galder

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Middle English galder, from Old English galdor, from Proto-West Germanic *galdr, from Proto-Germanic *galdraz (“song, incantation, spell”), through garnered interest via Old Norse galdr, equivelant to gale +‎ -der, or yell +‎ -der, deriving from a sense of "magical chanting". === Noun === galder (plural galders) A type of pagan incantation, spell, charm, and thereof. A type of magical chanting, especially relating to ljóðatal, gendered masculine and for protective effects. Synonym: galdr ==== Translations ==== == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse galdr, from Proto-Germanic *galdraz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡalˀʌ] ~ [ˈɡalˀdʌ] === Noun === galder c (singular definite galderen, not used in plural form) sorcery, wizardry, spell, incantation (particularly in Old Norse times) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== galdre ==== See also ==== sejd === References === “galder” in Den Danske Ordbog “galder” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Middle English == === Etymology === Inherited from Old English galdor, from Proto-West Germanic *galdr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡaldər/ === Noun === galder (uncountable) (hapax legomenon, Early Middle English) magic, enchantment ==== Descendants ==== → English: galder (learned) ==== References ==== “gālder, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 November 2018. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse galdr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɑldɛr/ === Noun === galder m (definite singular galderen, indefinite plural galdrar, definite plural galdrane) magic, wizardry (particularly in Old Norse times) === References === “galder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Swedish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse galdr, from Proto-Germanic *galdraz. ==== Noun ==== galder m charm, incantation, spell song ===== Declension ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== gallir ᚵᛆᛚᚦᚽᚱ ===== Derived terms ===== fughlagalder (“bird incantation”) ormagalder (“serpent incantation”) galdra bref (“incantation letter”) galderkona, gallirkona (“witch”) ===== Related terms ===== galdra, galra galdran, galran ===== Descendants ===== Swedish: galder (partly repopularized via modern interest in Old Norse culture) === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse geldr (“infertile, regarding cow”), potentially from Old Norse galli (“fault, flaw, shortcoming”). Cognate to Old Danish gold (“infertile”), English gelde, Old English gelde, Scots yelt, yell (“sterile”), ceasing to give milk, regional English yell (“dry (of cow)”). Compare: Old Norse galtr, gǫltr, Old Swedish galter (“castrated livestock, castrated boar”), Swedish galt, Danish galt, Norwegian Bokmål galt, Icelandic göltur (“boar, hog”); English yelt, Middle English yelte, Old English ġilte (“young virdin sow”), ==== Adjective ==== galder m infertile unfruitful ===== Alternative forms ===== galter ===== Derived terms ===== galdviþer (“unfruitful tree”) galnøt (“infertile cattle”) gallko, galdko (“infertile cow”) gallgrund (“infertile ground”) gallsnø (“weak ground”) gallstrand (“infertile beach”) galltupp (“infertile rooster”) ===== Related terms ===== galter (“castrated livestock, castrated boar”) ===== Descendants ===== Swedish: (dialektal) galdur, gåll == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish galder, from Old Norse galdr, from Proto-Germanic *galdraz. Modern learned use overlaps with archaic and dialectal use. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡalˀʌ] ~ [ˈɡalˀdʌ] === Noun === galder m (archaic) incantation, spell, charm (particularly in Old Norse times); galdr ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ormgalder (“serpent incantation”) galdrabrev (“incantation letter”) galderkona (“witch”) ==== Related terms ==== gala galdra galdran