I will be Waxing a bit into Old Irish terms or words. As I am neither speaker of Modern Middle or Old Irish. Please forgive any Spelling or usage that does not match what you have been taught.
I will be using my Wise and Learned Sources and often perhaps a bit out on Context and hopefully copyright.
But will also try and add a file with the terms as I introduce them or ask about them. This file will grow word by word and perhaps be of use to some.
TDK
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aicme > From Old Irish aicme.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈacmʲə]
Noun aicme f (genitive aicme, plural aicmí)
genus
class (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.)
family, tribe
set, clique
denomination (unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aicme
The ogham alphabet originally consisted of twenty distinct characters (feda), arranged in four series aicmí (plural of aicme "family"; compare aett). Each aicme was named after its first character (Aicme Beithe, Aicme hÚatha, Aicme Muine, Aicme Ailme, "the B Group", "the H Group", "the M Group", "the A Group"). Five additional letters were later introduced (mainly in the manuscript tradition), the so-called forfeda.
Ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogham
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airchetal > spells and spellwork
admat (Old Irish)
admat (masc.)
invention
poem
invention: airec, dolbud, tuscurnud
poem: aicde, airchetal, creth, dán, drécht, dúan, laíd, nath, rosc
Irish: adhmad
Manx: aamai
------- Abred (W) > The Circle of this physical world / reality.
------- Adbertos (Gaulish) > An offering or ritual in which something is given to the Deuoi.
Ref. Glossary of Druidism llewellyn.com
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Anam > soul (probably a loan-word, v bradán, brí).
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Anamimirce - transmigration of soul.
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Anam Cara: > Anam Cara refers to the Celtic spiritual belief of souls connecting and bonding. Anam cara is an Irish language term meaning "spiritual advisor"
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Andumnos (Gaulish) > The Underworld / Otherworld / Netherworld
which corresponds to the Greek Elysian Fields and Tartaros, and to the Teutonic Valhall and Hel. There are many isles of the Celtic Otherworld. Andumnos was later called Annwn in Welsh, and Andomhain in Early Irish (Gaelic).
Ref. Glossary of Druidism llewellyn.com
Three most interesting Words / Terms and concepts of Druidism.
TDK
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anguinum; glain y nidir; mân macal > See Druid's Egg
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Antiqua Restaurata
A History of the Island of Mona
‘Including an Account of its Natural Productions, Druidical Antiquities, Lives of Eminent Men, the Customs of the Court of the Ancient Welsh Princes, etc.’
—by Angharad Llwyd (1780–1866).
We often see old Brittonic languages like Cymraeg or y Gymraeg (Old Welsh) Goidelic (Old Irish)or even Lingua Latīna (old Latin) . Used to favor the soup of books and blogs. I will be doing a special blog of references I find in old text to some of them, nice to see they are really real. You can follow it here:
http://yggdrasillibrary.blogspot.com/2014/11/antiqua-restaurata.html
Awen:
>>Many Druid rituals begin or end with singing or chanting the awen. When doing so, the word is stretched to three syllables, sounding like ah-oo-wen. It is a lovely sound, that opens up the heart and soul. Sung/chanted together, or in rounds, it simply flows, as its namesake determines. Our hearts literally can open if we let them when chanting or singing the awen.<<
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Who has hear the Banshee's Cry ?
Banshee > The banshees are Irish fairies of death, from legends and Celtic mythology. Its name means "fairy woman" or "woman of the hills. Her appearance is that of an ethereal woman, sometimes a young maiden, and in others, an old and nasty witch. The banshees announced with their tears and their cry that death was near
Barddas > Bardism, The Barddas of Iolo Morganwg published 1862, is a collection of writings, largely claimed now to be forged, about ancient Welsh Bardic and Druidic beliefs.
Bérla Féini[Bairla-faina] > The oldest dialect of the Irish language, was what the Brehon Laws were written in. Which even in the ninth centruy was so difficult that persons about to become brehons had to be specially instructed in it. A bit like use of Latain in our modern Laws. Some say it Was the Ancient Dark Speak for Rosc (Cursing) or other Magick of ancient Druids and Bards
Beannaithe ag Draoithe - Blessed by Druids
Bendrui > (see Female Druid)
Bó
How's your Bó status?
