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mare1 (s.xii1/3)
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mare1 (s.xii1/3)

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  FEW:  mare 16,516a Gdf:  mare 1 5,168c GdfC: ∅ TL: mare 2 5,1150 DEAF:  mare 1  DMF:  mare 2  TLF: ∅ OED:  mare n.2  MED:  mare n.2  DMLBS: ∅
ls(loanword: M.E. (?))
le

s.

nightmare (or the incubus causing it): 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ne en dormaunt pour n'avrat, Ne mare sur luy ne vendrat  Lapid 275.270

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