galder
A type of pagan incantation, spell, charm, and thereofA type of pagan incantation, spell, charm, and thereof.
Meaning
2 sensesA type of pagan incantation, spell, charm, and thereof.
A type of magical chanting, especially relating to ljóðatal, gendered masculine and for protective effects.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Middle English galder, from Old English galdor, from Proto-West GerLearned borrowing from Middle English galder, from Old English galdor, from Proto-West Germanic *galdr, from Proto-Germanic *galdraz (“song, incantation, spell”), through garnered interest via Old Norse galdr, equivelant to gale + -der, or yell + -der, deriving from a sense of "magical chanting".
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