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niht-líc

  • adjective
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niht-líc, adj.
Nightly, of the night, nocturnal
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  • Fram ege nihtlícum

    a timore nocturno,

    • Ps. Spl. 90, 5.
  • For nihtlecum ege,

    • Past. 56
    • ;
    • Swt. 433, 11.
  • Hí swuncon on nihtlícum réwette,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 384, 24.
  • Ða steorran sint mannum tó nihtlícere líhtinge gesceapene,

    • i. 110, 15.
  • On nihtlícre tíde

    at night,

    • Lchdm. iii. 234, 21 : 270, 26.
  • On nihtlícre gesyhþe

    in a vision of the night,

    • Bd. 5, 10
    • ;
    • S. 625, 12.
  • Hine drehton nihtlíce gedwimor,

    • Homl. Th. i. 86, 18.
  • Ðæs synfullan líf is wiðmeten nihtlícum þeóstrum,

    • ii. 200, 33.
  • Nihtlícum tídum

    in the night seasons,

    • Bd. 3, 11
    • ;
    • S. 536, 11.
  • Þerh næhtlíco mysto

    per nocturnas caligines,

    • Rtl. 171, 39.
Etymology
[
Icel. nátt-ligr
:
O. H. Ger. naht-líh nocturnus.
]
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v.  nihte-líc.
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