Albya – planet of the Albyans. Read the Starlight Highlanders series to find out more about these kilt-wearing aliens
Berserkir – plural of berserkr
Brullaup – wedding
Click – minute (30 Earth minutes are 20 intergalactic clicks)
Drengr - warrior
Fýst – the uncontrollable desire between mates
Hamingja – guardian spirit who decides one’s luck and happiness
Hrafnasueltir – coward (raven starver)
Huginn – spaceship captained by Rune; one of Odin’s ravens
Intergalactic Authority (IGA) – space police/law makers
IGU – Intergalactic University
Jörð – home planet of the Vikingar
Rotation – one year
Sæta – beloved
Skitr – shit
Valkyr – the spaceship captained by Njal the Bloodthirsty
Vitskertr – idiot
Some of these terms have been ‘borrowed’ from Old Norse. Apologies to my Viking Studies tutors at the UHI - I bet you didn’t expect me to use my new knowledge for this sort of book.