Bó old Irish for Cow.
Having cows was wealth and status. Cows play an inportant part in Celtic life and Religions of the Toutas (Tribes). In sharp contrast to its use in English, "cow" in ancient Ireland was employed as a term of endearment, also denoting wealth and high social rank.
Bradán Feasa > Irish The Salmon of Knowledge.
Celtic Irish myth of the Well of Segais (Well of Wisdom), a well or pool surrounded by nine hazel trees.
These hazel trees dropped their nuts into the water and the water sustained the trees.
In turn the Salmon of Knowledge ate the nuts that fell into the water,
and to eat the salmon meant that the person was granted knowledge and poetic inspiration.
Brittonic - Brythonic the British Celtic languages
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Coracle, a wee bit of of a boat, we often see refered to in old stories and tales.
Coracle (W) > The coracle is a small, lightweight boat of the sort traditionally used in Wales but also in parts of Western and South West England, Ireland (particularly the River Boyne),[1] and Scotland (particularly the River Spey); the word is also used of similar boats found in India, Vietnam, Iraq and Tibet.[2] The word "coracle" comes from the Welsh cwrwgl, cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic currach, and is recorded in English as early as the sixteenth century. Other historical English spellings include corougle, corracle, curricle and coricle.
CYMRIC > of, relating to, or characteristic of the non-Gaelic Celtic people of Britain or their language; specifically : welsh
Cymru [ˈkəm.rɨ] > Wales, a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east.
the Irish Sea to its north and west, and the Bristol Channel to its south.
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dán - poetry, gift-talent-vocation, fate-destiny ("a man can't drown whose dán's to be hanged", ) as a unitary concept
Deosil (“jes-l”) - To move clockwise.
Deuoi > Higher divinities , were creative shape-shifting spiritis . they could incarnate in many forms through thiermagick . they are capable of talking many forms or guises as well as walking the earthiy realm of manifested world.
Ref. Tadhg MacCrossan
Dindsenchas > Irish dindsenchus > Dindsenchas or Dindshenchas (modern spellings: Dinnseanchas or Dinnsheanchas), meaning "lore of places" (the modern Irish word dinnseanchas means "topography") is a class of onomastic text in early Irish literature, recounting the origins of place-names and traditions concerning events and characters associated with the places in question.
Dindsenchas or Dindshenchas (modern spellings: Dinnseanchas or Dinnsheanchas), meaning "lore of places"[1] (the modern Irish word dinnseanchasmeans "topography")[2] is a class of onomastic text in early Irish literature, recounting the origins of place-names and traditions concerning events and characters associated with the places in question. Since many of the legends related concern the acts of mythic and legendary figures, the dindsenchas is an important source for the study of Irish mythology.
The literary corpus of the dindsenchas comprises about 176 poems plus a number of prose commentaries and independent prose tales (the so-called "prose dindsenchas" is often distinguished from the "verse", "poetic" or "metrical dindsenchas"). As a compilation the dindsenchas has survived in two different recensions. The first recension is found in theBook of Leinster, a manuscript of the 12th century, with partial survivals in a number of other manuscript sources. The text shows signs of having been compiled from a number of provincial sources and the earliest poems date from at least the 11th century. The second recension survives more or less intact in thirteen different manuscripts, mostly dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. This recension contains a number of poems composed after the Book of Leinster text. Dindsenchas stories are also incorporated into saga texts such as Táin Bó Cúailnge and Acallam na Senórach.
Ref.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dindsenchas
This is something we as Druids should seek to know and understand better. Where ever we are. Both the History and the Genus Loci, which requires talking to the land and its spirits.
Distaff > Weaver’s distaff, Stang is an Old English term for a distaff which in its earliest form was simply a forked tree branch with two or more tines. A distaff was a tool for handspinning used every day by women for at least 2000 years before it went out of fashion with the invention of the spinning wheel and its introduction to Europe in the early 13th century and then mechanical wheels during the industrial revolution. Raw carded fibre is tied to the top of the distaff which was usually taller than the spinner and the fibre was continuously pulled, twisted and spun onto a spindle.
