victoriousvocabulary:ELDRITCH[adjective] unearthly, alien, supernatural, weird, spooky, eerie.Etymol

victoriousvocabulary:ELDRITCH[adjective] unearthly, alien, supernatural, weird, spooky, eerie.Etymology: of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English eldrich, from earlier elrich, equivalent to Old English el- (or Elf), “foreign, strange, other” + rīċe, “realm, kingdom”; hence “of a strange country, pertaining to the Otherworld” or “Fairyland”; compare Old English ellende, “in a foreign land, exiled” (compare German Elend, “penury, distress” and Dutch ellende, “misery”), Runic Norse alja-markir, “foreigner”.[Tom Bagshaw - Lilly] -- source link

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