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hag-ridden
hag-ridden, ppl. a. (ˈhægrɪd(ə)n) Also hag-rid. [f. hag n.1 + ridden ppl. a.] 1. Ridden by a hag; esp. afflicted by nightmare.1684 Otway Atheist ii. i, He's marry'd, plagu'd, troubled, and Hag-ridden. 1758 W. Battie Madness vii. 49 (Jod.) Thus the glutton..is hag-ridden in his sleep. 1817 Coleridge ...
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ridden
ridden, ppl. a. (ˈrɪd(ə)n) [pa. pple. of ride v.] † 1. That has ridden, travelled. In comb. room-ridden, far-travelled. Obs.—11340–70 Alex. & Dind. 1131 Þis makelese man þat most was adouted, Þe romme riden alexandre, richest of kingus. 2. That has been ridden upon; broken-in.1523 Fitzherb. Husb. §1...
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Night hag
This nightmare experience is described as being "hag-ridden" in the Gullah lore.
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Ariadne (poem)
The contrast between light-loving Athens and benighted Minoan Crete, hag-ridden with religion, reflects another authorial preference.
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mavrodaphne
mavrodaphne (mævrəʊˈdæfniː) [mod.Gr., f. late Gr. µαῦρος dark (Gr. ἀµαυρός) + δάϕνη laurel.] A dark-red sweet Greek wine made from the grape of the same name.1911 in Webster. 1935 A. L. Simon Wines & Liqueurs from A to Z 36 Mavrodaphne, a sweet dessert wine from Patras (Greece). 1945 E. Waugh Brides...
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Sleep paralysis
Newfoundland
In Newfoundland, sleep paralysis is referred to as the Old Hag, and victims of a hagging are said to be hag-ridden upon awakening.
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pandemonium
pandemonium (ˌpændiːˈməʊnɪəm) Also -dæmon-. [In form, mod.L. f. Gr. παν- all + δαίµων divinity, demon1.] 1. (With capital initial.) The abode of all the demons; a place represented by Milton as the capital of Hell, containing the council-chamber of the Evil Spirits; in common use, = hell or the infe...
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List of legendary kings of Sweden
The inglorious deaths of many of the Swedish Ynglings; with examples such as murder, burning to death, drowning in mead and being "hag-ridden" to death
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banter
▪ I. banter, n. (ˈbæntə(r)) [Of unknown etymology: it is doubtful whether the vb. or n. was the earlier; existing evidence is in favour of the vb. The n. was treated as slang in 1688: Swift, in the Apology to his Tale of a Tub (1710), says that it ‘was first borrowed from the bullies in White Friars...
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David Lloyd George
Economic Consequences of the Peace, and in Essays in Biography called the Prime Minister a "goat-footed bard, half-human visitor to our age from the hag-ridden
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palsy
▪ I. palsy, n.1 (a.1) (ˈpɔːlzɪ) Forms: α. 3–6 parlesie, -esi, 3–5 parlasy, 4–5 parlesy(e, perlesy, 5 parlsy, perlocy. β. 3–4 palasie, 4 -asye, -acye, -esy, pallesye, 4–5 palesye, -sie, palasy, 5 pallesie, palysy. γ. 4–5 palsye, 4–8 palsie, palsey, (5 pallsay, 6 pawsey), 4– palsy. See also paralysie....
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