“The so-called ‘sacred object’ held in such reverence by some witches was in fact a weaver’s distaff–and could easily be mistaken for a phallic symbol. The weaver’s distaff, bound with reeds or straw, appears frequently in rural carvings and elsewhere. It again has reference to the Craft and supreme Deity. It would appear that the witches were not in the least influenced by Freudian concepts.”
-– Robert Cochrane, On Cords
Doire (IG) > The origin of the word ‘Druid’’ is unclear, but the most popular view is that it comes from ‘doire’, an Irish-Gaelic word for oak tree (often a symbol of knowledge), also meaning ‘wisdom’. Druids were concerned with the natural world and its powers, and considered trees sacred, particularly the oak.
Druidism can be described as a shamanic religion, as it relied on a combination of contact with the spirit world and holistic medicines to treat (and sometimes cause) illnesses. They were said to have induced insanity in people and been accurate fortune tellers. Some of their knowledge of the earth and space may have come from megalithic times.
Ref. http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofWales/Druids/
I do like this discription. (Druidism can be described as a shamanic religion) TDK
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(Did Druids do Magick ?)
Although seldom discussed in Face book groups of Druid major organizations or interest pages (that I am a member of) in our ancient past we were considered the Masters of Magick, Conjure, Curses, Rosc and Spells. So here is a word / term dear to my Un-Reformed Druid Heart.
TDK
Draíocht - One of the three primary arts, the word is used to refer to what we would now called "magick" (in both the simple and the ritual sense). It means "the use of powers to effect ends." Spell-casting, the use of evocations and invocations, the practice of chanting, circle dancing (intended to bring about a particular end) and other arts are all considered disciplines of draíocht. http://www.isisbooks.com/celtic-springs.asp
Google Translate:
Ár nDraíocht Féin > Our Own Draíocht
Féin . > Own
Ár > Our
draíocht > I like our Magic as Defination.
Etymology draoi + -acht
Noun
draíocht f
druidic art
magic, enchantment
Declension
[show ▼]Declension of draíocht
Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
draíocht dhraíocht ndraíocht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
http://dictionary.reference.com/
rad·i·cal [rad-i-kuhl] Show IPAadjective
1. of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
2. thoroughgoing or extreme, especially as regards change from accepted or traditional forms: a radical change in the policy of a company.
3. favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms: radical ideas; radical and anarchistic ideologues.
4. forming a basis or foundation.
5. existing inherently in a thing or person: radical defects of character.
6. Mathematics .
a. pertaining to or forming a root.
b. denoting or pertaining to the radical sign.
c. irrational ( def 5b ) .
7. Grammar . of or pertaining to a root.
8. Botany . of or arising from the root or the base of the stem.
le·ni·tion [li-nish-uhn] Show IPA
noun
1. Phonetics . a phonological process that weakens consonant articulation at the ends of syllables or between vowels, causing the consonant to become voiced, spirantized, or deleted.
2.Linguistics . a type of Celtic mutation that derives historically from phonological lenition.
Origin: 1535–45 for obsolete sense “mitigation, assuaging”; 1910–15 for current senses; < Latin lēnīt ( us ) (past participle of lēnīre to soften; see lenis, -ite2 ) + -ion
eclipsis
World English Dictionary
eclipsis (ɪˈklɪpsɪs) — n
1. a rare word for ellipsis
2. (in Gaelic) phonetic change of an initial consonant under the influence of a preceding word. Unvoiced plosives become voiced, while voiced plosives are changed to nasals
Drui Druii Draoi:
>> The word “druid,” or rather druides, is first attested in Latin and Greek, though it is of Celtic origin. Irish forms of drui (singular) and druid occur fairly frequently in medieval Irish literature, though mostly as references made in passing, and much more often than the Welsh cognate dryw occurs in in early Welsh.<< Ref. http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/opinionated-celtic-faqs/druids/
>>The word is the plural of the title Drui (or Draoi) and Anglicized into a singular term. They were the ‘learned elite’ not unlike the Brāhmana (Anglicized as Brahmin) of Vedic culture or the Philosopher/Teacher of Greek tradition. Current scholarship questions whether they were more philosophic or religious in their focus, but they generally were teachers, historians, ambassadors, and conduits to the Gods by their knowledge of the correct understanding of ritual to varying degrees. It is likely the profession had various specialties similar to the Vedic Brahmin. References to druid can be found from Gaul to Ireland, but seem absent from the Iberian Peninsula and Northern Italy.<< Ref. http://www.legioviferrata.com/celts/id8.html
You may have noticed that I sometimes use the Druid as a singular form and Druids as Plural form.
