▁+ ▁ne as ▁" cor ps es ", ▁which ▁the ▁translation ▁" ev il ▁spirits " ▁failed ▁to ▁do ▁justice . ▁It ▁is ▁generally ▁supposed ▁to ▁contain ▁an ▁element ▁- né , ▁cogn ate ▁to ▁Goth ic ▁na us ▁and ▁Old ▁Nor se ▁n ár , ▁both ▁meaning ▁' cor pse '. ▁The ▁usual ▁Old ▁English ▁word ▁for ▁cor pse ▁is ▁lí c , ▁but ▁- né ▁appears ▁in ▁ne bb ed ▁' cor pse ▁bed ', ▁and ▁in ▁dry ht né ▁' de ad ▁body ▁of ▁a ▁war rior ', ▁where ▁dry ht ▁is ▁a ▁military ▁unit . ▁If ▁* or c né ▁is ▁to ▁be ▁gl oss ed ▁as ▁or cus ▁' cor pse ', ▁ ▁the ▁meaning ▁may ▁be ▁" cor pse ▁from ▁Or cus ▁( i . e . ▁the ▁under world )", ▁or ▁" dev il - cor pse ", ▁understood ▁as ▁some ▁sort ▁of ▁walking ▁dead ▁creature . ▁ ▁Early ▁Modern ▁ ▁A ▁mon ster ▁called ▁Or cus ▁is ▁mentioned ▁in ▁Edmund ▁Sp enser ' s ▁ 1 5 9 0 ▁Fa erie ▁Que ene . ▁The ▁Oxford ▁English ▁Dictionary ▁records ▁an ▁Early ▁Modern ▁period ▁or ke , ▁meaning ▁" og re ", ▁in ▁Samuel ▁Holland ' s ▁ 1 6 5 6 ▁fair y ▁tale ▁Don ▁Z ara , ▁a ▁past iche ▁of ▁Spanish ▁roman ces ▁such ▁as ▁Don ▁Qu ix ote . ▁It ▁is ▁pres umed ▁that ▁' or ke ' /' og re ' ▁came ▁into ▁English ▁via ▁contin ental ▁fair y - t