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.”
bel-dum
A malicious or loathsome old woman.
Late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘grandmother’): from Old French bel ‘beautiful’ + dam..
“Stay away, an old beldam lives there and she’s mean.”