beldambeldamen.

Brit.

/ˈbɛldəm/, U.S.

/ˈbɛldəm/

Forms: Middle English–1800s beldame, 1600s belldame, Middle English– beldam.

Etymology: Not a direct adoption of the French belle dame ‘fair lady,’ but formed upon dam , earlier dame , in its English sense of ‘mother,’ with bel- employed to express relationship, as in belsire , belfader : see bel. For the transference to a more remote ancestor see also belsire n.; for the extension to old woman, etc., compare gaffer, gammer, goody, grandame, granny.

†1.

a. A father or mother's mother, a grandmother. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandmother

eldmotherc1000

grandamc1225

good-dame1400

grandmother1424

beldamc1440

lucky1629

granny1659

grandmama1694

lucky minnie1755

grandma1772

grandmammy1789

gran1829

babushka1834

abuela1836

grandmom1860

grandmum1861

grammy1886

dadi1888

minnie1888

grams1893

bubbe1895

nana1899

gram1923

nanny1927

lola1934

abuelita1937

oma1948

nain1954

nan1955

makulu1980

omi1988

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 29 Beldam [v.r. beldame], faders and moders modyr, bothe.

1483 Cath. Angl. 27 Beldame, auia.

c1483 W. Caxton Bk. for Travellers in Promptorium Parvulorum 29 note Recommaunde me to your bel-fadre, and to your bel dame, à vostre tayon et à vostre taye.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 179/2 Beldame, meregrant.

c1550 T. Paynell tr. J. L. Vives Duty Husb. (T.) The mother, the beldame, the aunt, the sister, the cosyn.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. G3^v To shew the beldame daughters of her daughter.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion vi. 89 The Beldam and the Girle, the Grandsire and the Boy.

1673 J. Milton At Vacation Exercise in Poems (new ed.) 66 When Beldam Nature in her cradle was.

†b. A great-grandmother, or still more remote ancestress; by Plot used for a woman who has lived to see five generations of female descendants.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandmother > great-(great-)grandmother

beldam1686

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 322 She lived to be a Beldam, that is to see the sixt generation.

1863 R. Chambers Bk. of Days I. 306/2 At the same rate, she might have been a beldam at sixty-six.

2. An aged woman, a matron of advanced years. (In 16th cent. used in addressing nurses.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun]

old wifeeOE

old womanOE

trota1375

carlinec1375

cronec1386

vecke1390

monea1393

hagc1400

ribibec1405

aunt?a1425

crate14..

witchc1475

mauda1500

mackabroine1546

grandam?1550

grannam1565

old lady1575

beldam1580

lucky1629

granny1634

patriarchess1639

runta1652

harridan1699

grimalkin1798

mama1810

tante1815

wifie1823

maw1826

old dear1836

tante1845

Mother Bunch1847

douairière1869

dowager1870

veteraness1880

old trout1897

tab1909

bag1924

crow1925

ma1932

Skinny Liz1940

old bag1947

old boot1958

tannie1958

LOL1960

1580 H. Gifford Posie of Gilloflowers ii. sig. M^v And thus..This aged beldam speakes.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Dd4^v [To ‘her aged Nourse’] Beldame, your words doe worke me litle ease.

1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 62 Heere is no Beldam nurse to pout or lower.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 83. ⁋2 I am neither childish-young, nor beldam-old.

1752 S. Foote Taste i. 3 This superannuated Beldame gapes for Flattery.

1771 J. Beattie Minstrel: Bk. 1st xlv. 23 Her legends when the Beldam 'gan impart.

1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus i. ii. 20 That blood-loving beldame, My martial grandam.

1856 H. W. Longfellow Blind Girl i. 122 The beldame, wrinkled and gray takes the young bride by the hand.

3. esp. with depreciative sense: A loathsome old woman, a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman (without the notion of age), a virago.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun] > virago

beldama1586

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun]

walkyrieOE

witchOE

hagc1230

strya1300

wise woman1382

sorceressc1384

luller14..

tylyester14..

chantressc1425

magicienne1490

gyre-carline1535

witch-womana1538

eye-biter1584

beldama1586

witch-wife1591

cunning woman1594

saga?a1600

magha1609

magicianess1651

hag-witcha1658

haggard1658

besom-rider1664

wizardess1789

fly-by-night1796

lucky1827

bruja1829

weird-woman1845

hex1856

Baba Yaga1857

pishogue1906

witcher1928

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > fierce or furious > woman

beldama1586

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. iii. sig. C4^v A beldame..accused for a witch.

1608 R. Johnson Seauen Champions 212 Come all you witches, beldames, and Fortunetellers.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 177 Tarquinius taking her to be some frantick Beldame.

1706 J. Addison Rosamond i. iii Fly from my passion, Baldame, fly!

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel III. x*. 293 That accursed beldame whom she caused work upon me.

