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O ( oh ) ............................................. v omhna.

ócaire (-í) - lowest grade of freeman without major skills, layman.

óenach - (esp. quarter year) assembly.

ogham - a Latin based rune-like alphabet of foreign origin.

Oíche Samhna - Samhain (qv) Night.

oidhe - doom, violent death (of an individual).

Oisín - 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.

ór - gold.

ortha (-í) - charm, physical not verbal, or cliché 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 ( pay ) ............................................ v páigh.

Pádraig - Welsh evangelist.

páigh - beech, fiodh for letter P, associated with, among other things, potency, thanksgiving.

Partholón - v Lebor Gabála.

péist - 1) modern: worm, vermin; 2) ársa: monster, often but not always in the form of an eel (not a snake).

píb uilleann - v bolg is buinní.

piseog - witch (in the general sense, but in tradition and association suitable to include followers of Wicca).

piseogacht - general earth (not hermetic) pagan magic, witchcraft (cf asarlaíocht).

poc - 1) fairy stroke, sudden seizure, faint; 2) sudden disquieting intuition (cf síúlacht, túras); 3) buck (deer, goat, 7rl).

pocmhothú - sudden non-premeditated athmhothú (qv).

púca - neach Sídhe of wildwood (the horse-creature is likely a Norse borrowing/extension).


R ( ehr ) ............................................ v ruis.

rá (ráite) - saying, utterance, adage.

rabhadh - forewarning (of battle, 7rl).

racht - paroxysm.

ráithe (-í) - quarter-year.

rann - stanza, poem.

ráth - 1) earthen ring-fort; 2) surety.

rath - bounty, abundance, riches.

ré - moon (-cycle).

Réalta na bhFile - "Star of the Poets", the throne-room of Teamhair (note, named after the poets who proclaimed there, and not for the king).

réamhfhuireach - bríocht set beforehand which awaits scorán to activate.

rí (-the) - king.

ríastrad - physical and mental distortion-transformation (not shape-shifting) of esp. warrior similar to Norse berserker.

rig - v rí.

ríoghain - queen.

ríon - v ríoghain.

róe - duel, single combat (usually used for armed combat, cf iomarbhá).

rófhis - lit. "excessive/most knowledge" does not apply to omniscience, but to "as much as you'd want or need", almost always applied to Tuatha Dé 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 ilchiallú.

rudach - monotony in a bríocht or filíocht (generally unacceptable in bríocht but allowable in dícheatal di cheannaibh, qv).

ruis - elder, fiodh for the letter R, associated with, among other things, hosting, secret pathways, healing.

rún - secret (this word has a long ancestry and would appear to be Indo-European and not a Norse borrowing).

rúraíocht - the Ulster cycle.


S ( ehs ) ............................................ v sail.

sáebmhillteacht - illusionary destruction.

sagart - (christian or non-druid) priest.

saigheán - sudden blast of wind or flash of light.

sail - willow, fiodh for the letter S, associated with, among other things, separation, proxy.

saileach - common name for sail, willow (as a herb).

sainaicme - denomination, caste, sect.

samhail - 1) semblance, 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).

saoithoúlacht - 1) wisdom, intellectual accomplishment; 2) humour, mirth; 3) oddness.

saol - world, life, existence in time and space, state of affairs, sphere of influence, totality of conditions, 7rl.

Saol Eile, an - the Otherworld (used loosely in modern Irish to indicate death or Heaven/Hell).

saoltacht - reality, manner of the world.

sárlán - "exceeding full", gestalt.

sasanaigh - english (people, cf béarla).

sauntraí - harp strain to (magically) induce sleep.

scáil - shadow, reflection, darkness, gleam, brilliance.

scál - 1) phantom; 2) hero, (cf scáil).

scalach - sudden violent gust of wind or chop of waves.

scáth - shadow, covering, protection, phantom.

Scáthach - woman warrior-druid living in Albu.

sceach - common name of uath.

scéal (-ta) - story, not necessarily seanchas.

sciath - shield.

sciotán - sudden drastic unexpected change.

scorán - "toggle/tally", trigger of a réamhfhuireach.

scrothaíocht - limits of ad lib improvisation within a bríocht which cannot be exceeded.

seabhac - hawk.

seachrán - going astray, error, delusion, distraction.

seacht - seven, number of ordered hierarchies.

séad - 1) journey, pathway; 2) gem, jewel, treasure.

seaghdhaí sheanfhocail - the excellence of ancient word.

séan (-a) - omen of good luck; 2) good luck charm; 3) treasured person or thing.

sean-nós (-anna) - traditional custom, ancient way.

seanchaí - teller of seanchais.

seanchas (-ais) - ancient lore-tale (only a few of the most important are listed by title in this foclóir).

seandálaíocht - archaeology.

seanfhocal - proverb.

seanghaeilge - Old Irish.

séansaí - double, sending, apparition of person physically elsewhere.

serglige - wasting sickness caused by magic.

sí - v Sídhe.

Sí an Bhrú - v Brú na Bhóinne.

siabhradh - being (esp. minorly) effected by the Sídhe.

siabhrán - minor delusion or confusion caused by the Sídhe.

sián - cnoc Sídhe.

sian - whistle, indistinct scream or voice (esp. of the Sídhe).

Sídhe - 1) magical beings (general term as collective plural, v neach); 2) "fairy-hill", place of permanent overlap of worlds.

síofa - (esp. minor) neach Sídhe.

síofróg - (esp. female minor) neach Sídhe.

síofrógacht - magical dealings with (usually the lesser) Sídhe.

sióg - neach Sídhe.

síogaí - (esp. minor) neach Sídhe.

síon - (esp. sudden change to) stormy weather.

síor - prefix: eternal.

Sithcheann - one of few smiths to also be a druid.

síúlacht - 1) feeling of being magically influenced, not necessarily by bríocht; 2) spontaneously magic insight (esp. given by proceeding (cf iomas, poc, túras); 3) state of being fey.

sláinte - health, welfare.

slaitín - wand.

slán - health, wholeness, security.

slat - staff.

Sleá Bua - Spear of Victory.

slí - way, path in life, passage, journey, road, room to proceed, correct course of action, means, method, manner, appropriateness, direction, space allowed for, 7rl.

slógad - v slua.

Slua Sídhe - hosting (mobile assembly) of Sídhe.

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.

soilsiú - illumination, brightening, enlightenment (as in Zen 7rl).

soineann - calm fair weather.

soiscéal - gospel, gossip, sermon. propaganda.

somhoill - suspension of bríocht in stasis to adjust details requiring gabhlairdeall.

sonraí - details.

spéir - v farraige, 7rl.

sponc - coltsfoot (v adhann).

sruth bhua - current or flow of bua (v iúl).