Firth: Coastal water inlet
Parliament: the group of people in a country or part of a country who have the power to make and change laws
Act: Statute
Shame: disgrace
Spit: expel saliva
oatmeal: ground oat
Liver: body organ
Neep: turnip
Stock: broth
Knight: medieval soldier, title
Brigadier: military officer
Godobbin: The Gododdin were a Brittonic people of north-eastern Britannia, the area known as the Hen Ogledd or Old North (modern south-east Scotland and north-east England).
Fort: old military structure
Capture: take by force
Settlement: village
Friar: monk
Commerce: trade
Prosperous: wealthy
Breach: make an opening, break through
Unsanitary: not hygienic
Intellectual: academic
To the detriment of: causing harm, damage
Reconvene: meet again, reassemble
Thistle: a wild plant with sharp points on the leaves and, typically, purple flowers
