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spell (n.1) Look up spell at DictionaryOld English spell story, saying, tale, history, narrative, fable; discourse, command, from Proto-Germanic *spellam (see spell (v.1)). Cf. Old Saxon spel, Old Norse spjall, Old High German spel, Gothic spill report, discourse, tale, fable, myth; German Beispiel example. From c.1200 as an utterance, something said, a statement, remark; meaning set of words with supposed magical or occult powers, incantation, charm first recorded 1570s; hence any means or cause of enchantment.
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