Galdor

According to the Old English Dictionary:

galdor

Add: (I) a song, poem. Cf. galan, (l a) :-- Sié þæs gemyndig sē de lufige þisses galdres begang, þæt hē geóce mē fricle, Hpt. 33, 73, 14. (2) an incantation, a charm. Cf. galan, (1 b) :-- Deóflices galdres necromantiae, i. demonum invocations, An. Ox. 1927 : 2021. Galdres prestigie, 4700. Mid galdre necromantia, 2909 : 4055. Ne wyrta gaderunge mid nānum galdre (incantatione) būtan mid Pater noster, Ll. Th. ii. 192, I. Antecrīst hæfd mid him drȳmen . . . and þā de cunnan galder āgalan, Wlfst. 194, 18. ꝥ ic mōte þis gealdor tōdum ontȳnan, Lch. i. 400.4. Galdra prestrigiarum An. Ox. 4056: incantationum 4477 : 4940 : cantionum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 14. Ne gīm þū drȳcræfta and galdra non declinetis ad magos, nec ab ariolis aliquid sciscitemini Leincantationibus) hyre on gōlon, Gr. D. 73,25. Hǣlde sēcan æt unālȳfedum tilungum odde æt wyrigedum galdrum, oþþe æt ǣnigum wiccecræfte Hml. Th. i. 474, 21. (3) the sound of a trumpet. Cf. galan, (3) Hié Hygelāces horn nad bȳman gealdor ongeáton, B. 2944. v. sigge-, wyrm-galdor. galdor-,galdor

Related words: 19, 31. Þā drȳas mid langsumum galdrum (