Weird Word Wednesday
eldritchadjective el·dritch \ˈel-drich\Popularity: Bottom 50% of words
Curse, "cobweb," "witch," "ghost," and even "Halloween" - all of these potentially spooky words have roots in Old English.
Definition of eldritch: weird, eeriewhose voice had risen to a kind of eldritch singsong — R. L. StevensonFirst Known Use: 1508Origin and Etymology of eldritchperhaps from Middle English *elfriche fairyland, from Middle English elf + riche kingdom, from Old English rice
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Curse, "cobweb," "witch," "ghost," and even "Halloween" - all of these potentially spooky words have roots in Old English.
Definition of eldritch: weird, eeriewhose voice had risen to a kind of eldritch singsong — R. L. StevensonFirst Known Use: 1508Origin and Etymology of eldritchperhaps from Middle English *elfriche fairyland, from Middle English elf + riche kingdom, from Old English rice
Kelley HeckartOtherworldly tales steeped in myth, magic & romance.http://www.kelleyheckart.comhttp://kelleysrealm.blogspot.com/http://twitter.com/CelticChickhttps://www.facebook.com/kelleyheckartauthorhttp://www.goodreads.com/kheckartAmazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Kelley-Heckart/e/B002BMOQ3C
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