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> From: Lazarus [mailto:lazarus@...]
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 3:25 PM
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "vidhar" <nina_net@...>
> To: <norse_course@yahoogroups.com>
>
> > I would also
> > like to know the Old Norse word for necromancy.
>
> I, for one, don't know if there is one, but the Icelandic dictionary I

have

> gives 'Andasæringar' and 'Galdrar'.

Zöega has "valgaldr": (m) charms, spells to raise the dead. Sounds like a
pretty good translation for necromancy.

Skiljum heilir,
Úlfgrímr

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