is part of the spelling only to indicate the 'd' and 'r' are broad instead of slender), which yields Modern Irish draoiocht (pron. "DROO-awcht"), "magic." Welsh dryw ("DREE-oo", meaning seer) may be cognate . The Modern Irish for Druid is drúa ("DROO-uh"), from Old Irish druí ("droo-EE"); which also produced Irish