gealdorword

Old English

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Etymology

From ġealdor (“spell, magic, incantation”) +‎ word (“word”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ġealdorword n

1. a magic word

References

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