| A | B |
|---|
| foundling | an abandoned infant of unknown parentage |
| furbished | to give a new look to, renovate, revive |
| balm | a healing or soothing influence or consolation |
| renege | go back on one’s word |
| torques | necklace made of precious metal |
| harrowed/harrowing | distressed/distressing |
| girdled | surrounded closely |
| anathema | a cursed, excommunicated person |
| insensible | without one’s mental faculties; unconscious |
| wassail | festive occasion with drinking |
| respite | relief from pain or care |
| parley | hold a conference for debating points in a dispute, esp. a discussion of terms for armistice |
| reavers | ones who take by force or carry off; plunderers |
| heathenish | without connection to a widely held religion (esp. Christian) as regarded by those that do have such a connection |
| riven | split or torn violently apart |
| thane | In Anglo-Saxon England, a man who held land from a king or other superior for military service (ranking between ordinary freemen and hereditary nobles) |
| mail | armor made of rings, chains, or plates joined together flexibly |
| interlopers | intruders |
| mongering | dealing or trading |
| proffer | offer services |
| strand | the margin of a sea, lake or river |
| retainers | dependents or followers of a person of rank |
| formidable | inspiring respect or awe |
| recompense | reward |
| renounce | formally agree to abandon |
| flush | freshness; vigor |
| sway | rule, influence, or government |
| whetted | sharpened by grinding |
| brook | tolerate, allow |
| vied | competed, strove for superiority |
| leavings | things left over, especially as worthless |
| kith and kin | friends and relatives |
| bane | the cause of ruin or trouble |
| bawn | a meadow near a dwelling |
| baleful | harmful, destructive |
| quailed | flinched with fear |
| recoiled | suddenly moved or sprang back in fear, horror, or disgust |
| keening | wailing over |
| unremitting | without interruption; constant |
| ignominious | shameful |
| requite | compensate or reward |
| blather | foolish chatter |
| unscathed | without any damage or injury |
| arbitrate | settle a dispute |
| depredations | despoiling, ravaging, or plundering |
| mere | a lake or pond |
| plaited | braided |
| damascended | decorated with etching or inlaying esp. with gold or silver, or with a watered pattern produced in welding |
| alacrity | briskness or cheerful readiness |
| gannet | a mainly white seabird that catches fish by plunge-diving |
| hale | strong and healthy |
| scion | a younger member of a noble family |
| barrow | a mound of earth constructed in ancient times to cover one or more burials |
| scourge | a person or thing that punishes or oppresses, esp. on a large scale |
| unavailing | ineffectual, achieving nothing |
| recconoiter | to survey a region esp. to locate an enemy or to ascertain strategic features |
| quelled | crushed or put down |
| suppurating | forming pus; festering |
| rampart | a defensive wall with a broad top and usu. a stone parapet |
| fray | conflict, fight, brawl |
| bier | a moveable frame upon which a coffin or a corpse is placed and taken to a grave |
