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niht-hwíl

  • noun [ feminine ]
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niht-hwíl, e ; f.
The space of a day, four and twenty hours
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  • Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and hé eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle,

      Wlfst. 147, 9.
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v. niht; III.
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