mare-browed

mare n The word _mare_, in Anglo-Saxon, means a demon or goblin, and we have a remnant of this in the word "nightmare." But there is in Newfoundland a curious survival of it in the term _mare_- browed, applied to a man whose eyebrows extend across his forehead, and who is dreaded as posses...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1959
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/56969 2023-12-31T10:15:49+01:00 mare-browed 1959/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56969 eng eng M 1895 PATTERSON Dialect of Nfld 30 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13252 M_13252_mare n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56969 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1959 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:40Z mare n The word _mare_, in Anglo-Saxon, means a demon or goblin, and we have a remnant of this in the word "nightmare." But there is in Newfoundland a curious survival of it in the term _mare_- browed, applied to a man whose eyebrows extend across his forehead, and who is dreaded as possessed of supernatural powers. G. M. Story June 1959 PRINTED ITEM Used I and Sup Used I Not used mare-browed, ~ head, BENDING HORSE, HORSE Checked by Rebecca Nolan on Thu Oct 15, 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
mare-browed
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description mare n The word _mare_, in Anglo-Saxon, means a demon or goblin, and we have a remnant of this in the word "nightmare." But there is in Newfoundland a curious survival of it in the term _mare_- browed, applied to a man whose eyebrows extend across his forehead, and who is dreaded as possessed of supernatural powers. G. M. Story June 1959 PRINTED ITEM Used I and Sup Used I Not used mare-browed, ~ head, BENDING HORSE, HORSE Checked by Rebecca Nolan on Thu Oct 15, 2015
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title mare-browed
title_short mare-browed
title_full mare-browed
title_fullStr mare-browed
title_full_unstemmed mare-browed
title_sort mare-browed
publishDate 1959
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genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation M
1895 PATTERSON Dialect of Nfld 30
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13252
M_13252_mare n
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