Post by jez on Nov 20, 2008 17:53:07 GMT -1
Dr´y-cræft
is the Old English word that probably referred to the druids who must have still been around, or remembered...
By the time OE was being written down, these are the meanings it carried.
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DRÝ, drí; gen. drýs; dat. acc. drý; pl. nom. acc. drýas; gen. dríra? dat. drýum, dríum; m. A magician, sorcerer, wizard; magus, malĕfĭcus :-- Drý magus, Wrt. Voc. 74, 41. Petres wiðerwinna wæs sum drý, se wæs Simon geháten: ðes drý wæs mid ðam awyrgedum gáste afylled Peter's adversary was a certain sorcerer, who was called Simon: this sorcerer was filled with the accursed spirit, Homl. Th. i. 370, 32: 374, 18: 376, 3: 380, 16: Homl. Blick. 173, 8, 18, 28, 32: 175, 6, 17, 31: 183, 17: 187, 32. He getengde wið ðæs drýs he hastened towards the magician, Homl. Th. i. 374, 5. Petrus cwæþ to ðam drý Peter said to the sorcerer, i. 372, 6: 380, 21: Homl. Blick. 173, 2, 9, 33: 175, 25. Hí woldon forbærnan ðone drý they would burn the magician, Homl. Th. i. 372, 30: 374, 22: 376, 10: 380, 23: Homl. Blick. 173, 11, 30: 175, 1: 181, 33. Ðú miht mid ðý gebéde blóð onhǽtan ðæs deófles drý thou mayest with prayer heat the blood of the devil's wizard, Salm. Kmbl. 89; Sal. 44. Hý drýas wǽron they were sorcerers, Exon. 70 a; Th. 260, 23; Jul. 301: Andr. Kmbl. 67; An. 34. Hý getrymedon hyra drýas their magicians encouraged them, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 21. Cwǽdon ða drýas to Pharaone dixērunt malefĭci ad Pharaōnem, Ex. 8, 19: 9, 11. Dríra [dría?] magōrum, Mone B. 4018. Herodes biswicen wæs from drýum oððe tungulcræftgum Herōdes insulsus erat a magis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 2, 16. Ðýlæs-ðe se deófol us be dríum [MS. drian] máge lest the devil have power over us by sorcerers, Glostr. Frag. l0, 30. [Orm. drig-menn magicians: Gael. draoi, draoidh, druidh, m. a druid, magician.]
drý. Add: gen. drýes, dnt. drýe, dat. pl. drym :-- þá ludéas þone Hǽlend genámon , . . and sǽdon ~þ he dry wǽre, Nic. 19, 40. Nectane-bases þæs drýs, Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 126, 25. Hé wearð á. ýsedfrám þæs drýes bendum . . . and arn bysmrigende þæs drýes yfeldǽdum, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 24: 412, 30. Ánes drýes folgere, i. 468, 8. þá deóflu gecyrdon tó ðám drýe . . . Cwæð se apostol tó ðám dry, 416, 9-13. Drýas maríi, An. Ox. 4476. Drías, 2, 338. Dréas arioli, Kent. Gl. 868. Mon sægð j? drýas tó heora cræftum þysse wyrte (vervain) brúcen, Lch. i. 170, 20. Drýra magorum, An. Ox. 4019. Hí befæston t> wíf drýnm (drým, v. /. ) puellam maleficis tradidenmt, Gr. D. 73, 16. [O. /r. drui.]
drý-lic; adj. Of magic, magical :-- Mid drýlices fácnes galdre magicae fraudis necromanlia, An. Ox. 2907. Mid drylicum sclnlace magica praesligia, 3261 : 4699. Mambres ontýnde ðá drýlican bee (hbros magicos) his bréðer, Nar. 50, 13.
drý-man [n], es; m. A magician, sorcerer :-- Hé eóde to anum drýmen . . . þá gebrohte se dryman þone cnapan to his deófle, Hml. S. 3, 367. Fela sǽdon þá drýmen þurh deófles cræft, lamnes and Mambres,17, 114. Drýmen þe mid dydrunge farað, Hml. Th. ii. 330, 27. þurh drýmanna dydrunge, Hml. S. 21, 474. Antecrist hæfð mid him drymen. Wlfst. 194, 17 ; Hml. Th. ii. 472, 14. [Magy sinndenn . . . drigmenn, Orm. 7076. An defiess þeww Symon Drigmann (Simon Magus') jehatenn, 16051.]
