gealdorcwide

Old English

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Etymology

From ġealdor (“spell, magic, incantation”) +‎ cwide (“saying”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ġealdorcwide m

1. a magic saying

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “galdor-cwide”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.