Other Times I use Drui or Druii or even Draoi in its proper (I believe not being a polymath) form and Druid as the Plural form.
TDK
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Eisteddfod > noun ei·stedd·fod \ī-ˈsteth-ˌvȯd, ā-\
plural ei·stedd·fods\-ˌvȯdz\ or ei·stedd·fod·au\-ˌsteth-ˈvȯ-ˌdī\
usually Welsh competitive festival of the arts especially in poetry and singing
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Female Druii:
Tonight we look at ancient Irish names for Female Druii (singular form of Druid) #Female #Druid. 02-05-15
They are said to have specialized in the Cults of the local goddesses for their Toutas (tribes).
1) 'ueleda' (we-leh-dah)
2) 'bendrui' (byen-drce)
These Druid Priestess often served a goddess line, Sulis, Brigindu or Brigantia.
{Reference Tadhg MacCrossan}
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Fili' (fee-lyeh) A poet-magician or seer, who performed Celtic magic and mystical rites. The fili' was a solitary practitioner , something like a shaman in other cultures.
{Reference Tadhg MacCrossan}
Fionn's Wheel > is a diagram found in the Book of Ballymote. It shows all 25 Oghams arranged around a series of concentric circles This diagram can be used to divine paths necessary for "Pathworking", a very powerful shamanic/Magical technique.
I apologize for the many Un-referenced quotes I may be using. When I started my Irish (Druidic personal) glossary I was not careful to record the many many sources I copied.
I am sure many are the wise words of Druid Searles O Dubhain Ohan Master. Here is a great one and a Great Web Site Resource.
http://www.summerlands.com/crossroads/library/fionnswh.htm
fiodhrádh :(I) > literally "wooden utterings", this was the druidic "tree- alphabet" employed in divinational and other magical purposes in which each tree had symbolic associations. Its entire exact content is open to dispute (qv ó Tuathail, An Fiodhrádh, Toronto 1985) but the major trees and their associations are well established. Ref 09
Yes Lady Jane Divination is still very important Druidic work for those that can call up Summers Lands.
TDK.
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(Perhaps the very last pieces of recorded Druid High Tech equipment and the reason written records were not needed by the High Ones while the Eggs still worked.
Theory by TDK, and yes I can make a good legal case for this theory also.)
Druid's Egg > anguinum (?) ? Druid's egg AKA: anguinum; glain y nidir; mân macal
According to Pliny's Natural History, XXIX.52.:
There is also another kind of egg, of much renown in the Gallic provinces, but ignored by the Greeks. In the summer, numberless snakes entwine themselves into a ball, held together by a secretion from their bodies and by their spittle. this is called anguinum. The Druids say that hissing serpents throw this up into the air, and that it must be caught in a cloak, and not allowed to touch the ground; and that one must instantly take flight on horse-back, as the serpents will pursue until some stream cuts them out. It may be tested, they say, by seeing if it flaots against the current of a river, even though it be set in gold. But as it is the way of magicians to cast a cunning veil about their frauds, they pretend that these eggs can only be taken on a certain day of the moon, as though it rested with mankind to make the moon and the serpents accord as to the moment of the operation. I myself, however, have seen one of these eggs; it was round, and about as large as a smallish apple; the shell was cartalaginous, and pocked like the arms of a polypus.
Apparently, the druid's egg was believed to create a favorable outcome in courts of law; enough so that the Romans outlawed carrying one into any courtroom, and would put to death anyone caught carrying such an object.
