crone

noun5

1. •
   An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.

   • With black unseeing eyes the old woman, the crone, stares at him and through him. Over and over she mutters a word that he cannot quite catch, something like Toomderoom. — 2005
2. •
   An archetypal figure, a wise woman.
3. •
   (no longer used) An old woman.

   • But still the crone was constant to her note. — 1700
4. •
   (no longer used) An old ewe.
5. •
   (no longer used) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.

   • The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, in the midst of a small patch of potatoes and Indian corn, which his master had given him on setting him free. — 1822

noun1

1. •
   One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Mother and Maiden, representing an old woman.

   • […] different stages of life as represented by our Lady as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, as well as our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage. — 2002