drý-men magicians, sorcerers, Homl. Th. ii. 472, 14, v. drý.
drýicge, an; f. A sorceress: -- Cwǽdon Romware ^ heó wǽre drýegge, Shrn. 56, 13. Þá þe hér bióð þá mǽstan drýicgan, and gealdorcræftigan, Nap. 4. -J.
drý-cræft, es; m. [cræft craft, art] Magical art, magic, sorcery; ars magĭca vel malĕfĭca :-- Hí sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde mid hire drýcræft ða men forbredan they said that she should overthrow the men by her sorcery, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 30. Gif hí hwylcne drýcræft hæfdon si quid malĕfĭcæ artis habuissent, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 40 : Ex. 7, 11. Sum man wæs mid drýcræfte bepǽht some man was deceived by magic, Homl. Th. i. 448, 13. Warna ðé ðæt ðú ne gíme drýcræfta ne swefena ne hwatena nec inveniātur in te, qui ariolos sciscĭtētur et observet somnia atque augŭria, Deut. 18, 10. Drífan drýcræftas to exercise magical arts, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 107; Met. 26, 54. Mid drýcræftum by sorceries, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 22.
drý-cræft. Add: I. sorcery, magic :-- Syxte mægen is ^ drýcræft bám men ne dereþ þe hine (agate) mid him hæfð, Lch. ii. 298, 10. Ðín drýcræft ðe tó nánre freme ne becymð, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 14. Agróf se mon on ǽrenum brede drýcræftæs word, Shrn. 141, 16. ' Miht Þú ádwǽscan þǽra cristenra drýcræft ?'. . . ' Beó ic scyldig gif ic his scýncræft nemæg ádwǽscan mid mlt. um drycræfte, ' Hml. S. 14, 54-58. Gif wíf drýcræft begǽð si mtilier artem magicam exerceat, Ll. Th. ii. 130, 15. Drýcræft wyrcan, 154, 8. II. a magic art or practice :-- Drýcræftas necromantiae, An. Ox. 4, 29. He sǽde ~~ hé (Joseph) ðǽr (in Egypt) drýcræftas geleornode and of þǽm drýcræftum t* hé gewunode monige wundor to wyrcenne, and (> he mihte swá wel swefn reccan . . . and he ssede "J5 he of þǽm drycræfle geleornode godcundne wisdom. Ors. r> 5 ! S. 34, 3-8. Se deófol geswutelað þǽre wiccan hwæt heó secge mannum, ~p þá been fordone þe ðæne drýcræft sécað, Hml. S. 17, 113. Hé wæs fyrmest on þám drýcræftum in magtcis operibus primus fuit, Gr. D. 27, 20: Hml. Th. ii. 414, 4. Soroaster cúðe manna ǽrest drýcræftas (magicae artis repertor), Ors. 2 ; S. 30, III. magical apparatus :-- Se dry nam þone stæf and gewende ham, and genam ealne his drýcræft and brohte to ðám apostole, and began hi to forbaernenne, Hml. Th. ii. 418, 3. [Or m. drijcrafft.] v. dreó-cræft in
drý-cræftig, drí-cræfteg; adj. [cræftig crafty, skilful] Skilful or crafty in magic or sorcery, magical; magĭcæ artis perītus, magĭcus :-- Sió, hí sǽdon, sceolde bión swíðe drýcræftigu she, they said, would be very skilful in sorcery, Bt. 38, 1; Fox. 194, 20. Pharaon gegaderude ealle ða drícræftegustan men vocāvit Pharao sapientes et malĕfĭcos, Ex. 7, 11.
drý-cræftig; adj. Add: drý-cræftiga, an; m. A sorcerer :-- On þám ylcan tíman þe þá drýcræftigan (malejici) wurdon árásode, Gr. D.27, 15-
-lác (?) sorcery, magic :-- Gif þíne æceras nellaþ wel wexan oþþe þǽr hwilc ungedéfe þing ou gedón bið on dry ( = drýláce) oððe on iybláce, Lch. i. 398, 3.
