From: xigung
Message: 3302
Date: 2003-06-19
> Is this an English word? If it is indeed late Old English, it might beEnglish for
> "Sigeldry", sigel being the name of the s-rune, and dry is Old
> magician, wizard. Then again, it might be something else!meaning.
>
> 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
> >Also, doesn't the prefix SÍ mean ETERNAL?English
> >Can anyone shed any light on this ancient word from a 12th century
> >document, please?
> >Cheers,
> >Simon
>
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