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gyre-carline Sc.|ˈgaɪəˌkɑːlɪn|
Also 6 gyr(e)-, gyir-carling, (9 giean carlin).
[f. ON. gýgr = Norw. dial. gjure ogress, witch + carline1. Cf. ON. gýgjar-karl the husband of an ogress.]
The mother-witch; a witch, hag.
1535Lyndesay Satyre 4592 [Folly speaks] My gudame, the Gyre Carling, Leirnde me the Prophesie of Marling. a1605Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 661 Leaue boggles, brownies, gyr-carlings and gaists. 1815Scott Guy M. iii, The elves and the gyre-carlings. 1822― Pirate vi, What kind of a country of guisards and gyre-carlines is this! |