deasil

[ dee-zuhl ]

adverb

, Chiefly Scot.

1. clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.

deasil

/ ˈdiːzəl; ˈdiːʃəl /

adverb

1. in the direction of the apparent course of the sun; clockwise

noun

1. motion in this direction

Word History and Origins

Origin of deasil¹

First recorded in 1765–75; from Scots Gaelic, Irish deiseal, Middle Irish dessel “toward the right, clockwise, following the sun (i.e., auspiciously),” equivalent to dess “right, south” + sel “turn, time”; dexter ( def ); withershins ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of deasil¹

C18: Scot Gaelic deiseil

Example Sentences

It consists, as is well known, in the person who makes the deasil walking three times round the person who is the object of the ceremony, taking care to move according to the course of the sun.

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It consists, as is well known, in the person who makes the deasil walking three times round the person who is the object of the ceremony, taking care to move according to the course of the sun.”

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It consists, as is well known, in the person who makes the deasil, walking three times round the person who is the object of the ceremony, taking care to move according to the course of the sun.

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Various ceremonies were gone through, while the kindred of the deceased carried the body ashore, and, placing it on a bank long consecrated to the purpose, made the deasil around the departed.

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The Beltane's aglow,  Making the deasil the wiseacres go.

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