has many meanings).
comhartha - symbol, signal, gesture, token, sign, symptom.
comhartha beann - sign of horns made with hand as protective gesture.
comhfhearann - common ownership of land.
cmhla (esp. cmhla breac) - gate (esp. to Otherworld).
comhnasc - joint linkage, binding two or more things equally
together, with or without srln.
comhtharl - coincidence, esp. simultaneous (cf comhtheangmhas).
comhtheaghmas (rud) - conjuncture of things, entities in
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relationships.
comhtheagmhas - coincidence, serial, across time/space (cf
comhtharl).
comradh - assembly, celebration, accompaniment.
cngar - 1) proximity, vicinity; 2) convenient equipment,
means/tools ready to hand (cf garmheas).
Conmaince Rin - mountain in Connacht, arrival site of Tuatha
D Danann, identity uncertain, possibly Maol Ridh.
Connacht - Connacht.
contirt - 1) doubt, danger; 2) place or interval of time(e.g. Samhain) of possible, not fated, danger; 3) a dangerous
technique.
cor - turn, whirlwind, spinning-in-place, reel, pledge,
exhausion, agreement.
corr - point, edge, hollow, pit, crane (bird), eel, odd (i.e.
not even), curve.
corrbolg - "crane bag", magical treasure bag.
corrguineacht - "crane magic", brocht, esp. mallacht, on one
foot, one eye closed, one hand in belt.
cosc - defence, protection, prevention, restrain.
crin - sow.
crainnchaint - communicating with live trees.
crann (crainn) - 1) tree ( v bile); the three most important
trees are luis, ir, and coll (qv); 2) pole, shaft, wooden
frame, penis, full growth, best part, misfortune, attitude,
important person, fate, tune, offer, 7rl.
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crannchur - 1) rsa: casting of lots, not limited to
fiodhrdh; 2) modern: lottery, sweepstake.
cranng - artifical island dwelling.
cr-umha - bronze.
creadair - relic, power object.
creideamh - (esp. non-druid) belief, faith.
crios (-anna) - 1) (Irish woven) belt; 2) zone around a
person, thing, place, under its influence; 3) encircling
protective ward.
Cromm Croich - god of non-druid pagan religious cult inancient Ireland.
Cromm Dubh - v Cromm Croich.
crot - v cruit.
Crachn A - pagan socio-political capital of Connacht.
Cruachn Aigle - former pagan name of Cruach Pdraig.
cruit - the smaller, druidily proper, form of harp (whether
the original druid cruit was harp- or lyre-like is disputed, but
the basic three-wood body and that Uaithne (qv) is also an old word
for "pillar" would argue for a harp-like instrument.
cruitire - harper, i.e. a music-wizard, druid.
cruitt - v cruitire.
cruth - to create and prove true, cf for.
c - hound.
C Ro (C Ri) - druid-king of Munster
(only king of a province to be also a druid) whose totem was a
salmon.
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cuaifeach - whirlwind.
cuairt coimhg - circle of safe-keepings.
cig - five, number of general total, fullness, or completion
(cf naoi).
cige - lit. "fifth", province.
cuileann - common name of tinne.
cuir - bind, sow, bury, set, put, seek, consider, send,
engage, take, give, provide, deprive, 7rl.
cumang - v cumhacht.
cumha - nostalgia, home-sickness, esp. for ideal, what onenever knew one had until after one lost it.
cumhacht - power, authority, influence, 7rl.
cur - v cuir.
curadmhr - v laochmhr.
D
D ( day ) ............................................ v dair.
dimh - kindered affection, affinity.
dair - "robur"-Oak (only), fiodh for the letter D, associated
with, among other things, hospitality, inheritance, habitation,
fertility.
dalta (-) - 1) foster-child; 2) student; 3) ex-student; 4) pet.
dmh - retinue (esp. of poets, druids, brehons, 7rl).
damh - stag (the modern word also means "ox").
damhna - 1) substance, material; 2) cause of; 3) promising novice.
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dn - poetry, gift-talent-vocation, fate-destiny ("a man
can't drown whose dn's to be hanged", 7rl) as a unitary
concept.
dsacht - 1) fit of raging madness; 2) possession by spirit;
3) sudden panic.
dthabha - monkshood, wolfbane.
dealg - 1) thorn; 2) brooch.
dearg - red, associated with warriors and kingship.
deas - southward, right (hand), near-by.
deasghnth (-a) - lit. "right-hand custom", ritual.deiln - sing-song chant.
deiseal - clockwise, to open, harvest, welcome, release,
spread, invoke outward (cf tuathal).
dithe - "gods" (actually a superior elder race, which while
far more wise and powerful than mortals are likewise bound by
the basic laws of the universe; it is never used in the singular for
an individual).
dithe is dual dom, na - the gods who are rightfully mine (v dual).
deoch dearmaid - drink of forgetfulness.
deochnair[eacht - divination by dregs or swirling patterns in liquids.
diach - unpleasant aspect of dn, "punishment" for violating geis.
diamhair - thing or place (not person) with magical
qualities, esp. difficult to grasp, hidden, potentially
threatening, 7rl.
