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a song, poem. Cf. galan, (l a)
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  • Sié þæs gemyndig sé ðe lufige þisses galdres begang, þæt hé geóce mé fricle,

      Hpt. 33, 73, 14.
an incantation, a charm. Cf. galan, (1 b)
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  • Deóflices galdres necromantiae, i.

    demonum invocations

    ,
      An. Ox. 1927 : 2021.

  • Galdres

    pręstigię

    , 4700.

  • Mid galdre

    necromantia

    , 2909 : 4055.

  • Ne wyrta gaderunge mid nánum galdre (

    incantatione

    ) bútan mid Pater noster,
      Ll. Th. ii. 192, I.

  • Antecríst hæfð mid him drýmen . . . and þá ðe cunnan galder ágalan,

      Wlfst. 194, 18.

  • ꝥ ic móte þis gealdor tóðum ontýnan,

      Lch. i. 400.4.

  • Galdra :

    pręstrigiarum An. Ox. 4056: incantationum 4477 : 4940 cantionum

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 14.

  • Ne gím þú drýcræfta and galdra

    non declinetis ad magos, nec ab ariolis aliquid sciscitemini

      Lev. 19, 31.

  • Þá drýas mid langsumum galdrum (

    incantationibus

    ) hyre on gólon,
      Gr. D. 73,25.
  • Hǽlde sécan æt unálýfedum tilungum oððe æt wyrigedum galdrum, oþþe æt ǽnigum wiccecræfte Hml. Th. i. 474, 21.
the sound of a trumpet. Cf. galan,
Hié Hygeláces horn nad býman gealdor ongeáton, B. 2944. v. sigge-, wyrm-galdor.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “galdor.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/46899.

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