Pronunciation Guide

If you are like me, you prefer knowing how words sound when read, especially if you are reading them aloud to someone else, so I have included my best estimate of how some of the less obvious words are pronounced, based on several sources. For multi-syllable words, the emphasized syllable is in all caps. Any errors are, sadly, my own.

Note: The numbers in brackets indicate in which book the word/phrase/name appears: (1) The Viking Who Fell Through Time; (2) The Viking’s Shadow Lady; (3) A Viking in Atlantis

• Ajmal (ADG-mal) (1)
• Arakon (A-ra-kon) (3)
• Arne (AR-neh) (2)
• Beade (be-AH-dah) (1)
• Beren (BEH-ren), formerly Jenal (JEH-nal) (1) (2) (3) 
• Dioni (DY-oh-nee) (3)
• Dyre (DEE-ray) (1)
• Emund (EE-mund) (1)
• Einar (EYE-nar) (3)
• Gudrin (GOOD-rin) (2) (3)
• Jussi (JOO-see) (3)
• Kai (KYE) (2)
• Kaya (KYE-ah) (2)
• Kiana (kee-ANN-a), formerly Nahid (naah-HEED) (1) (2) (3)
• Lida (LEE-dah) (1) (2)
• Lita (LEE-ta) (3)
• Mykola (MY-coal-ah) (3)
• Piter (PY-ter) (3)
• Runa (ROO-na) (1) (2)
• Vider (VY-der) (1) (2) (3)
• Vitaros (vi-TAR-ose) (3)
• Xena (ZEE-nah) (3)
• Zabeth (ZAH-beth) (2) (3)

• Á sér sitja (ah sair SEET-yah) - be quiet (1)
• Anno Domini (anno do-mee-nee) - Latin for “year of our lord” (2) (3)
• Bǫkk (thock - ‘th’ as in ‘breath’) - Norse for “thanks” (2)
• Borð (thorth -first 'th' is as in 'breath', second 'th' is as in 'breathe') - Norse for “table” (2)
• Forstår du mig (fore STAR doo meeg) - Norse for “Do you understand?” (3)
• Góðr (GOATH-rr) - Norse for “good” or “fine” (1) (2)
• Ja (YAH) - Norse for “yes” (2) (3)
• Kaliste (kah-LISS-tay) - Greek for “The Fair One” (an island in the Aegean Sea) (3)
• Keevah (KEE-va) - Warm milk, spiced, with a strengthening/healing potion in it, a combination of local herbs and medicine traded with a Shadow world; also used as birth control (invented word) (2)
• Klengodd, (KLEN-got) - Claw-shaped root from a Shadow world that, when treated with certain chemicals, has remarkable healing properties (invented word) (2) (3)
• Knorr (NOOR) - Viking ship used primarily in trade (Norse) (1) (2)
• Latine loqueris (la-TEEN-ay low-KWAIR-iss) - Latin for “do you speak Latin” (2)
• Lauga (LAU-gah, rhymes with HOW-ga) - Norse for “bathe” (2)
• Nei (NAY) - Norse for “no” (2) (3)
• Parlez-vous Francais (par-lay voo fron-say) - French for “do you speak French” (2)
• Sjørotte (Shure-OTT-ah) - Norse for "sea rat"; derogatory name for raiders (2)  
• Vel kominn (vel-COAM-en) - Norse for “welcome” (2)