ceargealdor

Old English

Etymology

Compound of ċearu (“worry, anxiety”) +‎ ġealdor (“spell”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑrˌjæ͜ɑl.dor/, [ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑrˌjæ͜ɑɫ.dor]

Noun

ċearġealdor m

1. a dire or horrible enchantment

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “cear-gealdor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.