gyre-carlin

English

Alternative forms
  • gyre-carline, gyre-carling

Etymology

From Old Norse gýgr (“ogress”) + English carline (“old woman”).

Noun

gyre-carlin (plural gyre-carlins)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) A witch.
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