The Dictionary - what do the words mean?

[Dante Borgia]

No thank you for this excellent mod.

Btw as I said above I couldn't find ANY settlement with the name Caer Didi, only Caer Sidi, so check it if you like, in case there's a mistake

[Adorno]

In that case blame Idibil, he made the names 
(But I think you're right. It should be Caer Sidi)

[Dante Borgia]

Idibil. I blame you.

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Ok mate glad to be of service

[Idibil]

Caer Didi is actual Cardiff. Cardiff in welsh is Caerdydd, it derive of "fort on the Taff". Taff is the river that run near of castle, and its name in welsh is Dydd --> Diddi --> Didi

Other theory, William Camden said that name have origen in Aulas Didius, roman general, of here: Caer Didi mean “Fort of Didius”.

[Dante Borgia]

Oh OK my bad. I can find Caerdydd as Cardiff but I couldn't find it as Caer Didi.
Thanks for the correction, added.

[FrisianDude]

'Tacnberend' refers to banner carriers? I've only seen them as prisoners and soldiers in my party (but haven't had them in battles yet) and they don't show weaponry then, and they looked kinda scruffy and have no upgrade as far as I can see. 'Berend' seems obviously related to 'bearers' but I don't know about 'tacn.' Sounds a bit like 'takken' which is Dutch for twigs/branches.

[Dante Borgia]

It does. There's a reference in "A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language" by Joseph Bosworth

Tacn-berend; a standard-bearer

[iskar]

dantes toponymy is great work *bows*

yet still there were a lot of places just labeled as "possibly insignificant or no longer exists"
i just couldnt believe there were so many irretrievable locations, so i started searching the web and i did in fact find out about most of those places:

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Ad Cluanan - Clunie, Aberdeenshire
Alne Ceaster - Alcester
Alrwic - Aldridge
Ath an Tearmainn - ancient place in county Roscommon, mentioned in synodal texts

Caer Pentaloch - Kirkintilloch
Caer Rheon - Cairnryan
Caislen Credi - identified with Scone, where the picts adopted christian belief, therefore "castle of faith"
Ceasterfeld - Chesterfield
Cill Alaid - Killala
Cill Chleite - Kilchlief
Caer Luit Coyt - Wall near Lichfield, obviously slightly misplaced on map; not Lincoln, which is to be identified with Linnuis
Caer Peris - Caer Beris near Builth Wells; not Portchester, which is situated in southern England, not in Wales
Crumbford - Cromford

Din Hua nAmalgada - Castle (Din) of Ui Amalghaid - ancient centre of the kingdom of Amalghaid, today's Barony of Tyrawley
Dinypas - clearly identified with modern Dunipace, but obviously misplaced on map (Dunipace is to the west of Edinborough)
Dumanyn - this one is misplaced too, Dalmeny, as it is called today, lies near Dunipace
Dol - Dull, near Perth
Dol Ais - Dallas, North Scotland
Dol Is - Dawlish
Druim Dergblathuig - "The Red Ridge of Blathuug", pictish battle site, actual place is unknown
Du Glas - Douglas, Lanarkshire
Dun Daig - Dundee
Dun Devenel - Dundonald(?)

Eclesia Hyll - Eccleshill
Elmwella - Elmswell

Faffand - a place in County Offaly, mentioned in Ancient chronicles

Grafrenn - ancient site north of Dunboyne

Huensis = Insula Huensis - Iona on Mull (on the map some water is missing depriving Mull of its island status)
Hyncaleah - Hinckley, Leicestershire
Hysetun - Histon
Hyrne Ceaster - Horncastle

Ilea - Isle of Islay

Ligor Ceaster - Leicester
Luith Feirn - historically recorded battle site, location is actually unknown

Nisa - Inverness(?), perhaps slightly misplaced on map

Oratun - likely to be Chipping Norton or Hook Norton, Norton being a corruption of Oratun

Pillgwynllwg = Gwynllwg - Wentlooge

Rae Ban - actually mythological site of the Cu Chulainn Saga
Rath Clochair - ancient centre of the barony of Rosclogher
Ricestun - perhaps Cyricestun, a place mentioned in Chronicles, relating to Aelfred of Wessex

Sarimish - this name was taken from the native game, for what reasons ever
Scythles - seems to be North or South Shields, though it would be heavily misplaced in this case
Sleamhain - Sleamaine, a hill in Co. Wicklow
Seals-Ey - Selsey

Tamaris - ancient Cornish settlement on the River Tamar, mentioned in the 7th century "Ravenna Cosmology"

Vernalis - ancient Cornish settlement east of Exeter (=Caer Uisc), mentioned in the same Chronicle as Tamaris

Wellatun - Welton
Winteringasham - Winteringham

Yr Wyn - Irvine, Ayreshire

i hope this helps completing the toponymy 

[Dante Borgia]

At last someone found interest in helping my research. Great work thank you for helping out

Yeah it's true I couldn't find all of them, and it seemed weird that many of them were missing, that's why I used the word "possibly" in those I couldn't find.   

Thanks again.

[iskar]

hey idibil, why dont you just tell us about those place names we couldnt find out?

btw where did you get those names from and how did you identify them with modern places? did you do the same research as dante and me, just vice versa??

[Idibil]

Jur, it is long.
Initially, I am interested in the history of Britain in the dark ages. I've always been struck by the Viking period, but then discovered the Welsh poems Canu Heledd and Y Goddodin, and others. Then I begin read about this time (V to VIII centuries). With books and Internet (you have some interesting links and books here: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,137201.0.html ) i did list of information (lords, places, ladies, kings, kingdoms...)
I love history (you can tell, no?  ) and I wanted to give life to a game that was didactic, i like concept creation of games... and bla bla....


Hehe. Well, what's important. I have in mind place list complete and correct where necessary (but that takes time, quite some time, and clean the dust off the pages of data that I was accumulating.) This in the task order, but take a while and I want do first others things like PL and alternative items.

[iskar]

looking forward to more historical details

btw, as i havent done that yet, id like to hereby express my utmost admiration for this mod. its magnificent concerning both history/ didactics and gameplay 

[Sibilance]

May I propose that the Brytenwalda Dictionary and Brytenwalda Toponyms information should be included in the Game Concepts section of the player's in-game Notes? It'd be a lovely bit of polish to put inside the game world, and would make things that much easier to get into for new players.

It'd also help if the new Notes were pointed out as one of the loading-screen Hints, or perhaps on a reworked version of that new game welcome popup that says "You are now viewing the overland map blah blah blah".

[King Ragnarok]

seals-ey is actually scarbourugh

[Adorno]

No that can't be right. Not the Scarborough I know in Yorkshire...