Diarmaid mac Cearbhaill - 6th century king who attempted to
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curse of desolation upon the site (Pdraig curse on only
the "druidry" of Teamhair was apparently over-thrown by
Diarmaid's druids, but the great curse was upon the site itself,
bound by Ruadn leading a christian-hermetic conclave of
13 saints (not mere priests).
dbearg - 1) outlawry, state of renouncing dominant society's
values, used loosely for roving bands of reveallers; 2) slang:
(irresponsible) sexual promiscuity.
dbirt - excorism.
dchaell - best endeavour, one's utmost best, neglect (ironic).dcheadal - incantation.
dcheadal di cheannaibh - mantra-like incantation using
munda-like repeditive motion, which is unusual in allowably
containing rudach).
dchealtair - magical disquise, esp. concealnent.
dleas (dlis) - special personal attributes (of person,
fiodh, 7rl.).
dlmain drong - lit. "restraint of crowds"; conformity to
common social mind-set.
dinnsheanchas (-ais) - seanchas of place.
donghabhil - "thatch-yoke", tag at end of
brocht asking it please the gods.
dth - 1) loss, destrcution, derivation, lack, requirement;
2) missing element of brocht.
dthreabh - wilderness, hermitage, isolated place of safety
away from other humans.
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dthreabhach - hermit who lives, or wanders in, wilderness;
cf aonarn.
dlaoi fulla - lit. "whisp of delusion", originally a twisted
whisp of grass or twig magically enpowered and thrown at a
person to induce madness, but generally any "bad luck" charm
targetted at a specific individual which must be in their
possession to work.
dleacht - legal due, lawful right, duty (cf dyalgas).
dl (-the) - binding principle, (cosmic) law.
dlnse - jurisdiction.dluma dirche - nuclei of darkness.
dls - 1) compactness; 2) fullness, abundance.
dlth - 1) warp; 2) nearness; 3) intensity; 4) inner essential.
Do cheann im chrios - "Your head in my belt", fach.
doilbh - v dolb.
doilire - indistinct image, obscure affair, imprecise
fomhothu, etc.
doilfeacht - stage "magic", slight-of-hand.
doineann - wild cold weather.
doire - (esp. oak but also other type of) grove.
dolb - bit of (usually, not always, transforming) magic,
often but not always mealladh (may be actual shape-shift).
Domhan-so, an - 1) the mundane common world; 2) the daily
born-to world (as opposed to an Saol Eile and Tr na Marbh).
dord - 1) hum, buzz, murmur; 2) (esp. deep bass) chant.
dos - 3rd (from bottom up) rank poet.
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draighean - common name of irne.
draocht - druidism (modern word used loosely for magic).
draodir - fake druid.
draoi (draoithe) - druid.
draoi (draoithe) allta - "wild" druid, fordhraoi"
(true-druid), druid not assocaited with court (the adjective
refers to wilderness and not "crazy, violent" and connotates
amazement).
draoi (draoithe) roga - court druids, toadies, (pun on
"royalist" and "most spasmodic").dracht (-a) - 1) portion, part; 2) draft composition; 3)
verse to entertain or at social functions (i.e. not filocht as
brocht), or a scal that is not a seanchas.
dreanaireacht - divination by the flight of birds.
dreoiln - wren.
drinnrosc - 1) a request, boon (not neccessarily by a
poet/druid, cf ilgeis); 2) an incitement to quarrel.
dru - older spelling of, but prunounced identitically to draoi.
dride - baffoonery (v drth).
drudheacht - v draocht.
drth - jester, baffoon.
duais - 1) gift, bounty, reward; 2) gloom, distress, sorrow.
dual - 1) spiral, wisp, lock (of hair, 7rl), twist,
interlace; 2) native, natural, proper.
dualaocht - knotwork (in art, 7rl).
dualgas - inherent rights, duty, obligation, reward as a
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single idea (cf dleacht).
duan - song, poem.
Duan Amhairghine - Amhairghin's (qv) challenge to the Tuatha
D Danann by proclamation of superior poet-hood, the first
mortal poem actually on the soil of Ireland (i.e. Amhairghin's
Summoning of Ireland from beyond the magic mists was proclaimed from
his ship).
dchas - heretitary claim, ancestorial estate.
dil - desire, will, expectation (cf aigne 7rl).
duille - leaf, foliage, eye-lid, glory, wealth (v duilleog,duillir).
duilleog - leaf.
duillir - foliage.
dlra - nature (the elenents, 7rl).
dumha - (esp. samll burial) mound.
dn - fort, esp. of stone.
Dn Aillinne - capital of pagan Leinster in s.e. Co. Kildare
(cf Almu); note: not the "Hill of Allen" in english; an
alternative site is Dinn Rg in Co.Carlow.
dnchur (-a) - a closing of the entrance to a power site.
dshln - challenge.
