em-niht
- noun [ neuter ]
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On emnihtes dæg, ðæt is ðonne se dæg and seó niht gelíce lange beóþ
on the day of the equinox, that is when the day and night are equally long,
- Bd. de nat. rerum ;
- Wrt. popl. science 12, 19;
- Lchdm. iii. 260, 13.
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Ver is lencten tíd, seó hæfþ emnihte
spring is the lenten tide, which hath an equinox,
- 8, 28;
- Lchdm. iii. 250, 10.
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Autumnus is hærfest, ðe hæfþ óðre emnihte Autumn is harvest, which hath the other equinox, 9, 1; Lchdm. iii. 250, ii. On ðæs hærfestlícan emnihtes ryne
in the course of the harvest [autumnal] equinox,
- Lchdm. iii. 238, 27.
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To hærfestes emnihte
at the autumnal equinox,
- Th. Diplm. A. D. 902 ;
- 151, 11.
Bosworth, Joseph. “em-niht.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/9357.
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