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galder

galder noun: a type of pagan incantation, spell, charm, and thereof.

Noun

galder (plural galders)

  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.
    Synonyms:
    galdr

Synonyms of galder

Forms of galder

pluralgalders

Origin of galder

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".

Questions about galder

What does galder mean?
Galder means a type of pagan incantation, spell, charm, and thereof.
What part of speech is galder?
Galder is a noun.
What is the plural of galder?
The plural of galder is galders.

Words near galder in the dictionary

  1. Galdamezes
  2. galdanamycin
  3. galdansetron
  4. galdegaia
  5. galdem
  6. galder
  7. Galderise
  8. galders
  9. Galdhøpiggen
  10. Galdieri
  11. Galdikas

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