# galder

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A type of pagan incantation, spell, charm, and thereof.
2. A type of magical chanting, especially relating to ljóðatal, gendered masculine and for protective effects.

## 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".

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/galder