de vises sten

Swedish

Proper noun

de vises sten c (genitive de vises stens)

  1. (alchemy) the philosopher's stone
    Hennes favoritbok är Harry Potter och de vises sten.
    Her favorite book is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
    • 1896, Gustaf Fröding, “Drömmar i Hades [Dreams in Hades]”, in Stänk och flikar [Splashes and spray]‎[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 10 September 2025:
      [Halvkristen] gnostisk magi, som fjärran ur Östern stammar, völvornas kvad och druidisk visdom, som sökt i de dolda djupen de vises sten, fyllde med syner min kammar[e].
      Semi-Christian Gnostic magic from the distant East, the poems of the völvas, and the wisdom of the druids, searching for the philosopher's stone in hidden depths, filled my chamber with visions.
    • 1908, Verner von Heidenstam, “Nyköpings gästabud [The Nyköping Banquet]”, in Svenskarna och deras hövdingar [The Swedes and their Chieftains]‎[2], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 10 September 2025:
      [Han hade] hittat de vises sten och kunde smälta guld till en klar dryck, som botade alla sjukdomar.
      He had found the philosopher's stone, and could turn gold into a clear potion that cured all diseases.

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