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Thought it might prove of interest.
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Jez
is the Old English word that probably referred to the druids who must have still been around, or remembered...
By the time OE was being written down, these are the meanings it carried.
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DRÝ, drí; gen. drýs; dat. acc. drý; pl. nom. acc. drýas; gen. dríra? dat. drýum, dríum; m. A magician, sorcerer, wizard; magus, malĕfĭcus :-- Drý magus, Wrt. Voc. 74, 41. Petres wiðerwinna wæs sum drý, se wæs Simon geháten: ðes drý wæs mid ðam awyrgedum gáste afylled Peter's adversary was a certain sorcerer, who was called Simon: this sorcerer was filled with the accursed spirit, Homl. Th. i. 370, 32: 374, 18: 376, 3: 380, 16: Homl. Blick. 173, 8, 18, 28, 32: 175, 6, 17, 31: 183, 17: 187, 32. He getengde wið ðæs drýs he hastened towards the magician, Homl. Th. i. 374, 5. Petrus cwæþ to ðam drý Peter said to the sorcerer, i. 372, 6: 380, 21: Homl. Blick. 173, 2, 9, 33: 175, 25. Hí woldon forbærnan ðone drý they would burn the magician, Homl. Th. i. 372, 30: 374, 22: 376, 10: 380, 23: Homl. Blick. 173, 11, 30: 175, 1: 181, 33. Ðú miht mid ðý gebéde blóð onhǽtan ðæs deófles drý thou mayest with prayer heat the blood of the devil's wizard, Salm. Kmbl. 89; Sal. 44. Hý drýas wǽron they were sorcerers, Exon. 70 a; Th. 260, 23; Jul. 301: Andr. Kmbl. 67; An. 34. Hý getrymedon hyra drýas their magicians encouraged them, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 21. Cwǽdon ða drýas to Pharaone dixērunt malefĭci ad Pharaōnem, Ex. 8, 19: 9, 11. Dríra [dría?] magōrum, Mone B. 4018. Herodes biswicen wæs from drýum oððe tungulcræftgum Herōdes insulsus erat a magis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 2, 16. Ðýlæs-ðe se deófol us be dríum [MS. drian] máge lest the devil have power over us by sorcerers, Glostr. Frag. l0, 30. [Orm. drig-menn magicians: Gael. draoi, draoidh, druidh, m. a druid, magician.]
drý. Add: gen. drýes, dnt. drýe, dat. pl. drym :-- þá ludéas þone Hǽlend genámon , . . and sǽdon ~þ he dry wǽre, Nic. 19, 40. Nectane-bases þæs drýs, Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 126, 25. Hé wearð á. ýsedfrám þæs drýes bendum . . . and arn bysmrigende þæs drýes yfeldǽdum, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 24: 412, 30. Ánes drýes folgere, i. 468, 8. þá deóflu gecyrdon tó ðám drýe . . . Cwæð se apostol tó ðám dry, 416, 9-13. Drýas maríi, An. Ox. 4476. Drías, 2, 338. Dréas arioli, Kent. Gl. 868. Mon sægð j? drýas tó heora cræftum þysse wyrte (vervain) brúcen, Lch. i. 170, 20. Drýra magorum, An. Ox. 4019. Hí befæston t> wíf drýnm (drým, v. /. ) puellam maleficis tradidenmt, Gr. D. 73, 16. [O. /r. drui.]
drý-lic; adj. Of magic, magical :-- Mid drýlices fácnes galdre magicae fraudis necromanlia, An. Ox. 2907. Mid drylicum sclnlace magica praesligia, 3261 : 4699. Mambres ontýnde ðá drýlican bee (hbros magicos) his bréðer, Nar. 50, 13.
drý-man [n], es; m. A magician, sorcerer :-- Hé eóde to anum drýmen . . . þá gebrohte se dryman þone cnapan to his deófle, Hml. S. 3, 367. Fela sǽdon þá drýmen þurh deófles cræft, lamnes and Mambres,17, 114. Drýmen þe mid dydrunge farað, Hml. Th. ii. 330, 27. þurh drýmanna dydrunge, Hml. S. 21, 474. Antecrist hæfð mid him drymen. Wlfst. 194, 17 ; Hml. Th. ii. 472, 14. [Magy sinndenn . . . drigmenn, Orm. 7076. An defiess þeww Symon Drigmann (Simon Magus') jehatenn, 16051.]
