Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
bardic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
/ˈbɑː(ɹ)d.ɪk/ (UK)
/ˈbɑɹ.dɪk/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-dʰh₁o-der.
Proto-Celtic *bardosder.
Old Irish bard
Scottish Gaelic bàrdder.
English bard
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English bardic
From bard + -ic.
Meanings
(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to bards.
To this being Taliesin gives a magic vase, the edges of which are adorned with pearl, and it contains the wondrous water of bardic genius and of universal knowledge. 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 431:
In this questionary God is described as the life of ab Hywel Swrdwal, a poet who flourished about 1450, a good deal of insight is given into the Bardic philosophy of existence. 1928, Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Britain, page viii. 180:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-dʰh₁o-der.
Proto-Celtic *bardosder.
Old Irish bard
Scottish Gaelic bàrdder.
English bard
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English bardic
From bard + -ic.
Meanings
A bardic circle or competition: a gathering or contest at which stories, poems, and/or songs are recited.
Laureans were as crazy for baths as they were for bardics. 2015, Deborah Ross, Northlight, →ISBN, page 9:
[...] especially at Samhain, Yule, and Oimelc/Imbolg/Brigantia, we'd gather everyone into the living room around the fireplace and present our ritual enactments, hold our bardics, play music, dance, etc.—all before the great altar. 2006, Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, Creating Circles and Ceremonies: Rituals for All Seasons and Reasons, →ISBN:
[...] in the bucolic bardics of BJ, whose eclogues insisted on rhyme [...] 2012, Joshua Cohen, Four New Messages, →ISBN: