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shadow-stalker

noun

Etymology

Alliterative literary calque of Old English sceadugenga, from sceadu (“shadow”) + genga (“goer, walker”).

  1. derived from sceadugenga

Definitions

  1. A monster or other malevolent figure that moves about at night.

    • In the wan darkness, while the warriors slept, the shadow-stalker drew near from the moorland.
    • [T]he shadow-stalker will not draw anyone down to the shades unless God wills it.
    • The out of the night came the shadow-stalker, stealthy and swift.

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