In recent times, there has been some debate as to what Pliny is describing: is it made of glass? is it a type of sea shell? Lately, there have been some glass baubles found in Wales and Scotland that some claim are the "eggs" in question, but whether they actually are or not is unknowable.
In Wales, there is still some belief in the objects; they call them mân macal (snare stones), and glain y nidir (the snake's jewel).
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/wylie/vol1ch9.htm
From the theology of Druidism we pass to its worship and rites. Some of these rites were curious, others were picturesque, and others were repulsive and horrible. If the first, the curious, but not less credulous than curious, was the Druid’s egg. This egg appears to have been an object of some interest to the ancients, seeing they speak of it, and some of the aver having actually seen and handled it. Of the number who have specially described it is Pliny. If half of what is related of this egg be true, it must be to us, as it was to the ancients, an object of no little wonder. It was formed of the scum of serpents. As the snakes twisted and writhed in a tangled knot, the egg, produced in some mysterious way, was seen to emerge from the foaming mass of vipers, and float upward into the air.1 It was caught by the priests while in the priests while in the act of falling. The Druid who found himself the fortunate possessor of this invaluable treasure took instant measures to prevent being stript of it almost as soon as he had secured it. Throwing himself upon a horse that was kept waiting for him, he galloped off, pursued by the snakes, nor halted till he had got on the other side of the first running water to which his flight brought him. His pursuers were stopped by the stream; they had power to follow him no farther. The egg was his. It was an inexhaustible magazine of virtues, a storehouse of mighty forces, all of them at his command, and endowing its happy possessor with the enviable but somewhat dangerous attribute, so liable to be abused, one should think of obtaining almost all he might desire, and of doing nearly all that he pleased. Of those who have testified to have seen this egg, we do not know one who was witness to its birth, or was prepared to speak to the extraordinary circumstances said to accompany its production, or the wonderful deeds performed, or that might have been performed, by the Druid who was so fortunate as to get it into his keeping.
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Geas
geis (geasa) > magically bound injuncture or duty, individual and contextual, having force of dán, explicitedly not a taboo since many geasa required the person bound to perform, not avoid, the required activity.
Here is one you will see or hear from time to time. Also I believe each Soul reincarnates with, yet the conscious mind is most often unaware of. We can blame either the Over-Soul or The Sisters of Fate or more correctly (I believe) both.
TDK
genii locorum (Latan)
Plural form of genius loci, (jēˈnē-əs lōˈsīˌ, -kē, -kī)
n.
1. The distinctive atmosphere or pervading spirit of a place.
2. The guardian deity of a place.
If not it is a True Druid duty to go seek meet and earn their friendship. (I Believe).
Ghosti > This odd looking word, *ghos-ti, is the Proto-Indo-European word which refers to the reciprocal relationships of hospitality. In fact, the English words "guest" and "host" both come from this root (the * at the beginning of the word just means that it's a word reconstructed by linguists and not attested in literature or archeology). Our religion in ADF is based on this idea, that we can form relationships with the Powers by making offerings to Them, with the expectation that we may receive blessings and wisdom from Them in return. Well, we've invented a new use for it!
(From something at AFD web site but did not save reference link. Term is a bit rare today (At least in my readings). Would love new links on it.TDK)
http://hoodoo-vodou-druido-grove.blogspot.com/2014/10/ghosti-breaking-druids-bread.html
Goidelic > The ancient old Irish Language before the coming of Patrick and the religion of the Latin language.
Gorsedd > /ˈɡɔːsɛð/ noun
Word Originnfrom Welsh, literally: throne
A community or schooh of Bards
(in Wales) the bardic institution associated with the eisteddfod, esp a meeting of bards and druids held daily before the eisteddfod
Gwydion (W) > In pre-Celtic times there was the first of the Bards, whom even Taliesin, "the most extravagant in his pretensions of all Celtic bards," acknowledged as one who took precedence over him.
Gwynfyd (W) > The Circle of Blessedness, the Astral world or Summer-lands.
Gwynfydolion (W) > Beings who had been made perfect in a previous world-cycle or age, and were denizens of Gwynfyd. Proto-Druids or Cole-Men Godlike beings.
