Dauntless by Tamara Leigh
AGE OF CONQUEST
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Abelard: AA-buh-lahrd
Aelfled/Aelf: AYL-flehd
Aethelflaed: EH-thul-flehd
Aetheling: AA-thuh-leeng
Aiken: AY-kihn
Alditha: AHL-dee-thuh
Alfrith: AAL-frihth
Alvilda: ahl-VEEL-duh
Ardith: AHR-dihth
Arn: AHRN
Asbjorn: AHS-bee-yohrn
Asketil: AAS-kuh-tihl
Balliol: BAY-lee-uhl
Bayard: BAY-ahr
Bernia: BUHR-nee-uh
Bjorn: BEE-yohrn
Boudica: BOO-dih-kuh
Boursier: BUUR-see-ay
Campagnon: KAHM-paan-yah
Canute: Kuh-NOOT
Chanson: SHAHN-sahn
Christophe: KRIHS-tahf
Ciel: SEE-eh
Colban: KOHL-buhn
Conteville: KAHN-vee
Couloir: KOOL-wah
Cyr: SEE-uhr
D’Argent: DAR-zhahnt
Daryl: DAA-rihl
Deda: DAY-duh
Diarmad: DIHR-maad
Dougray: DOO-gray
Dubh: DOOV
Dunfermline: duhn-FUHRM-luhn
Eadwine: EED-wiyn
Ebbe: EH-buh
Eberhard: EH-buh-hahrt
Edelwine: EH-duhl-wihn
Edwin: EHD-wihn
Elan: EE-lahn
Ely: EE-lee
Em: EHM
Emma: EHM-uh
Estienne: EHs-tee-ihn
Falaise: Fuh-LAYZ
Fitz Géré: FIHTS ZHAY-ree
Fortier: FOHR-tee-ay
Fulbert: FOO-behr
Gacé: GAA-see
Gerald: JEHR-uhld
Gloucester: GLAH-stuhr
Gloucestershire: GLAH-stuhr-shuhr
Godfroi: GAWD-frwah
Godwine: GAHD-wihn
Gospatric: GAHS-paa-trihk
Grandmesnil: GRAHN-may-neel
Guarin: GAA-rahn
Guy: GEE
Gwain: GWAYN
Gytha: JIY-thuh
Hawisa/Isa: HAH-wee-suh/EE-suh
Hendrie: HEHN-dree
Herba: UHR-buh
Hereward: HEHR-uh-wuhrd
Hugh: HYOO
Ingvar: EENG-Vah
Is ceol mo chroí thú: Ihs kyohl muh kree hoo (you are the music of my heart)
Ivo: EE-voh
Jaxon: JAAK-suhn
Jean: ZHAHN
Johannes: yoh-HAAN-ihs
Lavonne: LUH-vahn
Lecille: LEE-sihl
Leicestershire: LEH-stuhr-shuur
Leofe: LEE-ohf
L’Épée: LAY-pay
Liath: LEE-uh
Maël: MAY-luh
Maëlys: MAY-lees
Maerleswein: MAYRL-swiyn
Marguerite: MAH-guh-reet
Mary Sarah: MAA-ree-SAA-ruh
Masse: MAAS
Maxen: MAAK-suhn
Mercia: MUHR-see-uh
Merle: MUHRL-uh
Michel: MEE-shehl
Mo ghaol: muh gihl (my love)
Mo shíorghrá: muh HEER-grah (my eternal love)
Nicola: NEE-koh-luh
Olivier: oh-LEE-vee-ay
Ordric: OHR-drihk
Paulette: PAW-leht
Pepin: PEH-pihn
Pierre: PEE-ehr
Ravven: RAY-vihn
Raymond: RAY-mohnd
Rhiannyn: REE-aan-uhn
Richard: REE-shahrd
Rixende: RIHKS-ahnd
Robine: rah-BEEN
Roche: ROHSH
Roger: ROH-zheh
Roul: ROO-l
Sévère: SAY-vehr
Séverine: SAY-vuh-reen
Sigward: SEEG-wuhrd
Stephen: STAY-fahn
Stigand: STIY-guhnd
Sweyn: SVIHN
Tá mo chroí istigh ionat: Tah muh kree ihsh-tihg uhn aat (my heart is in you)
Taillebois: TIY-uh-bwah
Tha gaol agam ort: Haa gihl ah kuhm ohrsht (I love you)
Theriot: TEH-ree-oh
Theta: THEH-tuh
Thurstan: THUR-stuhn
Torquay: tohr-KEE
Turfida: TUHR-fee-duh
Turold: TOO-rohld
Vilda: VEEL-duh
Vitalis: VEE-tah-lihs
Vimoutiers: VEE-moo-tee-ay
Warenne: WOHR-ihn
Wulf: WUULF
Wulfrith: WUUL-frihth
Wynflaed: WIHN-flehd
Zedekiah: ZEH-duh-KIY-uh
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PRONUNCIATION KEY
VOWELS
aa: arrow, castle
ay: chain, lady
ah: fought, sod
aw: flaw, paw
eh: bet, leg
ee: king, league
ih: hilt, missive
iy: knight, write
oh: coat, noble
oi: boy, coin
oo: fool, rule
ow: cow, brown
uh: sun, up
uu: book, hood
y: yearn, yield
CONSONANTS
b: bailey, club
ch: charge, trencher
d: dagger, hard
f: first, staff
g: gauntlet, stag
h: heart, hilt
j: jest, siege
k: coffer, pike
l: lance, vassal
m: moat, pommel
n: noble, postern
ng: ring, song
p: pike, lip
r: rain, far
s: spur, pass
sh: chivalry, shield
t: tame, moat
th: thistle, death
t~h: that, feather
v: vassal, missive
w: water, wife
wh: where, whisper
z: zip, haze
zh: treasure, vision