beldame

N หญิง แก่  ยาย  beldam

BELDAM

n. 1. An old woman.
Spenser seems to have used the word in its true sense for good dame.
2. A hag.

BELDAM; BELDAME

Bel "dam Bel "dame, n. Etym: [Pref. bel-, denoting relationship + dame mother: cf. F. belledame fair lady, It. belladonna. See Belle, and Dame. ]

beldam

bel dam |ˈbeldəm, -ˌdam ˈbɛldəm |(also beldame ) ▶noun archaic an old woman. • a malicious and ugly woman, esp. an old one; a witch. ORIGIN late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘grandmother ’): from Old French bel ‘beautiful ’ + dam 2 .

beldam

beldam |ˈbɛldəm |(also beldame ) ▶noun archaic an old woman. • a malicious or loathsome old woman. ORIGIN late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘grandmother ’): from Old French bel ‘beautiful ’ + dam 3 .