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Merlin
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merlin Merlín
English
Etymology
From en enm Merlyn, from en la-med Merlinus and en fro Merlin, from en cel-bry-pro *Mor-ðin sea-hill, from en cel-pro *mori sea + cel-pro *dūnom stronghold, rampart.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmɝlɪn/ GA
en /ˈmɜːlɪn/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Merlin.wav Southern England
en ɜː(ɹ)lɪn 2
Proper noun
s
A wizard in the Arthurian legend.
en an Architect The Pursuits of Architectural Innovation. No. LXVI. Salisbury Cathedral continued. The Gentleman’s Magazine London Printed by Nichols and Son,at Cicero’s Head, Red-Lion Passage, Fleet-street December 1803 1122 https://archive.org/details/sim_gentlemans-magazine_1803-12_73_12/page/1122/mode/1up 1 I NEXT paſſed into the choir; a ſcene of transformation indeed! I had been accuſtomed to contemplate here a far different order of things. Our profeſſional Merlins have waved their wands to ſome purpoſe; and all view, as their familiars invited me to believe, was to be given up to the momentary glance at an Eidophuſicon ſhew of the Reſurrection filling the Eaſt window in that ſpot late our Lady’s chapel, now the termination of the choir.
en w:Thomas Boswell Carr Discovers Mysteries of NBA w:International Herald Tribune 29,827 Paris 29 December 1978 5 January 1979 11 https://archive.org/details/InternationalHeraldTribune1979FranceEnglish/Jan%2005%201979%2C%20International%20Herald%20Tribune%2C%20%2329827%2C%20France%20%28en%29/page/n10/mode/1up 4 It is a game of chemistry and confidence, where players of gold often make teams of lead, and vice versa. Coaches are like Merlins madly mixing metals, searching for “the right combination,” even if it contradicts common sense.
en Clyde Freeman Herreid Teaching in the Year 2061 Clyde Freeman Herreid Start with a Story: The Case Study Method of Teaching College Science Arlington, Va. NSTA Press 2007 section XX (The Future of Case Teaching) 429 https://books.google.com/books?id=HdXcYhThxoIC&pg=PA429 978-1-933531-06-9 Music, art, entertainment, medicine, and science are being changed before our very eyes by technological Merlins waving silicon wands.
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Derived terms
en Merlinesque Merlinian Merlinic Merthur
Translations
Wizard in Arthurian legend
Arabic: ar مرلين m
Armenian: hy Մեռլին
Breton: br Merzhin m, br Myrdhin
Catalan: ca Merlí m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 梅林 Méilín, cmn 魔灵 Mólíng, cmn 密林 Mìlín, cmn 默林 Mòlín, cmn 墨林 Mòlín, cmn 穆林 Mùlín
Cornish: kw Marzhin
Dutch: nl Merlijn m
Finnish: fi Merlin
French: fr Merlin m
Old French: fro Merlin m
German: de Merlin m
Greek: el Μέρλιν m, el Μέρλιν ο Μάγος m
Hebrew: he מרלין m
Italian: it Merlino m, it mago Merlino m
Japanese: ja マーリン Mārin
Korean: ko ^멀린
Latin: la Merlinus m
Persian: fa مرلین
Polish: pl Merlin m-pr
Portuguese: pt Merlin m, pt Merlim m
Punjabi:
Western Punjabi: pnb مرلن
Romanian: ro Merlin m
Russian: ru Ме́рлин m
Spanish: es Merlín m
Thai: th เมอร์ลิน
Ukrainian: uk Мерлін n
Vietnamese: vi Merlin
Welsh: cy Myrddin m
Further reading
Anagrams
en eilmnr Milner limner
en Arthurian mythology
Portuguese
pt:
Alternative forms
pt Merlim
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Merlin + 1
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
m
pt Arthurian mythology en Merlin wizard who helped Arthur