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.