galder

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noun

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

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OriginMiddle English galder ← Old English galdor ← Proto-West Germanic *galdr →
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Meanings

noungalder (plural galders)

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 & antonyms

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

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Origin

  1. Old Norsegaldr
  2. Proto-Germanic*galdraz“song, incantation, spell”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*galdr
  4. Old Englishgaldor
  5. Middle Englishgalder
  6. Englishgalder

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".

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Translations

Danish galder
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Icelandic galdur
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Swedish galder
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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

GeraldGardelredgalgarledLegraddargle
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APA

galder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galder

MLA

“galder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “galder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galder.

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