/el"drich/ , adj.
eerie; weird; spooky.
Also, eldrich, elritch .
[ 1500-10; earlier elrich, equiv. to OE el- foreign, strange, uncanny (see ELSE) + rice kingdom (see RICH); hence "of a strange country, pertaining to the Otherworld"; cf. OE ellende in a foreign LAND, exiled (c. G Elend penury, distress), Runic Norse alja-markir foreigner ]