Is this an English word? If it is indeed late Old English, it might be
"Sigeldry", sigel being the name of the s-rune, and dry is Old English for
magician, wizard. Then again, it might be something else!

Terje

>From: simonfittonbrown@...
>Reply-To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
>To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [norse_course] SIGALDRY
>Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 05:41:38 EDT
>
>Hi,
>The word SIGALDRY came up on CALL MY BLUFF recently.
>It's also mentioned on this site:
>http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/tolkien/91315
>It's just that it seems to have an Icelandic ring about it - GALDUR,
>GALDURS
>= witchcraft, and I'm sure they said that SIGALDRY had a similar meaning.
>Also, doesn't the prefix SÍ mean ETERNAL?
>Can anyone shed any light on this ancient word from a 12th century English
>document, please?
>Cheers,
>Simon

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