gealdor

• galdor

From Proto-West Germanic *galdr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjæ͜ɑl.dor/, [ˈjæ͜ɑɫ.dor]

ġealdor n

1. spell, charm; incantation
   • 11th century, Against a dwarf:

     Þænne eft þæt galdor, þæt hēr æfter cweð, man sċeal singan, ǣrest on þæt wynstre ēare, þænne on þæt swīðre ēare, þænne hūfan þæs mannes moldan.

     Then afterwards, the spell, that will be spoken hereafter, one should sing at first in the left ear, then in the right ear, then to the top of man's earth.

2. magic

Strong a-stem:

• galan

• Middle English: galder