drymann

Old English

Etymology

From drȳ (“sorcerer”) +‎ mann (“person”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdryːˌmɑnn/, [ˈdryːˌmɑn]

Noun

drȳmann m

  1. sorcerer, magician
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
      ...maneġa drȳmen maciaþ meniġfealde dydrunga þurh deofles cræft...
      ...many sorcerers create illusions through the devil's power...
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Æfter þyssere sprǣċe cōmon ðā drȳmen, and hæfdon him mid tweġen ormǣte dracan, ðǣra orðung ācwealde þæt earme mennisċ: ac sē apostol Matheus þā dracan ġeswefode, and siððan of ðām lande adrǣfde, swā þæt hī næfre siððan þǣr ġesewene nǣron.
      After this speech came the sorcerers, who had two enormous dragons which them, whose breath killed that poor man: but the apostle Matthew lulled the dragons to sleep, and then drove them from the land, so that they have never been seen there since.

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

singular plural
nominative drȳmann drȳmenn, drȳmen
accusative drȳmann drȳmenn, drȳmen
genitive drȳmannes drȳmanna
dative drȳmenn, drȳmen drȳmannum
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