incant

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English

The dead Gróa incants before her son Svipdagr in The Elder or Poetic Edda

Etymology

From Latin incantō. Doublet of enchant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪŋˈkænt/
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Verb

incant (third-person singular simple present incants, present participle incanting, simple past and past participle incanted)

  1. (rare) To state solemnly, to chant.
  2. To recite an incantation.

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