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1 the nightmare and her nine-fold
книжн.ночные призраки [англосаксонское mare от древнескандинавского mara - мифическое злое существо, которое будто бы душит детей и вызывает кошмары у спящих: шекспировское выражение; см. цитату]Edgar: "...Swithold footed thrice the wold; He met the night-mare and her ninefold... " (W. Shakespeare, ‘King Lear’, act III, sc. 4) — Эдгар: "...Три раза им Витольд грозился святой И топал на ведьм и кикимор пятой."(перевод Б. Пастернака)
Stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country, and the nightmare with her whole nine-fold seems to make it the favourite scene of her gambols. (W. Irving quoted in El) — Над этой долиной чаще, чем над каким-нибудь другим местом, падают звезды и проносятся метеоры. Видно, здесь любит резвиться ночная нечисть: Мара и ее девять сестер.
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