. Add: (I) a song, poem. Cf. galan, (l a) :-- Sié þæs gemyndig sé ðe lufige þisses galdres begang, þæt hé geóce mé 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 pręstigię, 4700. Mid galdre necromantia, 2909 : 4055. Ne wyrta gaderunge mid nánum galdre (incantatione) bútan mid Pater noster, Ll. Th. ii. 192, I. Antecríst hæfð mid him drýmen . . . and þá ðe cunnan galder ágalan, Wlfst. 194, 18. þ̵ ic móte þis gealdor tóðum ontýnan, Lch. i. 400.4. Galdra pręstrigiarum An. Ox. 4056: incantationum 4477 : 4940 : cantionum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 14. Ne gím þú drýcræfta and galdra non declinetis ad magos, nec ab ariolis aliquid sciscitemini Lev. 19, 31. Þá drýas mid langsumum galdrum (incantationibus) hyre on gólon, Gr. D. 73,25. Hǽlde sécan æt unálýfedum tilungum oððe æt wyrigedum galdrum, oþþe æt ǽnigum wiccecræfte Hml. Th. i. 474, 21. (3) the sound of a trumpet. Cf. galan, (3) Hié Hygeláces horn nad býman gealdor ongeáton, B. 2944. v. sigge-, wyrm-galdor.