Old English · noun
dry
Normalised drȳ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /dryː/
- Syllables
- dryː (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- wizardsorcerer
Meaning
-
wizard, sorcerer
Gehelp urum godum and hat to þe gefeccan þisne dry Iulianum þe ure goda anlicnysse mid ealle to-brytte...
Help our gods, and command men to bring thee this sorcerer Julianus, who hath utterly broken the images of our gods,...
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St. Julian and his wife Basilissa"
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
Borrowed from a Brythonic language, from Proto-Brythonic *drüw, from Proto-Celtic *druwits (“druid”).
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