L::Lebor > Old Irish word for book.
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Mael > Druids were often nicknamed Mael (old Irish for bald).
Mahatmans (San?) > (The Mahatmans are highly evolved men, controlling powers over Nature's forces which they have gained through self-directed evolution during many, many lives in the near and distant past. Now they are become Masters of life; in former ages they were men like you and me. The Masters and the Path of Occultism, p. )
Moon Path: This path focuses on the inner journey of the Druid. Just as the Moon has no light of its own, but reflects the light of the Sun, the Moon Path teaches us to reflect the Divine within ourselves. Included in this path are teachings on basic shamanism, how to meditate, and how to interpret our dreams. The nwyfre of the Moon Path lies in learning to see the life force in ourselves and to recognize that there is no separation between our own life force and the nwyfre of all other living things in this universe and all other universes
Moot:
A muddy ditch or as we often use the term..
>>A moot hill or mons placiti (statute hill)[1] is a hill or mound historically used as an assembly or meeting place, as a moot hall is a meeting or assembly building, also traditionally to decide local issues. In early medieval Britain, such hills were used for "moots", meetings of local people to settle local business. Among other things, proclamations might be read; decisions might be taken; court cases might be settled at a moot. Although some moot hills were naturally occurring features or had been created long before as burial mounds, others were purpose-built.
Etymology
Although the word moot or mote is of Old English origin, deriving from the verb to meet, it has come to have a wider meaning throughout the United Kingdom; initially referring to any popular gathering.
In England, the word folkmoot in time came to mean a more specific local assembly with recognised legal rights. In Scotland the term is used in the literature for want of any other single accepted term. <<
REf. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moot_hill
Mote > Like in "So mote it be"
archaic: may, might
Middle English, from Old English mōtan to be allowed to — more at must
First Known Use: before 12th century
REf. merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mote
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Nwyfre (mW) > The Druidic concept of the ‘life force’ has been embodied in the word ‘nwyfre.’ The word nwyfre is a Middle Welsh word meaning ‘sky’ or ‘vigor.’ It was usually used to refer to a windy sky. Iolo Morganwg popularized its use as a ‘magical’ word. He probably misunderstood the etymology of the word, which originally had no mystical connotation, but ‘nwyfre’ has taken on a life of its own (no pun intended) among contemporary Druid circles. The way modern Druids use the word, it now means ‘life force’ or ‘life energy.’ Think of ‘The Force’ from the Star Wars film series, and you’ll have a rough approximation of what nwyfre means to a Druid
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Ogam or Ogham > this early form of writing is said to be inspired by Ogma, the Irish god of eloquence; the word is alternately spelled "ogam".
On sticks and Stones but what about bones? TDK
Ogma > Is Ogma is just another name for the Dagda
He is one of the five at the Amrun of Grellach Dollaid.
(Ogma shares the Dagda's double nature, as a club-wielding strong-man on one hand, and a word-wielding magician on the other. )
Now that is True Bard Wood.TDK
Ollam Ollamh > In Irish, Ollam or Ollamh (anglicised as Ollave or Ollav), is a master in a particular trade or skill. In early Irish Literature, it generally refers to the highest rank of Fili ( Fíli Poet Class > Wise one, poet of the Milesians) ; it could also modify other terms to refer to the highest member of any group: thus an ollam brithem would be the highest rank of judge and an ollam rí would be the highest rank of king. In modern Irish, it has come to mean "professor".
There was an official post in ancient Ireland called the "Rí Ollam" or "Ard Ollam" or Chief Ollam of Ireland. The holder of the post had a standing equal to the High King of Ireland.
Do you know a "Ollamh Fodhla" I am fortunate to have one living and perhaps one or two of Summerland or Otherkin.
Ollamh Fodhla >meaning "great teacher," was used to designate various prominent men throughout history.
Literary fosterage
In Ancient Ireland, ollams taught children either for payment or for no compensation.