E
E ( ay ) ............................................. v eabhadh.
eabhadh - aspen, fiodh for the letter E, associated with,
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among other things, indecision, change.
each - horse, stead.
eachtra - adventure, saga, unexpected event, wonderful surprise.
eagna - wisdom, understanding (cf eolas).
eala - swan.
alang - flaw, weak spot, debilitating trait (cf fabht, locht).
aldach - absconder from justice, used loosely for someone
attempting to escape his/her dn (which is impossible).
an (in) - bird.
eangaill - cliff notch, a small narrow ledge beneath the lipof a high (usually sea-) cliff which is thw point of hightest
br and which (dangerously) allows one to stand ON the wall at,
not AT the top of the cliff itself.
araid - magical interferance or hinderance.
eas - 1) waterfall; 2) weasel.
easin - (unlawful) refusal of hospitality.
asca - 1) moon; 2) fluent, nimble, free, swift.
easca - quicksand, used generally for any area of potential danger.
eascaine - curse (general not neccessaroly brocht).
icse - poetic "nuts and bolts" knowledge (cf iomas).
ifeacht - depersonalized power (general theoretical abstract).
igse v icse.
igsn - 1) poetry student; 2) fake file.
eineach - honour (as a formal rank, cf cl).
eineaclann - honour price paid for offence.
ire - v riu.
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fistine - divination.
fith - prophet.
fl - 1) hedge, fence, barrier (of protection, 7rl - v
airbe); 2) Ireland.
farc (-a) - ward to restrain, including to bar entrance.
Farraige, talamh, is spir. - Sea, earth, and sky (variants
include "muir" for "farraige" and "neamh" for "spir", v
Thrbhs Mhr).
fsach - 1) maxim, precedent; 2) wilderness.
fthlia - herbal doctor.fe - common name of pigh.
fealmas (-a) - slight-of-hand, placebo.
fearb - blemish caused by aoir.
fearn - alder, fiodh for the letter F, associated with, among
other things, shields, hearth, luxury.
fearng - common name for fearn.
fearr fear a chineadh - "a man is better than his birth",
maxim that anyone may rise as his skill allows.
marsmeach (-anna) - "finger-flick" used as warding.
feart - 1) miracle, wonderous event; 2) (esp passage) tomb.
fath fadha - magical mists of invisibility.
feathal - 1) emblem, distinquishing feature; 2) mask.
fige - roof-tree, lintel (touched during blessing on all
within when entering a dwelling).
feilmhleas - clairoyant charm (general term).
fineas - selfhood.
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feis - 1) festival; 2) sexual intercourse.
feoras - common name of meol.
fia - deer.
fiach dubh - raven, lit. "dark hunting".
fiadhrdh - (a pun on/for fiodhrdh meaning "esteemed
utterance").
fianna (plural) - band of warrior allowable-outlaws sworn to
protect society but independent of it.
Fiannaocht - seanchais of Fionn, Oisn, and the Fianna.
fidcheall - lit. "wooden sense", 1) rsa: a non-chessnon-lots board game; 2) modern: chess.
file (fil) - poet. i.e. word-wizard, druid.
filideacht - v filocht.
filocht - poetry, i.e. verbal magic.
fine - (often greatly) extended family group.
fiodh (-a) - a single element of the fiodhrdh.
fiodhlann (-a) - a fiodh-piece used in casting.
fiodhrdh - lit. "wooden utterance", the druidic system of
divination by means of tree-letter-names.
Fionn iceas - druid who taught Fionn mac Cumhaill.
Fionn mac Cumhaill (there are variant spellings) - leader of
fianna with some druid training.
fiontar - adventure, risk, jeopardy, enterprise.
for - 1) figure, shape, image, symbol; 2) truth, pledge; cf
frinne.
forainm (-ainmneacha or rsa: -anmann) - "true name",
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binding name.
Forcheann - "True-Head", Malen Head, the norther-nmost point
of Ireland.
fordhraoi - v draoi allta.
for - to symbolize and verify, cf cruth.
fiosaocht - parapsychics (modern tern).
fiothnais - feat of harmful magic.
Fir Bolg - earlier sibling race of Tuatha D Danann (qv).
fir fer - combat code requiring, among other things, due
notice and equalisation of weapons.frinne - truth(fulness), more abstract or impersonal than
for (qv).
fiurt - feat of magic, esp. showy or beneficial.
flaith - 1) sovereignty; 2) prince.
fle - feast (cf feis).
flead - v fle.
fleasc - wand (esp. of coll).
focail bna - 1) "white words", words empty of truth and/or
bua; 2) Latin.
focal (focail) - word, pledge.
fochlac - 1) sapling; 2) 1st (lowest) rank poet.
foclir - dictionary.
Fdla - Ireland.
fgairt (-gartha) - 1) proclamation; 2) ward to compel, esp expell.
fogla dlsi - allowable plunder.
fidn meara - lit. "little sod of confusion",
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place where directions are false, deliberate pit-fall, intentional
misinformation (may be actual physical place - cf
frithbhuachn, or more general).
foirteagal - binding by names or words of power.
foladh (fola) - essence, meaning, wealth, benefit, "claim to fame".
