æfgælþ

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abgaliþō, equivalent to æf- +‎ gælþ from galan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæfˌɡælθ/, [ˈævˌɡæɫθ]

Noun

æfgælþ f

1. superstition

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	æfgælþ	æfgælþa, æfgælþe
accusative	æfgælþe	æfgælþa, æfgælþe
genitive	æfgælþe	æfgælþa
dative	æfgælþe	æfgælþum

Synonyms

• scīnlāc n (“sorcery, necromancy, superstition”)

See also

• æfgydel (“idolatrous, superstitious”)
• ġedwild n (“error, heresy”)
• ġedwimor n (“illusion, delusion, apparition”)
• ġedwolcræft m (“deceptive art, deception”)
• scīncræft m (“the art of making apparitions, magic”)
• scīnhīw n (“a form made by magic, a spectre”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “æfgælþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.