ealdra cwena spell

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Old English

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Etymology

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Literally “old women's story.” Could be a very old phrase, since *wīb (→ Old English wīf) had become the normal word for "woman" by West Germanic times.

Noun

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ealdra cwēna spell n

  1. old wives' tale

Declension

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