1857 F. Locker London Lyrics (1862) 100 The beldams shriek, the caldron bubbles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	beldam
释义	beldambeldamen. Brit. /ˈbɛldəm/, U.S. /ˈbɛldəm/ Forms: Middle English–1800s beldame, 1600s belldame, Middle English– beldam. Etymology: Not a direct adoption of the French belle dame ‘fair lady,’ but formed upon dam , earlier dame , in its English sense of ‘mother,’ with bel- employed to express relationship, as in belsire , belfader : see bel. For the transference to a more remote ancestor see also belsire n.; for the extension to old woman, etc., compare gaffer, gammer, goody, grandame, granny. †1. a. A father or mother's mother, a grandmother. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandmother eldmotherc1000 grandamc1225 good-dame1400 grandmother1424 beldamc1440 lucky1629 granny1659 grandmama1694 lucky minnie1755 grandma1772 grandmammy1789 gran1829 babushka1834 abuela1836 grandmom1860 grandmum1861 grammy1886 dadi1888 minnie1888 grams1893 bubbe1895 nana1899 gram1923 nanny1927 lola1934 abuelita1937 oma1948 nain1954 nan1955 makulu1980 omi1988 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 29 Beldam [v.r. beldame], faders and moders modyr, bothe. 1483 Cath. Angl. 27 Beldame, auia. c1483 W. Caxton Bk. for Travellers in Promptorium Parvulorum 29 note Recommaunde me to your bel-fadre, and to your bel dame, à vostre tayon et à vostre taye. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 179/2 Beldame, meregrant. c1550 T. Paynell tr. J. L. Vives Duty Husb. (T.) The mother, the beldame, the aunt, the sister, the cosyn. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. G3^v To shew the beldame daughters of her daughter. View more context for this quotation 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion vi. 89 The Beldam and the Girle, the Grandsire and the Boy. 1673 J. Milton At Vacation Exercise in Poems (new ed.) 66 When Beldam Nature in her cradle was. †b. A great-grandmother, or still more remote ancestress; by Plot used for a woman who has lived to see five generations of female descendants. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandmother > great-(great-)grandmother beldam1686 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 322 She lived to be a Beldam, that is to see the sixt generation. 1863 R. Chambers Bk. of Days I. 306/2 At the same rate, she might have been a beldam at sixty-six. 2. An aged woman, a matron of advanced years. (In 16th cent. used in addressing nurses.) ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun] old wifeeOE old womanOE trota1375 carlinec1375 cronec1386 vecke1390 monea1393 hagc1400 ribibec1405 aunt?a1425 crate14.. witchc1475 mauda1500 mackabroine1546 grandam?1550 grannam1565 old lady1575 beldam1580 lucky1629 granny1634 patriarchess1639 runta1652 harridan1699 grimalkin1798 mama1810 tante1815 wifie1823 maw1826 old dear1836 tante1845 Mother Bunch1847 douairière1869 dowager1870 veteraness1880 old trout1897 tab1909 bag1924 crow1925 ma1932 Skinny Liz1940 old bag1947 old boot1958 tannie1958 LOL1960 1580 H. Gifford Posie of Gilloflowers ii. sig. M^v And thus..This aged beldam speakes. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Dd4^v [To ‘her aged Nourse’] Beldame, your words doe worke me litle ease. 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 62 Heere is no Beldam nurse to pout or lower. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 83. ⁋2 I am neither childish-young, nor beldam-old. 1752 S. Foote Taste i. 3 This superannuated Beldame gapes for Flattery. 1771 J. Beattie Minstrel: Bk. 1st xlv. 23 Her legends when the Beldam 'gan impart. 1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus i. ii. 20 That blood-loving beldame, My martial grandam. 1856 H. W. Longfellow Blind Girl i. 122 The beldame, wrinkled and gray takes the young bride by the hand. 3. esp. with depreciative sense: A loathsome old woman, a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman (without the notion of age), a virago. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun] > virago beldama1586 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun] walkyrieOE witchOE hagc1230 strya1300 wise woman1382 sorceressc1384 luller14.. tylyester14.. chantressc1425 magicienne1490 gyre-carline1535 witch-womana1538 eye-biter1584 beldama1586 witch-wife1591 cunning woman1594 saga?a1600 magha1609 magicianess1651 hag-witcha1658 haggard1658 besom-rider1664 wizardess1789 fly-by-night1796 lucky1827 bruja1829 weird-woman1845 hex1856 Baba Yaga1857 pishogue1906 witcher1928 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > fierce or furious > woman beldama1586 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. iii. sig. C4^v A beldame..accused for a witch. 1608 R. Johnson Seauen Champions 212 Come all you witches, beldames, and Fortunetellers. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 177 Tarquinius taking her to be some frantick Beldame. 1706 J. Addison Rosamond i. iii Fly from my passion, Baldame, fly! 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel III. x. 293 That accursed beldame whom she caused work upon me. 1857 F. Locker London Lyrics* (1862) 100 The beldams shriek, the caldron bubbles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1440
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