Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hag; a witch.
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There is a bogle or a brownie, a witch or a gyre-carlin, a bodach or a fairy, in the case?”
qms commented on the word gyre-carlin
Each dragon that’s fiercely fire-snarlin’
Or toddlin’ ghoulish dire darlin’
We may think adorable
And cutely mock-horrible
But dread the approaching gyre-carlin.
October 31, 2017
qms commented on the word gyre-carlin
Variously spelled: gyre-carline, gyre-carling, gyir-carling, gyre-carling, gy-carling, gay-carlin.
October 31, 2017