galder

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galder

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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".

noun galders

A type of pagan incantation, spell, charm, and thereof.
A type of magical chanting, especially relating to ljóðatal, gendered masculine and for protective effects.
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@misc{galder_2026,
  title = {galder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/galder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}