Fomoir - foreign enemies of Tuatha D Danann.
forchoimad - ward (esp. to preserve, maintain, etc.)
formhoth - lit."over-sensation"; extension of (esp. bodily)
perception beyond limits of body-skin, with/without iarrairdeall
(qv).fortach - oath or brocht that overrides or supersedes another.
foscal - 1) minor seanchas, or aside-seanchas within longer
one; 2) by extention of above: minor matter or event.
frithbheart - imcompatable element, contradiction.
frithbhuachn - a place or thing which drains bua or assaults
br, may or may not be individually specific (cf dlaoi fulla).
frithchoslacht - paradox.
fuath - 1) phantom; 2) hatred; 3) shape, form; 4) nightshade.
fuinseog - common name of nion.
G
G ( gay ) ............................................ v giis.
g - need, requirement;cf gu.
gabhlairdeall - "forked attention", division of
consciousness, esp. during somhoill.
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gad - marker attached to object as evidence of claim.
gaeilge - the Irish language thecorrect english is "Irish";
while "Gaelic" includes Scots and Manx).
gaeilgeoireacht - (act or study of) speaking Irish.
geth - v gaoth.
gall (gaill) - person of foreign affinity.
galln - standing stone.
gaol (-ta) - person of kindred affinity.
gaoth - 1) wind; 2) estuary; 3) wise.
garmheas - convenient judgement, approximate opinion,pragmatic (but not exact) estimation, temperary "make-do"
technique (cf cngar).
garrn - grove.
gu - 1) injustice; 2) falsehood.
geal - bright, pure.
gealach - moon.
geantra - harp strain to (magically) induce laughter.
geasn - mini-geas, esp. self-imposed, to perform only once.
geilt (-e) - madman living in wilds, shunning others, with
shaman-like magical powers (cf dthreabhach).
geis (geasa) - magically bound injuncture or duty, individual
and contextual, having force of dn, explicitedly not a taboo
since many geasa required the person bound to perform, not avoid,
the required activity.
giorria - hare.
giis - pine, fiodh for the letter G, associated with, among
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other things, social-responsibity, valour.
glm dceann - short exhibitionistic (magical) satire.
glas - arrangement, means, facilities, instrument, tool,
dress, preparation.
gnch - mundane, common.
gnth - customary thing or action.
go gcumhda is dtreora na dithe th -
"May the gods guard and guide you".
goirmn - woad.
goltra - harp strain to (magically) induce weeping.gorm - blue, associated with protection and magic.
Greallach Dallaid - Mire of Blindness, hidden sanctuary.
grasn - 1) web, network; 2) tangle, complicatiom; 3) (esp.
single) knotwork or spiral motif.
grian - sun.
grianchloch - "sun-stone" (quartz).
grinnaitint - lit."discerning recognition": 1) recognition of
thing's or event's truth nature; 2) directed perception to
(attempt to) obtain the first.
grinnthoil - lit. "lucid intent"; directed consciousness to
influence event, thing, or person, with or without communication
of data.
gruagach - "hairy-head", magical being in (esp. human)
disquise, used sarcastically of would-be wizard.
gruaim - despond, dejection, self-pity.
gbreatha - false judgement, v gu.
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H
H ( haych) ............................................ v uath.
I
I ( ee ) ............................................. v ir.
iallach (-aigh) - brocht of restraint or compulsion.iarlais - changling.
iarrairdeall - lit. "solicitous attention"; blank-mind receptiveness.
idircheo - area of overlapping liminality between an
Domhan-so and an Saol Eile. (lit. between-mist).
idirchian - far distant time or place (lit. between-length).
idirchrios - transitional area (lit. between-belt).
ilchiall - pun, doubled entrendre, i.e. in brocht a
"sea-horse" is valid as a "horse".
ildathach - multicoloured, breac.
iloireadas - non-concurrentness of geography and time between
the worlds.
ilsaoltactaocht - (practice of) multiplicity of realities.
imbas - v iombhas.
Imbolg - high day that begins sunset 31st January.
immram - wonder voyage (late borrowing).
Inbhear Scine - Kenmare estuary, place of mortal's first
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L
L ( ehl ) ............................................ v luis.
ld - watercourse.
Laighean - Leinster.
laochas - valour, pride, heroism, boastfulness, bravado.
lthair - 1) site, loction; 2) presence (of person, 7rl),
present place and/or time.
lthar - strength, vigour.
leabhar (-air) - 1) book (a Latin loan-word); 2) a collection
of seanchais, among the most important of which include: LeabharBu Leacin, L. Laighneach, L. Leasca Mhir,
and L. na hUidhre.
leac - (esp. door, flat or horizontal) stone.
leacht - 1) grave; 2) cairn.
leannn - 1) lover (human, but specific term for of Sdhe);
2) chronic affliction, failing (character weakness).
leapaidh lnlaidh - lit. "harbourage of complete
attentions"; (esp. secure or powerful) mind-set (to do brocht
or in meditation).
largas - insight, non- (or very light) trance vision,
psychic sight.
laspin - dancing coloured lights (mealladh, cf
marnil).
leathdhraocht - "half-a-druidism" with some genuine, but
many foreign elements.
