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10 days agoI used to take an antihistamine called loratadine before bed and it started giving me horrendous nightmares, so yes meds can definitely affect dreams. Doc moved me onto a nose spray called Avamys and they went away (and the spray was more affective anyway)
It’s probably due to the word batard in French meaning something of a dual nature or dubious origin (and can therefore also be used for our more usual use of the word bastard).
As the bastard, or hand a half, sword is halfway in length between the single handed long sword and the two handed great sword and could be used either way. The French specifically call it an epee batard and IIRC correctly there’s a type of French bread called a batard which is like a hybrid of a loaf and a baguette.