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There is an Old English word 'gast' meaning soul, spirit or life. This may be a

derivation of a Germanic word 'ghoizdoz' or an Old Dutch word 'gheest' which make reference to a spirit. Other similar Old European words translate ghost as being something terrible and frightening

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