Lebor Gabla, an - "The Book of Invasions", seanchas (not an
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actual "leabhar" of the invasions of Ireland; the first three
invasions (i.e. Cesair, Partholn, Nemed) of which are
interpolations added by later christian scribes to bring it in
line with church and Classical references.
leid - hint, clue, pointer.
leigheas - healing.
lim thar - v ling thar.
line - long shirt, tunic, vest.
lirmheas (eannna) - review (of books), critical complete assement.
lia - 1) standing stone; 2) physician.Lia Fil - stone that sang when the true king stood on it
(definitely not the one so-called now).
liag - (esp. ornamented standing) stone.
liathlus - mugwort.
ling thar tine cnmh - leap over the bonfire, to be "cooked",
i.e. reaffirm social membership (cf nghe).
lonadh - 1) flood tide; 2) waxing moon.
lionn iomhais - drink granting magical insight.
lios - 1) enclosed space); 2) cnoc Sdhe; 3) halo around moon.
lth (lotha) - good omen indicating the day upon which it
occurs is beneficial (cf caoilth).
loachmhr - hero's portion at a feast.
Lochcr and Lucetmael - draoithe roga Teamhrach at the
coming of Pdraig, the first Pdraig, the latter
lost a magical battle to him by being ineptly inable to perform
feats which other druids handled with ease.
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locht - flaw, limiting defect, slip-up (cf alang, fabht).
lodairne - badly spun yarn, scraggy weaving (poorly composed
brocht).
Lachrn (also Lachair) - pagan capital of
Munster, exact location unknown, somewhere in Co. Kerry or
s.w. Co. Limertick.
lan lith - halo-like radiance around head of person in
rastrad.
Lucetmail - v Lochr.
Lugbrann - 6th century (i.e. christian times) druid.Lughnasa - quarter day beginning sunset 31 July.
luibh (-eanna) - herb.
luibhlia - herbalist.
luis - the magical name of Rowan, the fiodh for letter L,
associated with, among other things, protection, investiture,
and rejuvination; most important tree of (human) druids; (the
American mountain-ash does not qualify as a true Rowan, which
must have a hairy bud-head).
lus (-anna) - herb.
lusca - man-made cave, crypt.
M
M ( ehm ) ............................................ v meol.
mac fuirmhidh - 2nd (from bottom up) rank poet.
macgnmrada - youthful deeds; a major type of seanchas.
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machnamh - meditation, contemplation.
mael - term for possible druid tonsure, contended by some to
be shorn ear to ear with tuft in front.
Mag Sleacht - the centre of the Cromm Croich (qv) cult.
Maigh Tuireadh - 1) First Battle of, Co. Galway between
Tuatha D Danann and Firbolg; 2) Second Battle of, Co. Sligo
between TTD and Fomoire; (Tuatha D Danann victorious in both).
mla cruite - harp-bag, for a master harper (only), of 3
lawyers: otter-skin, white-speckled kid-goat-skin, (around only
the strings:) white linen.mla ithigh - "bag of false witness", bag from which
lots are drawn.
mallacht (-a) - curse.
mana - omen.
marana - contemplation (esp. verbal).
Marbn - a swineherd who rose to ardfhile of Ireland (qv fearr fear).
Marcaigh Mra Gala - "Great Bright Riders", Slua Sdhe.
me - 1) mead; 2) balance-scales, weight, measure; 3)
fishing-ground; (to avoid confusion, v miodh).
meabhair - intellect(ual consciousness), rational sense,
memory, conscious awareness of ideas (cf aigne 7rl).
mealladh (mealta) - glamour, magically-induced illusion.
meanma - thought, attention, orientation of thought, morale (cf aigne).
marnil - phosphorescent light of (usually lesser)
Sdhe.
mear - hallucination, bewilderment, insanity, insane craving.
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mirn pca - foxglove (one of many names).
meol - spindle, fiodh for the letter M, associated with,
among other things, industry, ostentation.
meon - temperment, character, whims and fancies (cf aigne 7rl).
M - v Mdhe.
Mdhe - Meath.
Ml - first human inhabitants of Ireland (usually fir Mhle).
millteoracht - magical attack.
miodh - mead (older form, v me).
seinm - playing (music), proclamation.mionaire - lit. fine(small) attention; perception inwhich
data are distinct, events staccato, time contracted (cf nascaire).
mionn (-a) - 1) regalia; 2) oath; 3) relic.
mionnfhinne - finger-ring as "badge of office", a king's
worn on the right thumb; a druid's on either middle-finger.
Mogh Ruith - "wild" one-eyed poet-druid (v draoi allta),
greatest druid after Amhairghin (qv), who with a few apprentices
battled the combined forces of the arch-druid and all the court
druids of Ireland and their Sdhe allies, and won.
mideacht - votive offering.
molaim th - "I praise you" given to trees, leser Sdhe, 7rl
(i.e. not generally to average humans).
molta - praises.
mrchis - false self-importance.
moth - sentience, sensory awareness, self-awareness,
consciousness (cf aigne 7rl).
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moth amhra mad meabhraithe - very roughly , "a
feeling for marvels is an expansion of awareness".
muir - v farraige 7rl.
Mumhan - Munster.
Mumu - v Mumahn.
