Glossary

den bästa stockelden

(Swedish, “the best logfire”) A bushcraft fire made from two large long logs, one atop the other, with a careful air-gap. It will burn long enough to get a nights sleep. Known in Finnish as a rakovalkea gap fire.

• Kirtley, Paul (2018) Sámi Nuorssjo: the Best Log Fire
• Aitchison, George (2014) How To…. Build a Finnish Rakovalkea Gap Fire
• Perkunas (2011) Rakovalkea, a gapfire or maybe a longfire.

nodia/nodja (Finno-Ugric two-log fire)

nying (Nordic two-log fire)

nuorssjo (Nordic two-log fire)

nudher (old Swedish "wood dock")

Nying, två på hvarandra lagda afkvistade furustammar, mellan hvilka stickas spån och torrvedstickor, som antändas. Det börjar då kola och glöda i stockarna, och en mild, jämn värme sprides från dem. Nyingen användes mest af skogsarbetare, jägare och timmerflottare, som nödgas tillbringa natten under bar himmel. —nying in the Nordisk familjebok (Nordic Family-book, 2nd Edition, 1914)

kintsukuroi

(Japanese) The art of repairing pottery, with gold or silver joining the pieces, and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken.

tsundoku

(Japanese, 積ん読) Buying books to read someday.

woodland

Simply “the woods” in American English. A forest open enough for sunlight to reach the ground, allowing undergrowth. The wildlife is also less threatening than in darker, more primeval, forests.

komorebi

(Japanese, 木漏れ日) tree filtered sunlight.

shinrin’yoku

(Japanese, 森林浴 “woodland bathing”) A type of nature therapy. Known as waldbaden in German.

waldeinsamkeit

(German, “woodland solitude”)