drý-men magicians, sorcerers, Homl. Th. ii. 472, 14, v. drý.
drýicge, an; f. A sorceress: -- Cwǽdon Romware ^ heó wǽre drýegge, Shrn. 56, 13. Þá þe hér bióð þá mǽstan drýicgan, and gealdorcræftigan, Nap. 4. -J.
drý-cræft, es; m. [cræft craft, art] Magical art, magic, sorcery; ars magĭca vel malĕfĭca :-- Hí sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde mid hire drýcræft ða men forbredan they said that she should overthrow the men by her sorcery, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 30. Gif hí hwylcne drýcræft hæfdon si quid malĕfĭcæ artis habuissent, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 40 : Ex. 7, 11. Sum man wæs mid drýcræfte bepǽht some man was deceived by magic, Homl. Th. i. 448, 13. Warna ðé ðæt ðú ne gíme drýcræfta ne swefena ne hwatena nec inveniātur in te, qui ariolos sciscĭtētur et observet somnia atque augŭria, Deut. 18, 10. Drífan drýcræftas to exercise magical arts, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 107; Met. 26, 54. Mid drýcræftum by sorceries, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 22.
drý-cræft. Add: I. sorcery, magic :-- Syxte mægen is ^ drýcræft bám men ne dereþ þe hine (agate) mid him hæfð, Lch. ii. 298, 10. Ðín drýcræft ðe tó nánre freme ne becymð, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 14. Agróf se mon on ǽrenum brede drýcræftæs word, Shrn. 141, 16. ' Miht Þú ádwǽscan þǽra cristenra drýcræft ?'. . . ' Beó ic scyldig gif ic his scýncræft nemæg ádwǽscan mid mlt. um drycræfte, ' Hml. S. 14, 54-58. Gif wíf drýcræft begǽð si mtilier artem magicam exerceat, Ll. Th. ii. 130, 15. Drýcræft wyrcan, 154, 8. II. a magic art or practice :-- Drýcræftas necromantiae, An. Ox. 4, 29. He sǽde ~~ hé (Joseph) ðǽr (in Egypt) drýcræftas geleornode and of þǽm drýcræftum t* hé gewunode monige wundor to wyrcenne, and (> he mihte swá wel swefn reccan . . . and he ssede "J5 he of þǽm drycræfle geleornode godcundne wisdom. Ors. r> 5 ! S. 34, 3-8. Se deófol geswutelað þǽre wiccan hwæt heó secge mannum, ~p þá been fordone þe ðæne drýcræft sécað, Hml. S. 17, 113. Hé wæs fyrmest on þám drýcræftum in magtcis operibus primus fuit, Gr. D. 27, 20: Hml. Th. ii. 414, 4. Soroaster cúðe manna ǽrest drýcræftas (magicae artis repertor), Ors. 2 ; S. 30, III. magical apparatus :-- Se dry nam þone stæf and gewende ham, and genam ealne his drýcræft and brohte to ðám apostole, and began hi to forbaernenne, Hml. Th. ii. 418, 3. [Or m. drijcrafft.] v. dreó-cræft in
drý-cræftig, drí-cræfteg; adj. [cræftig crafty, skilful] Skilful or crafty in magic or sorcery, magical; magĭcæ artis perītus, magĭcus :-- Sió, hí sǽdon, sceolde bión swíðe drýcræftigu she, they said, would be very skilful in sorcery, Bt. 38, 1; Fox. 194, 20. Pharaon gegaderude ealle ða drícræftegustan men vocāvit Pharao sapientes et malĕfĭcos, Ex. 7, 11.
drý-cræftig; adj. Add: drý-cræftiga, an; m. A sorcerer :-- On þám ylcan tíman þe þá drýcræftigan (malejici) wurdon árásode, Gr. D.27, 15-
-lác (?) sorcery, magic :-- Gif þíne æceras nellaþ wel wexan oþþe þǽr hwilc ungedéfe þing ou gedón bið on dry ( = drýláce) oððe on iybláce, Lch. i. 398, 3.
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Thought it might prove of interest.
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Jez