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Listen to Celtic Christmas Music on Radio Dé Danaan

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For the best mix of Celtic music from all over the wordl -- no, really! -- listen online to Radio Dé Danaan, Music of the Pan-Celtic World!


Now available on wifi Internet radio through Reciva Internet Radio and Pandora.

http://www.live365.com/stations/nan_hawthorne

A Medieval Vocabulary Test

So you read a lot of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages? Test your knowledge of medieval terms.

Click on a word to see its definition on the Free Online Dictionary, including pronunciation and etymology. By the way, the placement of the pictures means nothing.

1. cuirass

2. merlon

3. bliaut



4. leman

5. reeve

6. ætheling

7. burh. See also King Alfred and the Burhs.



8. wicket

9. brigandine

10. ballista

11. franklin - scroll down below personal names.

12. coffer



13. claymore

14. posset

15. quern

16. obedientiaries

17. Brehon



18. wattle and daub

19. Brythonic

20. coracle