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galdor

  • noun [ neuter ]
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galdor, gealdor, es; pl. nom. acc. galdor, galdru; gen. galdra; dat. galdrum; n. [galan to sing, enchant, q. v.]
An incantation, divination, enchantment, a charm, magic, sorcery; incantātio, cantio, carmen, fascĭnātio
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  • Þurh heora galdor

    per incantātiōnes,

    • Bd. 4, 27
      • ;
    • S. 604, 9.

  • Sing ðæt galdor

    sing the charm,

    • Lchdm. iii. 38, 3.

  • Galdre bewunden

    encircled by enchantment,

    • Beo. Th. 6097
      • ;
    • B. 3052.

  • Ne sceal nán man mid galdre wyrte besingan

    no man shall enchant a herb with magic,

    • Homl. Th. i. 476, 8.

  • Galdra fela

    many sorceries,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 26, 106
      • ;
    • Met. 26, 53 : Deut. 18, 11.

  • Nis ðé ende feor, ðæs ðe ic on galdrum ongieten hæbbe

    thy end is not far off, from what I have understood by [thy] divinations,

    • Exon. 50 a
      • ;
    • Th. 174, 19
      • ;
    • Gú. 1180.

  • Ðás galdor mon mæg singan on wunde

    a man may sing these charms over a wound,

    • L. M. 3, 63
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 352, 5.

  • Hig worhton óðer swilc þing þurh hira drýcræft and þurh Egiptisce galdru

    fecērunt etiam ipsi per incantātiōnes Ægyptiacas et arcāna quædam simĭlĭter,

    • Ex. 7, 11.

  • Galdrum cýdan

    to inform by divination,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 321
      • ;
    • El. 161.
Etymology
[
Laym. galdere, dat. magic
:
Icel. galdr, galðr, m. a song, charm, spell, witchcraft, sorcery.
]
Derived forms
cear-
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v.  gealdor.
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Citation

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/13211.

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