Beldam (noun) (archaic)
bel-dum
A malicious or loathsome old woman.
Late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘grandmother’): from Old French bel ‘beautiful’ + dam..
Example sentences
“Stay away, an old beldam lives there and she’s mean.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
