Old English · noun
gealdor
Normalised ġealdor
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈjæ͜ɑl.dor/[ˈjæ͜ɑɫ.dor]
- Syllables
- ˈjæ͜ɑl · dor (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- spellgaldercharmincantation
Meaning
-
spell, charm; incantation
Þænne eft þæt galdor, þæt hēr æfter cweð, man sċeal singan, ǣrest on þæt wynstre ēare, þænne on þæt swīðre ēare, þænne hūfan þæs mannes moldan.
Then afterwards, the spell, that will be spoken hereafter, one should sing at first in the left ear, then in the right ear, then to the top of man's earth.
11th century, Against a dwarf: -
magic
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *galdr.
Descendants
galder
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