English Explanatory Dictionary

galder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of pagan incantation, spell, charm, and thereof.
  2. A type of magical chanting, especially relating to ljóðatal, gendered masculine and for protective effects.

Word forms

galder galders

Etymology

Learned 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".

Synonyms

galdr

Translations

Danish: galder Gutnish: galdur Icelandic: galdur Middle English: galder Norwegian Nynorsk: galder Old English: ġealdor Old English: galdor Old High German: galdar Old High German: galstar Old Norse: galdr Old Swedish: galder Old Swedish: gallir Swedish: galder
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