Old English · noun
nihtmare
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈnixtˌmɑ.re/[ˈniçtˌmɑ.re]
- Syllables
- ˈnixt · ˌmɑ · re (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- nightmaremare
Meaning
-
mare (evil spirit thought to torment people in their sleep)
-
nightmare
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *nahtmarā. Equivalent to niht + mare.
Descendants
nightmare
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