Brewer's: Beldam

An old woman; literally, a grandmother. The French also use bel age for old age. 

Old men and beldames in the streets Do prophesy upon it dangerously.

Shakespeare: King John, iv. 2.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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