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Mare is yfel ƿiht on Þēodiscum Hǣðenscipe þe macaþ in mannum yfle sƿefn, by rīdende on þǣm brēoste manna. Þæt Nīƿu Englisc ƿord "nightmare," oþþe "nihtmare," cymþ of þissum ƿihte.

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