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单词 gyre-carline
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gyre-carlinen.

Brit. /ˈɡʌɪəkɑːlɪn/, U.S. /ˈɡaɪ(ə)rˌkɑrlən/, Scottish English /ˈɡaɪrkarlɪn/
Forms: Also 1500s gyr(e)-, gyir-carling, (1800s giean carlin).
Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian, combined with an English element. Etymons: Norse gýgr , carline n.1
Etymology: < Old Norse gýgr = Norwegian dialect gjure ogress, witch + carline n.1 Compare Old Norse gýgjar-karl the husband of an ogress.
Scottish.
The mother-witch; a witch, hag.
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1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 4592 [Folly speaks] My gudame, the Gyre Carling, Leirnde me the Prophesie of Marling.
a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 661 Leaue boggles, brownies, gyr-carlings and gaists.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. iii. 37 The elves and the gyre carlings.
1821 W. Scott Pirate I. vi. 123 What kind of a country of guisards and gyre-carlines is this!
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