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- Abbreviations used: An- Normalized or common Nordic term
- Arm- Armanic terminology as developed by Guido von List
MoHG- Modern High German
OHG- Old High German
ON- Old Norse
pl- plural
Note: italics within the pronunciation guides indicates the
appropriate, stressed syllable within given terms.
Alaf Sal Fena Commonly used
among Armanen and Irminen as a dynamic greeting- a projection of luck,
wholeness, hale-being (and happiness), health, prosperity and fruitfulness.
All OHG- Al [all] The Germanic Cosmos {MoHG All}.
Altmâg OHG [alt-mahg; pl Altmâgâ] Ancestor,
forebear {MoHG Ahne; pl Ahnen}.
Ensi [en-sih] OHG- A tribe of Gods including
Wodan, Donar, &c {An Aesir; ON Ćsir}.
Era OHG {ęra} [ayr -a] Honor, renown, worth,
and good name- the social rank/ standing and reputation one enjoys within a
tribal society, sometimes used by Irminists to reflect orders or other socially
recognized privileges or entitlements {MoHG Ehre, Ehrung}.
Faining OHG- fagende [fa-yënd-e] In context here, a
celebration or partaking of the joy of the Gods {MoHG Feier}.
Fridu [frid-u] OHG- Peace; peace in a
setting of security or safety {MoHG Friede}.
Garma [gar-mah] Arm- see
Wurt.
Haruc [har-uk] OHG- An indoor ritual
enclosure or holy place.
Harugari [har-u-gar-rih] OHG- The
priest-chieftain of a sippa.
House Altar- OHG hűsaltari [hoos-alt-ar-ih]
Family or House Altar; often a chest or small cabinet which also stores
implements for faining / samal. Also known as the hűswîhbetti {MoHG Hausaltar}.
Irminenschaft- [ir-min-ën-shaft] MoHG-
Irminism: Germanic religion as it has survived and evolved to this day.
Kala- [kah-lah] Arm- Cyclic arrangements and
orders of kernel / runic-kernel words, syllables and terms used to convey
Primordial secrets in such a way as to preserve and protect the integrity of
their holiness and power, and to prevent a formula’s unraveling or un-making in
maintaining the secret of its root meanings- hidden from those not initiated
into the guilds or possessing the skills necessary to understand such deeply
encrypted mysteries or origins.
Liut [liwt] OHG- A folk or collection of folk- used
to designate an organized group of of oath-bound Irminists, as aside from the
blood-bonds of the sippa, and functions in similar (or, often the same) respect
as a typical Ásatrú kindred {MoHG Leute}.
Rita [also: Ryta- reet-ah] Arm- Movement or
rhythm of cosmic law, patterns and cycles; primordial law.
Samal OHG {sâmal} [sah-mall] A ritual
drinking feast; participants have a particularly direct influence on shaping
wurt & urlag at this most holy function {An sumble}.
Samnonti OHG {samnônti} [sam-nohn-tih] A
‘coming together’ of folk, a gathering.
Sippa [sip-a] OHG- A kindred or clan,
including the household of the Harugari and those bound to that core unit
through oath or blood {MoHG Sippe}.
Summer Thing OHG sumarthing [sum-ar-thing]
The High-Thing of Irminen, taking precedence over all other 'lesser' Things
which may fall throughout the year- its Icelandic equivalent is the Alţing,
which remains in practice amoung Scandinavian Heathen and Heathen organizations
{MoHG Sommerthing}.
Thau [thow] OHG- Customs, usages or virtues which
promote the good and wholeness of a tribe, community, or sippa.
Triuwa {triuua} [triw-a] OHG- A 'faith' or
fidelity founded on a shared trust; an oath-based loyalty {An troth; MoHG Treue}.
Wanâ OHG- {Uuanâ} [wan-ah] A tribe of Gods
including the Frouwa, Ing Fro, Nirdu &c {An Vanir; MoHG Wanen}.
Wîhstat OHG- {uuîhstât} [weekh-staht] A holy
or sacred place; an area made holy for faining, especially outdoors {MoHG
Weihung}.
Wurt OHG- {uuurt} [wurt] Similar to karma, it is
the ‘working out’ or rendering of urlag- the ‘reaction’, result or consequence
to the action placed within the Well; this is what von List termed as Garma in
his Armanic works.
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