The story
- Old Norse · derived fromgýgr“ogress”
- English todaygyre-carlin
From Old Norse gýgr (“ogress”) + English carline (“old woman”).
Words from the same roots
Old Norsegýgr all →
guykerl
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
gyre-carlin
Today it means: A witch. Full definition →
Old Norse gýgr