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==Origin==
 
==Origin==
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[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from ''night'' + ''mare''
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[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from ''night'' + ''mare''
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
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"Nightmare" evokes the [[modern]] word for a [[female]] horse but the terms are wholly unrelated. The word derives from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] "mare", a [[mythological]] [[demon]] who torments [[human being]]s with [[frightening]] [[dreams]].
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"Nightmare" evokes the [[modern]] word for a [[female]] horse but the terms are wholly unrelated. The word derives from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] "mare", a [[mythological]] [[demon]] who torments [[human being]]s with [[frightening]] [[dreams]].
 
==Definitions==
 
==Definitions==
 
*1: an [[evil]] [[spirit]] formerly [[thought]] to oppress people during [[sleep]]
 
*1: an [[evil]] [[spirit]] formerly [[thought]] to oppress people during [[sleep]]
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