mad·ri·gal (mdr-gl)
n.
Music. An unaccompanied vocal composition for two or three voices in simple harmony, following a strict poetic form, developed in Italy in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
A short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music.
Music.
A typically unaccompanied polyphonic part song using a secular text and intended for four to six voices, developed in Italy in the 16th century and very popular in England in the 16th and early 17th centuries. Sometimes a string accompaniment doubles or replaces one or more of the vocal parts.
A part song.
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[Italian madrigale, probably from dialectal madregal, simple, from Late Latin mtrclis, invented, original, from Latin of the womb, from mtrx, mtrc- womb, from mter, mtr-
mother; see mater.]
Al·ar·ic (lr-k). A.D. 370?-410.
King of the Visigoths (395-410) who plundered Greece in 395 and attacked Italy, conquering Rome in 410
Sounds like Alric, Eh?
Mau·riac (môr-äk, môr-yäk), François. 1885-1970.
French writer many of whose novels, notably Thérèse Desqueyroux (1927), are psychological studies of temptation, sin, and redemption in the lives of bourgeois characters. He won the 1952 Nobel Prize for literature.
Iri, fire; light
Our TFL pathfinder.
tain (tn)
n.
A type of paper-thin tin plate.
Tinfoil used as a backing for mirrors.
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[French alteration of étain, tin, from Late Latin stannum; see stannic.]
The Tain is made of tin!
Con·nacht (knt, -t) also Con·naught (-ôt).
A historical region of west-central Ireland. An ancient native kingdom, it was dominated by the O'Connor family in the 11th and 12th centuries.
This has already been mentioned just not in this thread. Thought it was worth reposting.
deru-
Important derivatives are: tree, truce, true, truth, trust, tray, trough, trim, tar1, endure, druid.
Also dreu-To be firm, solid, steadfast; hence specialized senses “wood,” “tree,” and derivatives referring to objects made of wood.
Suffixed variant form *drew-o-.
tree, from Old English trow, tree, from Germanic *trewam;
truce, from Old English trow, pledge, from Germanic *treuw.
Variant form dreu-.
true, from Old English trowe, firm, true;
trow, from Old English trowian, trwian, to trust;
trig1, from Old Norse tryggr, firm, true;
troth, truth; betroth, from Old English trowth faith, loyalty, truth, from Germanic abstract noun *treuwith;
trust, from Old Norse traust, confidence, firmness, from Germanic abstract noun *traustam;
tryst, from Old French triste, waiting place (< “place where one waits trustingly”), probably from a source akin to Old Norse denominative treysta, to trust, make firm. a, b, c, d, e, and f all from Germanic *treuwaz.
Variant form *drou-. tray, from Old English trg, trg, wooden board, from Germanic *traujam.
Suffixed zero-grade form *dru-ko-. trough, from Old English trog, wooden vessel, tray, from Germanic *trugaz.
Suffixed zero-grade form *dru-mo-.
trim, from Old English trum, firm, strong;
shelter, from Old English truma, troop. Both a and b from Germanic *trum-.
Variant form *derw-. tar1, from Old English te(o)ru, resin, pitch (obtained from the pine tree), from Germanic *terw-.
Suffixed variant form *dr-ro-. dour, duramen, duress, durum; (dura mater), endure, indurate, obdurate, from Latin drus, hard (many of whose English derivatives represent a semantic cross with Latin drre, to last long; see deu-).
Lengthened zero-grade form *dr-. drupe, dryad; dryopithecine, germander, hamadryad, from Greek drus, oak.
Reduplicated form *der-drew-, dissimilated with suffix in *der-drew-on. dendro-, dendron; philodendron, rhododendron, from Greek dendron, tree.
druid, from Latin druides, druids, probably from Celtic compound *dru-wid-, “strong seer” (*wid-, seeing; see weid-), the Celtic priestly caste.
O-grade form *doru-. deodar, from Sanskrit dru, wood, timber
This comes from a search for Trow although the root word doesn't sound like it several of its derivitives describe the trow or forest giants.
Trow is old english for tree.
Wyrd n : Fate personified; one of the Three Weird Sisters [syn: Wyrd, Weird]
Wyrd is simply, fate.
sau·rel (sôrl, sô-rl)
n.
A marine fish of the genus Trachurus, characterized by bony lateral lines, especially T. trachurus of eastern Atlantic waters. Also called horse mackerel.
See jack mackerel.
Came from search for Skrael. Stretching it but theyre both marine animals.
There, that oughta keep you jackals occupied.