References ^ "Fosterage in Ancient Ireland" Ref .libraryireland.com
Etymology From Old Irish ollam.Nounollamh m (genitive ollaimh, nominative plural ollúna)
(literary) master-poet, ollave
master, expert, learned man
(education) professor
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P-Celt - The Brythonic Celts spoke a language that like Latin
and Greek went through a change around BC 1200 when the Q
sound was modified to P. The languages of Wales, Cornwall,
Brittany all evolved from P-Celt
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Q-Celt - The term used to denote people who spoke the oldest
Celtic language which was called Goidelic (Irish), Gaighlig
(Scottish) or Gaelic (English) and is the language from
which the modern Irish, Scottish and Manx languages
derived.
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Salmon > see bradán feasa
Samildánach
An alternante name for Lugh Lamhfada; it means a polymath, one who is skilled in many diverse arts. When Lugh came to Tara, he was told that he could only join the Tuatha de Dannan if he could perform a task that none could perform. It was found that though everyone else could perform one task, he could perform all tasks, and so this unique ability to do all allowed him acceptance.
In many ways a Druid's Training strives to create this as they go through these three stages. The order here is how I feel they should be taught. Not the common order of most Druid Orders.
1) Vatis or Ovate as seer, psychic and prophet must learn to hear and see with the Psychic mind as first.
2) Bard as poet and warrior must learn to teach , how to bless and curse (druid rhetoric {Rosc or roscanna magick poems} ) with the psychic mind, tongue and body as second.
3) Druid as wiser warrior and peace keeper must learn to deal with the Politics of Life both Human and Gods as last.
TDK
A seanchaí ([ˈʃan̪ˠəxiː] or [ʃan̪ˠəˈxiː] - plural: seanchaithe [ˈʃan̪ˠəxɪhɪ]) is a traditional Irish storyteller/historian. A commonly encountered English spelling of the Irish word is shanachie.
The word seanchaí, which was spelled seanchaidhe (plural seanchaidhthe) before the Irish-language spelling reform of 1948, means a bearer of "old lore" (seanchas). In the ancient Celtic culture, the history and laws of the people were not written down but memorized in long lyric poems which were recited by bards (filí), in a tradition echoed by the seanchaithe.
Perhaps not all Bards are Druids but all Druids (I believe) are Bards and "Seanchas".
TDK
Seanchas (I)
From Old Irish senchas, senchus (“old tales, ancient history, tradition; genealogy; traditional law”).
The Senchus fer n-Alban (The History of the men of Scotland) is an Old Irish medieval text believed to have been compiled in the 10th century. It provides genealogies for kings of Dál Riata and a census of the kingdoms which comprised Dál Riata.
Senchléithe (shen-x'le-he) > hereditary serf
Senchus Mór (I)
So few today even know the real "Senchus of their own life times. Yet we long for the True Senchus of the ancient Gods and Druids, that perhaps only the Fae really know.
TDK
Seanchas (I) > In the Gaelic language ‘senchus’ (pronounced shen-uh-kuhs) means “history”
Etymology
Noun
seanchas m (genitive seanchais)
(literary) traditional law; ancient history and tradition; genealogical information
lore, tradition; (act of) storytelling
(act of) talking, chatting, seeking information; informative talk, discussion
- the Ancient Genealogy, History, and Brehon Law of Gaelic Ireland
[Shanahus More] > Of the tracts contained in these volumes, the two largest and most important are the Senchus Mór
Noun
Synonyms
Descendants
Sinnsreachd > The Sinnsreachd (G) ? is a Gàidhlig (Scots-Gaelic) word that means,
in this context, "Customs of the Ancestors".