N
N ( ehn ) ............................................ v nion.
namhaid (naimhde) - enemynaofa - sacred (adj.).
naoi - nine, number of gestalten, inherent completion and return.
naomh - lit. "ninefold-one", sacred (person or thing).
naomhaidhe - ninefold of days, esp. the period afterwhich
danger has passed.
naonr - a ninefold of persons.
Nao Tonn, an - The Ninth Wave (of Eternal Return).
nasc - binding (one thing to another), link.
nascaire - lit. "link-attention"; state of perception inwhich
data are patterned, events flow, time expands (cf mionaire).
nath (-a) - cant-word, (as plural) skill in adages.
nathair (nathracha) - snake.
neach - being, person, irregardless of sex, used as "neach Sdhe".
naladireacht - 1) divination by clouds; 2) furtively spying.
nallta fola - "Clouds of Blood", invocation of slaughter.
neamh - v farraige 7rl.
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neamhshaolta - "otherworldly", magically intrusive into the
mundane, used only as adjective/adverb, generally with or
without explicitly intending an Saol Eile.
neart - power, strength, both physically and magically.
Neart inr lmha, frinne ar r dteanga,
glaine inr gcro. - "strength in our arms, truth
on our tongue, clarity in our heart", definition of fianna honour
(several minor variants exist).
Nide - youth who contested in iomarbh to claim the
supremacy of poet-druids of Ulster (qv Immacallam).neidn - "little nest", a power-spot of rest or general safety.
neimheadh - 1) outdoor sanctuary; 2) more loosely, any
person, thing inviolable as sacred.
Nemed - v Lebor Gabla.
n hanasa - "Not difficult", a standard beginning to
answering a question requiring expert knowledge.
n heisce gan rga gasacht bis - maxim
that a king (or any political leader) must always occupy the
position of greatest danger in any battle inwhich his people take
part.
nghe - washing, ritually done already regalia'd, not as
cleansing, but as "crossing" into ritual space (cf ling thar
tine cnmh).
nion - ash-tree, fiodh for the letter N, associated with,
among other things, battle, asceticism, prudence.
nuil - (generally acceptable) innovation.
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O
O ( oh ) ............................................. v omhna.
caire (-) - lowest grade of freeman without major skills,
layman.
enach - (esp. quarter year) assembly.
ogham - a Latin based rune-like alphabet of foreign origin.
Oche Samhna - Samhain (qv) Night.
oidhe - doom, violent death (of an individual).Oisn - poet, last of fianna.
ollamh - master, 7th rank (top) poet.
omhna - sessile-Oak (only), fiodh for the letter O,
associated with, among other things, law, duty, honesty.
r - gold.
ortha (-) - charm, physical not verbal, or clich verbal.
orthrus (usual form of complete folog n-orthrusa) -
sick-maintenance, right of everyone to medical care (the longer
term refers more specifically to long-term care).
P
P ( pay ) ............................................ v pigh.
Pdraig - Welsh evangelist.
pigh - beech, fiodh for letter P, associated with, among
other things, potency, thanksgiving.
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Ralta na bhFile - "Star of the Poets", the throne-room of
Teamhair (note, named after the poets who proclaimed there, and
not for the king).
ramhfhuireach - brocht set beforehand which awaits
scorn to activate.
r (-the) - king.
rastrad - physical and mental distortion-transformation (not
shape-shifting) of esp. warrior similar to Norse berserkir.
rig - v r.
roghain - queen.ron - v roghain.
re - duel, single combat (usually used for armed combat, cf
iomarbh).
rfhis - lit. "excessive/most knowledge" does not apply to
omniscience, but to "as much as you'd want or need", almost
always applied to Tuatha D Danann and not humans.
rosc (-anna) 1) eye; 2) a druid rhetoric, i.e. magical
incantation; not a set formula but an each use unique (or at
least slightly varied) extemporaneous utterance esp. incorporating
ilchiall.
rudach - monotomy in a brocht or filocht (generally
unacceptable in brocht but allowable in dcheatal di
cheannaibh, qv).
ruis - elder, fiodh for the letter R, associated with, among
other things, hosting, secret pathways, healing.
rn - secret (this word has a long ancestry and would appear
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to be Indo-European and not a Norse borrowing).
rraocht - the Ulster cycle.
S
S ( ehs ) ............................................ v sail.
sebmhillteacht - illusionary destruction.
sagart - (christian or non-druid) priest.
saighen - sudden blast of wind or flash of light.
sail - willow, fiodh for the letter S, associated with, amongother things, separation, proxy.
saileach - common name for sail, willow (as a herb).
sainaicme - demonination, caste, sect.
samhail - 1) semblence, likeness, metaphor; 2) model; 3)
spectre (esp. mealladh).
Samhain (gen. Samhna) - year turning, extra night-and-day
beginning sunset 31 October (the setting of the actual date esp.
due to calendar change reflects that this is a psycho-ritual and
not an astronomical date.
samhlchaiteamh - image-wearing/throwing to solicit response.
saoi - sage (person).
saoitholacht - 1) wisdom, intellectual accomplishment; 2)
humour, mirth; 3) oddness.
saol - world, life, existance in time and space, state of
affairs, sphere of influence, totality of conditions, 7rl.
