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(obsolete) A grandmother. / (now archaic) An old woman, particularly an ugly one.

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beldame

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Source Word

beldame

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈbɛldəm/

Noun

obsolete archaic

(obsolete) A grandmother. / (now archaic) An old woman, particularly an ugly one.

Japanese Meaning

（古い用語で）祖母 / （現代では古風な表現で）特に醜い老女

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When I visited the village, an old beldame welcomed me with a basket of freshly baked bread.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

村を訪れたとき、年老いたおばあさんが焼きたてのパンを入れた籠を持って私を迎えてくれた。

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(obsolete) A grandmother.

Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich for enlargement ſtriuing / Shakes the old Beldame earth, and topples down / Steeples and moſſegrovvn towers.

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