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mid-niht

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
mid-niht, e; f.
Mid-night
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  • Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas ... feórþa is

    intempestum,

    ðæt is midniht,

    • Lchdm. iii. 244, 3: Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 32.
  • Midniht

    intempestum vel intempesta nox,

    • i. 53, 5.
  • On middre nihte wearþ clypung gehýred ... Hwæt getácnaþ seó midniht búton seó deópe nytennys,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 568, 4.
Etymology
[Cf.
Icel. mið-nætti
:
O. H. Ger. mittinaht
:
Ger. mitter-nacht.
]
Similar entries
v. middel-niht; midd, II.
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