ceargealdor
Old English
Etymology
Compound of ċearu (“worry, anxiety”) + ġealdor (“spell”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑrˌjæ͜ɑl.dor/, [ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑrˌjæ͜ɑɫ.dor]
Noun
ċearġealdor m
- a dire or horrible enchantment
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cear-gealdor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.