"gandus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} gandus
  1. plural of gandu Tags: form-of, plural Form of: gandu
    Sense id: en-gandus-en-noun-dR-Ojq3y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Latin]

Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse gandr. Etymology templates: {{bor+|la|non|gandr}} Borrowed from Old Norse gandr Head templates: {{head|la|noun|g=m}} gandus m
  1. (historical) a spirit commanded by a Norse or Saami wizard Tags: historical, masculine
    Sense id: en-gandus-la-noun-sp3RMU1s Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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          "roman": "Sunt namque quidam ex ipsis, qui quasi prophete a stolido uulgo uenerantur, quoniam per immundum spiritum, quem gandum uocitant, multis multa presagia, ut eueniunt, quandoque percunctati predicent. Et de longinquis prouinciis res concupiscibiles miro modo sibi alliciunt, nec non absconditos thesauros longe remoti mirifice produnt",
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          "english": "Next they consulted another specialist in the magic arts as to what had happened in each case. This individual went through all his practices in similar fashion, though with a different outcome: the hostess arose in sound health and then he revealed to them that the sorcerer had died in the following way: his gand, having taken on the likeness of a whale, was shooting rapidly through a lake when it had the misfortune to encounter a hostile gand, which had transformed itself into sharply pointed stakes; these stakes, hidden in the depths of the lake, penetrated the repulsed creature's belly, and this was also manifested by the death of the magician in the house.",
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