galdor

Old English

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From Proto-Germanic *galdrą, *galdraz (“magical song, incantation”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout, sing, charm, enchant”). Cognate with Old Saxon *galdar, Old High German galdar, kalter (“spell, enchantment”), Old Norse galdr (“enchantment, spell”) (Icelandic galdur). Related to Old English galan (“to sing, shout”). More at yell.

galdor n

song, incantation; enchantment, spell, divination
galdorcwide ― enchantment, spell, magical song
charm; magic; sorcery
- Beowulf 3053-54:
  Þonne wæs þæt yrfe, eacencræftig, iumonna gold, galdre bewunden
  That huge cache, gold inherited from an ancient race, was under a spell
galdorcræft ― magic; occultic arts, the occult

galdorgalend ― wizard, enchanter
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Declension of galdor (strong a-stem)