gyre-carlin

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

gyre-carline, gyre-carling

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

gyre-carlin (plural gyre-carlins)

(Scotland, obsolete) A witch.

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