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niht-gerím

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
niht-gerím, es; n.
Reckoning by days (v. niht, III), number of days
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  • Æfter seofontýnum nihtgerímes

    after seventeen days,

    • Menol. Fox 52
    • ;
    • Men. 26: 110
    • ;
    • Men. 55 : Andr. Kmbl. 229
    • ;
    • An. 115 : 315
    • ;
    • An. 158.
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    syxtig ðá hé forþ gewát and nigon hund eác nihtgerímes

    in all the number of his days when he died was nine hundred and sixty-five years,

    • Cd. Th. 72, 28
    • ;
    • Gen. 1193.
Etymology
[Cf. dógorgerím,
and Icel. náttar-tal
:
Chauc. nighter-tale.
]
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