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galder

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
galder
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of pagan incantation, spell, charm, and thereof.

noun

A type of magical chanting, especially relating to ljóðatal, gendered masculine and for protective effects.

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".

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

galders (plural)

Synonyms

galdr

Questions

What does galder mean?
A type of pagan incantation, spell, charm, and thereof.
Where does galder come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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