If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler Glossary

Aagd

Found on a foreign atlas from an unknown country; the narrator believes it to be either a river or a lake.

barricade

To block off.

Cimmeria

A fictional country with a complicated political and linguistic history.

Cimbria

A fictional rival country to Cimmeria.

Department Of Bothno-Ugaric Languages and Literatures

The department the Reader visits to learn more about Cimmerian literature.

girdle

An elastic corset.

infantry

Soldier's marching on foot.

Orkko

Fictional capital of Cimmeria.

ramparts

An embankment.

phalanxes

A body of troops or police officers, standing or moving in close formation.

pantheon

All the gods of a people or religion collectively, or a temple dedicated to all the gods.

provincial

Of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded.

quires

Four sheets of paper or parchment folded to form eight leaves, as in medieval manuscripts, or any collection of leaves one within another in a manuscript or book.

aleatory

Depending on the throw of a dice or on chance; random.

opera omnia

The complete works.

escarpment

A long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.

schoeblintsjia

A fictional food from the story "Outside the town of Malbork."

tench

A European freshwater fish.

rowans

Berries of the rowan tree.

relict

A thing that has survived from an earlier period or in a primitive form.

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