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Wheel of the wizard
The expression:
Wheel of the wizard! seems an invented exclamation from a tale. But, how can we connect a wheel with a wizard?
Do you know the meaning of "wheel" here, with a wizard being around?
Thank You
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Re: Wheel of the wizard

Originally Posted by
Bushwhacker
The expression:
Wheel of the wizard! seems an invented exclamation from a tale. But, how can we connect a wheel with a wizard?
Do you know the meaning of "wheel" here, with a wizard being around?
Thank You
It could mean a lot of things, context might help.
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Re: Wheel of the wizard
I assume that came from here: "Night School" - a Story of Sembia by Clayton Emery ?
The author uses a number of colorful expressions:
Nine gates to the night!
Wheels of fire!
Wheel of the wizard!
Guts of the gods!
Wheels of the wizards
As far as I know, none of these have any particular meaning. They were simply invented to sound like something a "sword and sorcery" adventurer might say.
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Re: Wheel of the wizard

Originally Posted by
bhaisahab
It could mean a lot of things, context might help.
No context, because it is said by a character who's a bodyguard when a swindler he knows try to cheat his master.
Might wheel here be the halo wizards make swinging the wand?
Thanks
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Re: Wheel of the wizard
As suggested, it is far more likely that the writer [I cannot call him / her an author] is trying to create a phrase that sounds like something magic. These "novels " are dangerous to a learner of English since most contain words and phrases that only remotely connect to English.
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Re: Wheel of the wizard

Originally Posted by
rlfwood
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As far as I know, none of these have any particular meaning. They were simply invented to sound like something a "sword and sorcery" adventurer might say.
If a 'sword and sorcery' writer knew the word (which I doubt), 'weal' (=good fortune/benefit) would make more sense in an invented oath. But it's pretty obscure.
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