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Winter of the Wolves

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by Tony Bradman


  GLOSSARY

  Angles a Germanic people from the part of Europe we now know as northern Germany and Denmark, who arrived in Britain in the fifth century CE

  Britannia the Roman name for Britain

  Britons people who lived in Britain before the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons

  byrnie a piece of chain-mail armour that covered a soldier’s neck and shoulders

  Elmet a small ancient kingdom roughly corresponding to part of Yorkshire today

  Franks a Germanic tribe who took over Gaul as Roman rule ended

  Friga goddess of love and wisdom and wife of the god Woden in Anglo-Saxon mythology. In Norse mythology she is known as Freya.

  Frisian Sea an area of the North Sea near to what is now the Netherlands

  Gaul the Roman name for a land that today includes France and parts of some of its neighbours

  Geats a Germanic tribe from Scandinavia

  Goths a Germanic people from Scandinavia who took over most of Hispania as Roman rule ended

  Gwynedd an ancient Welsh kingdom, today a county in Wales

  hand-fasted engaged or married

  Hispania the Roman name for what is now Spain and Portugal

  Jutes a Germanic people who invaded Britain in the fifth century CE along with the Angles and Saxons

  Lindsey a small ancient kingdom roughly corresponding to part of Lincolnshire today

  mead an alcoholic drink made from honey, water and spices

  Norns legendary figures who create and control fate

  pelt animal skin or fur

  pommel the knob at the top of a sword or dagger

  poultice a treatment for wounds and swellings, made from a heated mixture spread on a cloth or spiders’ webs

  Powys an ancient Welsh kingdom, today a county in Wales

  Saxons a Germanic people from the part of Europe we now know as northern Germany and Denmark, who arrived in Britain in the fifth century CE

  scop a court poet

  seax a long knife or dagger used by the Anglo-Saxons

  spatha a type of long, straight sword

  stockade a defensive wall built of large wooden posts

  Tamesis the Roman name for the river Thames

  Thunor god of thunder in Anglo-Saxon mythology. In Norse mythology he is known as Thor.

  Vandals a Germanic tribe who are famous for attacking and destroying Rome

  Vikings people from Scandinavia who settled in parts of the British Isles from the eighth century CE. They are also known as Norse people.

  Woden king of the gods in Anglo-Saxon mythology. In Norse mythology he is known as Odin.

  wyrd fate, a power that decides everything that happens, according to Anglo-Saxon belief

  Yggdrasil the mighty tree that supports the whole universe in Anglo-Saxon and Norse mythology

  Yuletide a midwinter festival celebrated by Anglo-Saxons and other ancient northern European peoples. Some of the Yuletide customs have been kept as part of Christmas traditions.

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