| 单词 | adder-bead |
| 释义 | > as lemmasadder-bead adder-bead n. a bead worn as an amulet, believed to be generated by a snake or snakes (see adder-stone n.). [Originally after Welsh glain neidr, lit. ‘serpent-bead’ (compare quot. 1694; also glain y nadroedd); compare also Scottish Gaelic gloine nathrach, gloine nathair, lit. ‘serpent-glass’, also †cnap na nathrach, lit. ‘adder button’ (a1709 as krap y naithreach (E. Lhwyd)).] ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > charm or amulet lib1577 periapt1584 charm1590 telesm1597 amulet1601 gamahe1638 talisman1638 adder-bead1694 porte-bonheur1874 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] > bead(s) graina1350 juniper-beads1486 beadc1500 adder-stone1587 bead-stone1677 adder-bead1694 wampumpeag1705 wampum1753 strand1825 1694 E. Lhuyd Let. 18 Oct. in R. T. Gunther Early Sci. Oxf. (1945) XIV. 247 An Adder-bead or Glain Neidr of green glass. 1715 R. Thoresby Ducatus Leodiensis 494 There are none of the Adder-beads to be met with in Ireland, that country having no Snakes. 1889 Jrnl. Anthropol. Instit. 18 204 Some of the skeletons wore on the neck glass beads with spirals of different colours, the adder's bead of the Britons. 1999 S. C. Williams Relig. Belief & Pop. Culture Southwark iii. 74 ‘Fairy’ or ‘adder’ beads were worn to prevent nightmares. < as lemmas |
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