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demerlayk, n. meanings, etymology and more
The only known use of the noun demerlayk is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for demerlayk is from around 1275, ... www.oed.com
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dweomerlak - Middle English Compendium - University of Michigan
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses). 1. Magic art, witchcraft. Show 5 Quotations Hide 5 Quotations. Associated quotations. quod.lib.umich.edu
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Boze the Library Owl ♀ on X: "DWIMMERLAIK. “Begone, foul ...
“Begone, foul dwimmerlaik!” Eowyn tells the Witch-King of Angmar. In this case Tolkien had in mind the archaic word “demerlayk,” or “dweomerlak, ... twitter.com
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demerlayk
† demerlayk Obs. Forms: 3 dweomerlak, -lac, 4 demorlayk, 4–5 demerlayk(e. [f. ME. dweomer:—OE. dwimer in ᵹedwimor, -er, illusion, phantasm, ᵹedwimere juggler, sorcerer + ME. layk, laik play, a. ON. leikr (= OE. lác). Cf. dweomercræft.] Magic, practice of occult art, jugglery.c 1205 Lay. 270 Þa sende... Oxford English Dictionary
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From the Dungeon to the Dictionary - The Phrontistery
There is also a Middle English word dweomerlayk 'magic, practice of occult art, jugglery', also used by Layamon, and used by some later Middle English authors ... phrontistery.info
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Another word post, about "dwimor/dwimmer" : r/tolkienfans - Reddit
The idea being that “dwimmerlaik” might not be the same as “demerlayk” at all, but an invention meaning “magically animated corpse.” Three ... www.reddit.com
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dweomerlayk
dweomerlayk = prec.: see demerlayk. Oxford English Dictionary
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Old English in LoTR - Wordorigins.org
... demerlayk, meaning magic or occult, appears in Middle English and is from the Old English roots dweomer (illusion, phantasm) + -lác (suffix ... www.wordorigins.org
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Magical Lexicon D – F | The Undiscovered Author
Possibly from Middle English Dweomerlayk or later Demerlayk, which also seems to mean “Magical Practice or Jugglery”, the form Dwimmerlaik was used by ... undiscoveredauthor.wordpress.com
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AUDEN AND THE OED. - languagehat.com
... demerlayk, is from the 15th century, and isolated at that. Hat again: I don't see what's wrong with it. There is surely nothing wrong with ... languagehat.com
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Whence dwimmerlaik? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum
A Dwimmerlaik is, then, a phantasm, an illusion, a juggler's trick. A product of sorcery or, as Tolkien puts it in his index to LR, necromancy. forum.barrowdowns.com
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Dwindling your thumbs? - Language Log
Dweeb is modern and seemingly arbitrary, and readers of Tolkien have learned dwimmerlaik, which appears in the OED in the form demerlayk, its ... languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu
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demorlayk
demorlayk see demerlayk Obs., magic. Oxford English Dictionary
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-lock
-lock, suffix in mod. Eng. occurring only in wedlock, represents OE. -lác, the second element of numerous compounds (usually neuter: rarely masc.) in which the first element is a n. OE. had about a dozen of these compounds (those in which -lác means ‘offering’, lake n.1, are not counted); in all the... Oxford English Dictionary
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divine
▪ I. divine, a. and n.1 (dɪˈvaɪn) Forms: 4–6 devin(e, de-, dyvyn(e, 5–6 divyne, Sc. de-, dywyne, 6 dyvine, 7 divin, 4– divine. [ME. devine, divine, a. OF. devin (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), later divin:—L. dīvīnus pertaining to a deity. In med.L. dīvīnus bore the sense of theologus. OF. devin was the w... Oxford English Dictionary
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