单词 | pellar |
释义 | pellarn. English regional (Cornwall). An exorcist; a sorcerer, a wizard. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] wielerOE jugglera1100 wielea1350 magicianc1375 sorcerc1400 warlockc1400 mage?a1425 sorcerer1526 witch-mana1538 wizarda1557 wise man1562 cunning man1594 man-witch1601 wonder-master1603 sorcerist1624 talisman1646 ob1659 fascinator1677 varlet1701 Magian1716 brujo1758 mediciner1845 bomoh1851 pellar1865 trollman1865 baloi1871 magic-man1905 Wiccan1971 1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. 2nd Ser. 77 His wife then stated that the virtue was in her and not in him; that she was of the real ‘Pellar’ blood. 1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. 2nd Ser. 81 She and her friends were satisfied that she had been ill wished. So she went to the ‘Peller’... The spell was taken off, and the old woman grew strong. 1886 Folk-Lore Jrnl. 4 125 A ‘pellar’ (wise man) could by his skill and incantations grant protection. 1893 Longman's Mag. Feb. 389 She was going to the ‘peller’ to get a ‘charm’ said for him. 1945 Mod. Philol. 43 62/2 In Mod. Eng. peller or pellar, ‘exorcist, wizard, conjurer.’ 1999 R. E. Guiley Encycl. Witches & Witchcraft (ed. 2) 258/2 It also was customary to make annual visits to a pellar just to have one's ‘protection’ renewed against bad luck and any acts of witchcraft that might be directed one's way. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865 |
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