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em-niht

  • noun [ neuter ]
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em-niht, es; n. [em, emn equal; niht night]
Equal day and night, equinox ; æquĭnoctium
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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.
  • Ver is lencten tíd, seó hæfþ emnihte

    spring is the lenten tide, which hath an equinox,

    • 8,
    • 28;
    • Lchdm. iii. 250,
    • 10.
  • 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.
  • To hærfestes emnihte

    at the autumnal equinox,

    • Th. Diplm. A. D. 902
    • ;
    • 151,
    • 11.
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v.  efen-niht.
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