"gyre-carlin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: gyre-carlins [plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse gýgr (“ogress”) + English carline (“old woman”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|gýgr||ogress}} Old Norse gýgr (“ogress”), {{m+|en|carline||old woman}} English carline (“old woman”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gyre-carlin (plural gyre-carlins)
  1. (Scotland, obsolete) A witch. Tags: Scotland, obsolete Synonyms: gyre-carline, gyre-carling
    Sense id: en-gyre-carlin-en-noun-R2YIJOb3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Scottish English

Inflected forms

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