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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *abgaliþō, equivalent to æf- + gælþ from galan.
Pronunciation
Noun
æfgælþ f
- superstition
Declension
Declension of ' (strong ō-stem)
Synonyms
- scīnlāc n (“sorcery, necromancy, superstition”)
See also
- æfgydel (“idolatrous, superstitious”)
- ġedwild n (“error, heresy”)
- ġedwimor n (“illusion, delusion, apparition”)
- ġedwolcræft m (“deceptive art, deception”)
- scīncræft m (“the art of making apparitions, magic”)
- scīnhīw n (“a form made by magic, a spectre”)
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