Deasil
Adverb
Pronunciation
\DEE-zil\
Meaning
- in the direction of
the sun's apparent course, considered as lucky; clockwise.
Examples
The worshippers dance
around the fire deasil, or sunwise.
"Three times we walked deasil around our central
candle. By the third cycle I felt power flowing from Sky's fingers to mine,
from my fingers to Alyce's." — Cate Tiernan, Spellbound, 2001
Did You Know?
According to an old custom, you can bring someone good
fortune by walking around the person clockwise three times while carrying a
torch or candle. In Scottish Gaelic, the word deiseil is used for the direction
one walks in such a luck-bringing ritual. English speakers modified the
spelling to deasil, and have used the word to describe clockwise motion in a
variety of rituals. Deasil it is SCOTTISH and dated.
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