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)

(Scotland, obsolete) A witch.

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