NIGHTMARE
ADJECTIVES
► HAG-RID affected by nightmare → 1886
► HAG-RIDDEN affected by nightmare → 1684
► MARE-RODE oppressed with an incubus, having the nightmare → 1855 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NAG-RIDDEN troubled with nightmare → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WITCH-RIDDEN having a nightmare → 1836 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► AGROD a nightmare → 1905 (Bk.)
► BITCH-DAUGHTER a nightmare → 1898 (Bk.)
► CACODEMON a nightmare → 1811 obs.
► DAY-MARE a condition similar to nightmare occurring during wakefulness → 1737
► EARTH-MARE a nightmare → 1916 Sc.
► HAG the nightmare → 1632 obs.
► MARE a kind of goblin supposed to produce nightmare by sitting on the chest of the sleeper; the nightmare itself → 700 obs.
► RIDING OF THE WITCH, THE the nightmare → 1903 colloq. (Bk.)
► RIDING-HAG the nightmare → 1903 colloq. (Bk.)
VERBS
► HAG to torment or terrify as a hag; to trouble as the nightmare → 1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HAG-RIDE to harass, to torment, esp. during sleep; to cause nightmares or nightmare-like experiences → 1661 Sc. & Amer. dial.
► WITCH-RIDE to disturb the sleep of, to create nightmares for → 1836 Amer. dial.
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