Sliocht > Tribe
slat an draoichta, "rod of Druidism,"
>>Each clan, tribe, or kingdom had its Druids, who, in time of war, assisted their hosts by magic art. This is reflected back upon the groups of the mythological cycle, each of which has its Druids who play no small part in the battles fought. Though Pliny recognises the Priestly functions of the Druids, he associates them largely with magic, and applies the name magus to them. 1 In Irish ecclesiastical literature, drui is used as the translation of magus, e.g. in the case of the Egyptian magicians, while magi is used in Latin lives of saints as the equivalent of the vernacular druides. 2 In the sagas and in popular tales Druidecht, "Druidism," stands for "magic," and slat an draoichta, "rod of Druidism," is a magic wand. 3 The Tuatha Dé Danann were said to have learned "Druidism" from the four great master Druids of the region whence they had come to Ireland, and even now, in popular tales, they are often called "Druids" or "Danann Druids." 4 Thus in Ireland at least there is clear evidence of the great magical power claimed by Druids.<<
Ref. The Religion of the Ancient Celts [1911] By J. A. MacCulloch
Sun Path: This path is an in-depth analysis of the Wheel of the Year and how Druids celebrate the High Days, including rituals for each High Day.The Sun Path teaches the Wheel of the Year as a metaphor for our own sacred journey through life, embracing the concepts of balance between light and dark, chaos and order. The nwyfre of the Sun Path lies in learning to see the life force as an expression of the Divine, and learning that we ourselves are a divine expression of the nwyfre.
T::
"Taibhsearachd" > the gift of prophec or second-sight.Some Druids Bards Vates (or Ovates, due to a misinterpretation of the Greek spelling οὐάτεις ['waːteːs]) and Witches have it many Neo's do not. "Taibhsearachd, a Blessing wrapped in a Curse" TDK"
A skill that seems lost but so badly needed in our World today.Taghairm > A primary art of the wise, it refers to all the arts of 'determining the nature of events and places.' It involves the use of oracles or the interpretation of natural events in an attempt to figure out "what's going on" and "what a mortal should do." Taghairm has to do with discerning the way we should go. http://www.isisbooks.com/celtic-springs.aspOh what secret Druid truths has the Fires of the Saints stolen from us so long ago ???
Tamhlorgaibh fileadh
Taibhli-filidh (filidh staves)
Tabhall-lorg (tablet staff)
Fleasc filidh (filidh's wand)
Tamlorga filidh (trance shin of the filidh) - A headless
square staff made up of thin sticks of birch, yew, alder,
apple, oak etc. and attached at one end so that it could
be opened into a fan. The poets wrote the basic outlines
of stories into the sticks in ogham. The filidh and druids
also used them for record-keeping. The reference to the
shin reinforces the idea that the shin and the nose were
both used as the stem line for two-handed ogham. They were
commonly called ogham wands and sometimes the sticks were
tied into bundles and stored.
touta > Tribe
Touta: (tah-oo-tah / toh-tah) > A tribe or kindred of people who come together regulary. They form a local or virtual community.
The VCG touta Celts: We are a congregation of people who meet regularly in virtual electronic and Astral spaces for Esbats and High Festivals of our Druid ways and worship / honor Adbertos for the Deuoi in their many forms.
Also friendship,Sharing, caring,healing, Seanchas, Sinnsreachd , Taibhsearachd , Airchetal /Draíocht and more.
U::
Ueleda > (see Female Druid)
Uelis > (weh-liss) (plural uelites) the learned prophets, seers and poet magicians of our ancient celts.
Widdershins - To move counter-clockwise.
Beannaithe ag Draoithe - Blessed by Druids
Note I am not a polymath so almost all the definitions I share a wisdom from others great cauldrons. When I first started building my private dictionaries they were to help me with spelling and mostly Irish mythology. I had no plans to share from them and was amiss about keeping track of sources from many things I have read. So I hope these wonderful authors will forgive my sharing their wisdom in our Forrest Chats.
TDK
Needs moved
Today's Old Irish or other terms comes from a great Druid Scholar and the FBg Druid.
Subject: Druids using Mask, Guise, Guising, Disguise.
Hope to Druidic Literature references blog later on.
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Searles O'Dubhain Here are two words for masks to be found in eDIL,. These are derived from the traditional tales and illustrate the magical use of masks in irish culture:
énchendach
Meaning: bird-covering, feather mantle:; bird-cap; a mask worn in totemistic ceremonies;
féth
Meaning: A magic mist, veil, which renders those under it invisible; a mask,
vizard, hood; a disguise that rendered the wearer unknown or invisible;
The definitions at eDIL for these words contain references to where the words are used. Research into these could prove useful to any CR.
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FYI
eDIL - Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language - This is ...
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Foclóir Draíochta - Dictionary of Druidism For Herbal Blog
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