Paganism
an older system of belief premised on multiple gods; not a main world religion
meekness
to be tender and gentle; to be mellow and easily influenced
dwell
to think about something; to remain obsessed about a certain thing; to live somewhere
tarried
to remain somewhere; to stay somewhere even when you should be going
withered
to wilt; to die and shrivel
dormant
not alive; not active
barley
a type of grain; a cereal
weary
to be exhausted; to be tired
leagues
a distance, about three miles; the way people used to measure three miles
rim
the edge
benevolent
to have good will for someone
thicket
bushes and trees growing close together
seized
to be captured; to be taken