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sin-niht

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
sin-niht, e and es (v. niht) ; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§583;
Continual night, perpetual darkness
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  • Ða ðe in þeóstrum sǽton sinneahtes

    those who sat in the shades of perpetual darkness,

      Exon. Th. 8, 13 ; Cri. 117.
  • Hám sweart sinnehte (

    hell

    ),
      Exon. Th. 142, 26 ; Gú. 650.
  • Hý ábídan sceolon in sinnehte,

      99, 29 ; Cri. 1632.
  • Sinnihte,

      94, 20 ; Cri. 1543 : Cd. Th. 3, 27 ; Gen. 42 : Salm. Kmbl. 138 ; Sal. 68.
  • Grendel sinnihte heóld mistige móras, Beo. Th. 325 ; B. 161 : (

    of the darkness of chaos

    ),
      Cd. Th. 7, 20 ; Gen. 109.
  • Synnihte,

      8, 2 ; Gen. 118.
Etymology
[Cf. O. Sax. sin-nahti the darkness of hell.]
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  • sin-niht, n.