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Old English Dictionary Entry

Cear-gealdor

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1 cear-gealdor

gen. -gealides; n. [galdor an incantation, charm] A dire or horrible enchantment; cantio vel loquela mæsta :-- Helle gǽstcleopade fór corþre ceargealdra full the spirit of hell cried before the multitude, full of dire enchantments, Exon. 74b; Th. 279, 24; Jul. 618. cear-gealdor
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛠᚱ-ᚷᛠᛚᛞᚩᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Jul.
Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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