Saol Eile, an - the Otherworld (used loosely in modern Irish
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to indicate death or Heaven/Hell).
saoltacht - reality, manner of the world.
srln - "exceeding full", gestalt.
sasanaigh - english (people, cf barla).
sauntra - harp strain to (magically) induce sleep.
scil - shadow, reflection, darkness, gleam, brillance.
scl - 1) phantom; 2) hero, (cf scil).
scalach - sudden violent gust of wind or chop of waves.
scth - shadow, covering, protection, phanthom.
Scthach - woman warrior-druid living in Albu.sceach - common name of uath.
scal (-ta) - story, not neccessarily seanchas.
sciath - shield.
sciotn - sudden drastic unexpected change.
scorn - "toggle/tally", trigger of a ramhfhuireach.
scrothaocht - limits of ad lib improvisation within a
brocht which cannot be exceeded.
seabhac - hawk.
seachrn - going astray, error, delusion, distraction.
seacht - seven, number of ordered hierachies.
sad - 1) journey, pathway; 2) gem, jewel, treasure.
seaghdha sheanfhocail - the excellence of ancient word.
san (-a) - omen of good luck; 2) good luck charm; 3)
treasured person or thing.
sean-ns (-anna) - traditional custom, ancient way.
seancha - teller of seanchais.
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seanchas (-ais) - ancient lore-tale (only a few of the most
important are listed by title in this foclir).
seandlaocht - archaeology.
seanfhocal - proverb.
seanghaeilge - Old Irish.
sansa - double, sending, apparition of person physically
elsewhere.
serglige - wasting sickness caused by magic.
s - v Sdhe.
S an Bhr - v Br na Bhinne.siabhradh - being (esp. minorly) effected by the Sdhe.
siabhrn - minor delusion or confusion caused by the Sdhe.
sin - cnoc Sdhe.
sian - whistle, indistinct scream or voice (esp. of the Sdhe).
Sdhe - 1) magical beings (general term as collective plural,
v neach); 2) "fairy-hill", place of permanent overlap of worlds.
sofa - (esp. minor) neach Sdhe.
sofrg - (esp. female minor) neach Sdhe.
sofrgacht - magical dealings with (usually the lesser)
Sdhe.
sig - neach Sdhe.
soga - (esp. minor) neach Sdhe.
son - (esp. sudden change to) stormy weather.
sor- - prefix: eternal.
Sithcheann - one of few smiths to also be a druid.
slacht - 1) feeling of being magically influenced, not
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necessarily by brocht; 2) spontaneously magic insight
(esp. given by procceeding (cf iomas, poc, tras); 3)
state of being fey.
slinte - health, welfare.
slaitn - wand.
sln - health, wholeness, security.
slat - staff.
Sle Bua - Spear of Victory.
sl - way, path in life, passage, journey, road, room to
proceed, correct course of action, means, method, manner,appropriateness, direction, space allowed for, 7rl.
slgad - v slua.
Slua Sdhe - hosting (mobile assembly) of Sdhe.
smaoineamh - thought, consideration, thinking-about (cf aigne 7rl).
snag breac - magpie.
sochastacht - "happy intricacy', love of complexity as
symbolic of energy, the flux and flow of the worlds intertwined.
soeis - turn, transformation, winning.
soilsi - illumination, brightening, enlightment (as in Zen 7rl).
soineann - calm fair weather.
soiscal - gospel, gossip, sermon. propaganda.
somhoill - suspension of brocht in stasis to adjust details
requiring gabhlairdeall.
sonra - details.
spir - v farraige 7rl.
sponc - coltsfoot (v adhann).
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sruth bhua - current or flow of bua (v il).
T
T ( tay ) ............................................ v tinne.
tagairt - references.
taibhreamh - dream (esp. clairoyant; cf ailsing).
taibhse - ghost.
Taillti - hill n.e. of Teamhair site of last decisive battle
between mortals and Tuatha D Danann.tin (tna) - cattle raid; a major type of seanchas.
tairbhe - 1) benefit, profit, usefulness, concern; 2) place,
activity, or object that is condictive to gaining bua or
developing br, may or may not be individually specific.
tairbhfeis - divination to choose new king.
taircheadal - (esp. verbal) prophesy
tairngire - 1) prophet (person); 2) promise (thing) 3)
precocious child.
tairngreacht - prophecy.
taise - 1) wraith, spirit-double; 2) relic; 3) ruins (esp. of
sacred place); 4) sudden swoon, faint.
taispenadh - 1) apparition (person or thing); 2)
demonstration, revelation (esp. as a major il) cf
caoilth.
talamh - v Farraige 7rl.
Tlcheann - "Adze-head", a druid epithet for Saint Patrick.
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tmas - indistinct trance vision.
tmhnal - trance in general.
taoiseach - 1) petty (cattle) lord, much lower than tiarna;
2) modern usage for the Prime Minister of Ireland.
tarbh - bull.
teachtaire - herald, messenger.
tagar - 1) substance, solidness, robustness, stoutness; 2)
shelter, warmth, comfort, beloved.
teagasc (-a) - 1) instruction; 2) doctrine, texts; 3) rote
brocht [only last use is derogatory].Teamhair (Teamhair Mhr, T. na R, T. Bhreac, 7r; gen.
