Pendragonn.¹

Brit.

/pɛnˈdraɡ(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈpɛnˌdræɡ(ə)n/,

/pɛnˈdræɡ(ə)n/, Welsh English

/pɛnˈdraɡː(ə)n/

Origin: A borrowing from Welsh. Etymon: Welsh pendragon.

Etymology: < Welsh pendragon chief leader in war (12th cent.) < pen head (see pen n.¹) + dragon warrior, dragon < classical Latin dracōn- , dracō snake, the standard of a cohort (see dragon n.¹).Compare post-classical Latin insularis draco (6th cent.), used by Gildas to address Maglocunus (Maelgwn), ruler of Gwynedd.

An ancient British or Welsh ruler holding or claiming supreme power. Chiefly as a title.Known in English principally as the title of Uther Pendragon, father of King Arthur according to legend.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > specific ancient British ruler

Pendragonc1275

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 9096 Þene nome heo him laiden on þet wes Vðer Pendragon; Pendragun an Brutisc, Draken-hefd an Englisc.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 3233 Me cluped him vter pendragon..vter dragon heued, & þat was to singnefie Þat merlin him clupede dragon in is prophecye.

1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. i. sig. a.i Hit befel in the dayes of Uther Pendragon..kynge of all Englond.

1588 T. Hughes Misfortunes Arthur i. i. 3 The gastly Caron's boate transported backe Thy ghost..To former light..Where proude Pendragon broylde with shamefull lust.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. v. 54 Once I read, That stout Pendragon, in his Litter sick, Came to the field, and vanquished his foes.

1807 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons (ed. 2) I. ii. ii. 103 There appears..to have been a paramount sovereign; a Pen-dragon, or Penteyrn.

1834 Penny Cycl. II. 415/2 After he [sc. Arthur] became Pendragon.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Lancelot & Elaine 423 in Idylls of King The dread Pendragon, Britain's King of kings.

1996 Rev. Eng. Stud. 47 570 The text is suddenly truncated because the time has not yet come..for Arthur to learn that he himself is the son of Uther Pendragon.

Derivatives

† Pendragonish adj. Obsolete rare characteristic of a Pendragon; tyrannical.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > tyrannical, despotic, or autocratic

tyrant1297

tyrannous1491

Pharaonical1528

tyrannical1560

tyrannizing1589

servile1603

despotical1608

monarchicala1618

Nimrodian1631

autocratoric1641

Dominical1644

despotic1650

Pendragonish1650

autocratical1651

autocratorical1651

Pharaonian1673

autocratic1769

Pharaonic1792

Corsican1804

Napoleonic1810

satrapian1822

satrapical1823

sultanic1827

absolutist1829

absolutistic1841

arbitrary1862

Napoleonistic1870

Nimrodic1877

pre-Hitlerian1942

1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 34 It is past my skill how to get money..till these Pen-dragonish Assessments be over.

Penˈdragonship n. rare the rank or position of a Pendragon.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > specific ancient British ruler > position of

Pendragonship1834

1834 Penny Cycl. II. 415/2 Ambrosius, his [sc. Arthur's] predecessor in the Pendragonship.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 246 Till yet once more ere set of sun they saw The Dragon of the great Pendragonship.

1934 T. Bulfinch Mythol. 394 He [sc. Arthur] appears to have commenced his martial career about the year 500, and was raised to the Pendragonship about ten years later.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pendragon
释义	Pendragonn.¹ Brit. /pɛnˈdraɡ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈpɛnˌdræɡ(ə)n/, /pɛnˈdræɡ(ə)n/, Welsh English /pɛnˈdraɡː(ə)n/ Origin: A borrowing from Welsh. Etymon: Welsh pendragon. Etymology: < Welsh pendragon chief leader in war (12th cent.) < pen head (see pen n.¹) + dragon warrior, dragon < classical Latin dracōn- , dracō snake, the standard of a cohort (see dragon n.¹).Compare post-classical Latin insularis draco (6th cent.), used by Gildas to address Maglocunus (Maelgwn), ruler of Gwynedd. An ancient British or Welsh ruler holding or claiming supreme power. Chiefly as a title.Known in English principally as the title of Uther Pendragon, father of King Arthur according to legend. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > specific ancient British ruler Pendragonc1275 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 9096 Þene nome heo him laiden on þet wes Vðer Pendragon; Pendragun an Brutisc, Draken-hefd an Englisc. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 3233 Me cluped him vter pendragon..vter dragon heued, & þat was to singnefie Þat merlin him clupede dragon in is prophecye. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. i. sig. a.i Hit befel in the dayes of Uther Pendragon..kynge of all Englond. 1588 T. Hughes Misfortunes Arthur i. i. 3 The gastly Caron's boate transported backe Thy ghost..To former light..Where proude Pendragon broylde with shamefull lust. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. v. 54 Once I read, That stout Pendragon, in his Litter sick, Came to the field, and vanquished his foes. View more context for this quotation 1807 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons (ed. 2) I. ii. ii. 103 There appears..to have been a paramount sovereign; a Pen-dragon, or Penteyrn. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 415/2 After he [sc. Arthur] became Pendragon. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Lancelot & Elaine 423 in Idylls of King The dread Pendragon, Britain's King of kings. 1996 Rev. Eng. Stud. 47 570 The text is suddenly truncated because the time has not yet come..for Arthur to learn that he himself is the son of Uther Pendragon. Derivatives † Pendragonish adj. Obsolete rare characteristic of a Pendragon; tyrannical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > tyrannical, despotic, or autocratic tyrant1297 tyrannous1491 Pharaonical1528 tyrannical1560 tyrannizing1589 servile1603 despotical1608 monarchicala1618 Nimrodian1631 autocratoric1641 Dominical1644 despotic1650 Pendragonish1650 autocratical1651 autocratorical1651 Pharaonian1673 autocratic1769 Pharaonic1792 Corsican1804 Napoleonic1810 satrapian1822 satrapical1823 sultanic1827 absolutist1829 absolutistic1841 arbitrary1862 Napoleonistic1870 Nimrodic1877 pre-Hitlerian1942 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 34 It is past my skill how to get money..till these Pen-dragonish Assessments be over. Penˈdragonship n. rare the rank or position of a Pendragon. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > specific ancient British ruler > position of Pendragonship1834 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 415/2 Ambrosius, his [sc. Arthur's] predecessor in the Pendragonship. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 246 Till yet once more ere set of sun they saw The Dragon of the great Pendragonship. 1934 T. Bulfinch Mythol. 394 He [sc. Arthur] appears to have commenced his martial career about the year 500, and was raised to the Pendragonship about ten years later. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : † pen-dragonn.² < n.¹c1275 see also
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