Pronunciation guide
Most of the character and place names in Ingeld's
Daughter are more or less phonetic. This guide shows how I say them
to myself, and I hope it proves helpful. If you'd like to suggest ways I could
improve it, please contact me and let me know.
Characters
- Alina: Al-een-a
- Anred: Ann-red
- Berold: Be-rolled (first syllable rhymes with the 'e' in 'bed')
- Bethoc: Beth-ock
- Corin: Co-rinn (first syllable rhymes with the 'o' in 'rot')
- Crinan: Crinn-ann (first syllable rhymes with the 'i' in 'lid')
- Dunmas: Dunn-mass
- Edred: Edd-redd
- Eomer: Ay-oh-mare
- Eomund: Ay-oh-mund
- Eormenric: Ay-ore-menn-rick
- Everard: Evv-er-ard
- Fastred: Fast-redd
- Firdan: Fear-dann
- Frealaf: Fray-a-laff
- Gartran: Gar-trann
- Guthrum: Guth-rum (first syllable rhymes with the 'u' in 'cuff')
- Gyrdan: Gear-dann
- Hedric: Hedd-rick
- Herulf: He-rulf (first syllable rhymes with the 'e' in 'bed')
- Holman: Holl-mann
- Hygurd: Higg-erd
- Hygelac: Higg-a-lack
- Iona: Eye-oh-na
- Irdil: Er-dill
- Irinya: I-rinn-yah (first syllable rhymes with the 'i' in 'lid')
- Kerian: Ke-ree-ann
- Lameter: Lamm-ett-er
- Malise: Mall-ease (first syllable rhymes with the 'a' in 'dad')
- Poll: as in the first syllable of 'Polly'
- Radwulf: Radd-wolf (last syllable is pronounced as the word 'wolf')
- Taran: Tar-ann (first syllable rhymes with the 'a' in 'dad')
- Tiercel: Tear-sell
- Treowin: Tree-oh-winn
- Tyria: Ti-ree-ah (first syllable rhymes with the 'i' in 'lid')
- Vidian: Vidd-ee-ann
- Venlan: Venn-lan
- Verenice: Ve-renn-ees (first syllable rhymes with the 'e' in 'bed')
- Wootton: Wuh-ton (first syllable rhymes with 'wood')
Groups
- Ailarain: Ayl-a-rane
- Bucharain: Buch-a-rane ('ch' as in Scottish 'loch' or German 'bach')
- Caradain: Ca-ra-dane (first two syllables rhyme with the 'a' in 'bad')
- Gragarain: Gragg-a-rane
- Islarain: Izz-la-rane
Places
- Ailart: Ayl-art
- Ardern: Ar-derrn (the 'r' in the second syllable should be rolled like
a French 'r', or like Gandalf's pronunciation of the 'r' in Mordor in Peter
Jackson's film Lord of the Rings)
- Billand: Bill-land
- Buchart: Buch-art ('ch' as in Scottish 'loch' or German 'bach')
- Caradon: Ca-ra-donn (first two syllables rhyme with the 'a' in 'bad')
- Carlundy: Carr-lunn-dee
- Darain: Da-rane (first syllable rhymes with the 'a' in 'dad')
- Devern Aida: Dev-errn Ay-da (the 'r' in the first word should be rolled
like a French 'r', or like Gandalf's pronunciation of the 'r' in Mordor
in Peter Jackson's film Lord of the Rings)
- Dunart: Doon-art
- Errendale: E-renn-dale (first syllable rhymes with the 'e' in 'bed')
- Gragart: Gragg-art
- Grinsbrook: Grynes-brook (last syllable pronounced as in the word 'brook')
- Isgar: Iss-gar
- Islanart: Izz-lann-art
- Lanthart: Lann-thart
- Mickleburg: Mick-ell-berg
- Mortach: More-tach ('ch' as in Scottish 'loch' or German 'bach')
- Oxley: Ox-lee