Teamhrach) - "Tara", most important socio-political sacred site
of pagan Ireland under both mortals and the Tuatha D
Danann, n.e. of Dublin.
Teamhair Lachra - v Lachrn.
teanga - 1) tongue; 2) language.
teannil - beacon fire.
teannfhocal - emphatic statement, assertion (esp. of disputed matter).
tearmann - 1) sanctuary; 2) protection (of one person over another).
teine - v tine.
teinm lada - divination by chewing on raw meat.
teir (-eanna) - bad omen.
Thrbhs Mhr, an - The Great Triscele (Sea,
Earth, and Sky), whose binding (which is indivisble and may never
be broken down to three separate parts) insures the integrity of
the cosmos; as an individual binding it ensures sln, and
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as the penalty for breaking of a geis acts as a whole (the sea
rise to drown you, the earth open to swallow you, the sky fall to
crush you - v trbhs).
T na n-g - v Saol Eile.
tiarna (-) - lord (esp. a major neach Sdhe; generally
inappropriate for a mortal, execpt perhaps Amhairghin).
timpn - v tiompan.
tine - fire (v ling thar tine cnmh).
tine chnmh - bonfire.
tinne - holly, fiodh for the letter T, associated with, amongother things, conjolery, trickery, brazenness.
tiompn - 1) modern term: drum; 2) rsa: stringed
instrument like lyre or harp; 3) tambourine.
tiont - 1) turning (of tide, sid, 7rl); 2) annulment (of
law, 7rl); 3) (re-)conversion (in religion, politics, 7rl); 4)
translation (of words).
Tr Ildthach - "Many-Coloured Land", an Saol Eile.
Tr na Marbh - Land of the Dead.
Tlachtga - hill n.w. of Teamhair, site of the bruane Samhna.
tobar - well (water).
toghairm (-) - summoning invocation.
togharmach - conjurer, spiritist.
toil - will, consent, intent, mental preference (cf aigne 7rl).
toinal - trance (esp. immobile without outside originating
visions).
toit - smoke.
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toitri - 1) fumigation; 2) using enpowered smoke-mixtures.
Tongu fona dibh (Tuingim fom dhibh, Toingim dom
dibh, 7rl) - "I swear by (the/my) gods".
tonn - wave.
tonnchaint - communicating with (esp sea) waves (usually from shore).
torann - a sudden loud noise (such as thunder, 7rl).
torc - 1) neck ring open over throat (cf iodh); 2) wild boar.
torocht - pursuit, hunt; a major type of senachas.
trramh - 1) funeral wake; 2) harvest-home, crop-gathering.
trghadh - 1) ebb tide; 2) waning moon.tr (-anna) - triad, three-fold (except of persons).
tre - trident, threefold bunchur.
tradhacht - threefold srln.
tradhanas - threefold of days.
tran - "thrice richness", 1) champion(ship); 2) strength,
intensity; 3) ability; 4) plenty, abundance.
tr - three, number of binding.
trbhs - triple death, death by three simultaneous means.
trbhs - triscele.
trchos - triscele.
trchur - "three times (by three times)".
trfhth - three causes why something happens (v
trbhs), or
reasons to do something.
trir - threefold of persons.
Troid ar an bhFarraige, an - The Battle Against The Sea,
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symbolic that magnificent failure is perferable to prosaic
success, and that the means take priority over the end.
trom - common name of ruis.
troscadh - fasting, not as austerity but as protest.
tr - person fated to die soon.
tuar (-tha) - omen, good or bad.
tuath - 1) tribe; 2) countryside.
Tuatha D Danann - the "gods" (actually elder magical race)
of Ireland; the name probably does NOT refer to Danu but to
dn.tuathal - 1) pagan (the native Irish term, several other
Latin loan words are in modern usage); 2) counter-clockwise, to
bind, return to sourse, secure, close, invoke inward (cf deiseal);
modernly under christianity the word means "wrong way".
tis - incense.
tras (-a) - precognitive or clairoyant intuition (cf poc,
slacht, iomas).
turas - pilgramage.
U
U ( oo ) ............................................. v ll.
uacht - v audacht.
uaimh - cave, crypt.
Uaithne - Harp of the Dagda (v cruit).
uarn - spring (water).
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uasal - noble (person of either gender).
uath - 1) hawthorn, fiodh for the letter H, associated with,
among other things, trial, quest; 2) as prefex: spontaneous.
uathrosc - spontaneous rosc.
dars - (esp. self-assumed or unoffically acknowledged,
but valid) authority.
Uisneach - hill s.w. of Teamhair, ceremonial meeting of the
five provinces.
Uladh - Ulster.
ll - apple, fiodh for the letter U, associated with, amongother things, happiness, love.
upa - folk-charm (physical object).
upthaireacht - folk magic.
upthg - folk magic practicitioner.
urchar (-air) - "fairy dart", a sudden physical pain or
disfunction sent by the Sdhe.
urnaidhm - 1) harp string-pin; 2) pledge.
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