bardic meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

bardic

adj

US /ˈbɑɹ.dɪk/ · UK /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d.ɪk/

Etymology From bard + -ic.

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:

noun

Etymology From bard + -ic.

A bardic circle or competition: a gathering or contest at which stories, poems, and/or songs are recited.

[...] 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:

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Laureans were as crazy for baths as they were for bardics.2015, Deborah Ross, Northlight, →ISBN, page 9: