niht
night ⬩ night ⬩ darkness ⬩ night
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night (as opposed to day) Niht is gesett mannum tó reste on ðysum middanearde ... Úre eorþlíce niht (nyht, MS. M.) cymþ þurh ðære eorþan sceade... Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas fram ðære sunnan settlunge óþ hire upgang. Án ðæra dǽla is crepusculum, óðer
niht
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Add Leóht niht þǽr on sumera bið, Bd. 1. 1; Sch. 9, 16. Ðú settes ðeóstru and geworden wæs naeht (nyht, Ps. Rdr.), Ps. Srt. 103, 20. Nípende niht, B. 649. Niht helmade, brúnwann oferbrǽd beorgas steápe, An. 1307. Niht bið wedera þeóstrost, Sal. 310.
eáster-niht
Easter-night ⬩ nox paschālis
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Easter-night; nox paschālis In ðære eáster-niht in the easter-night, Exon. 120 a; Th. 460, 10; Hö. 15
niht-helm
The covering of night ⬩ night's curtain
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The covering of night, night's curtain Niht-helm geswearc deorc ofer dryhtgumum night's curtain dark was drawn over men, Beo. Th. 3583; B. 1789
Sætern-niht
Friday night,
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Friday night, the night between Friday and Saturday His (Christ) líc læg on byrgene ða Sæterniht and Sunnanniht his body lay in the sepulchre on the nights of Friday and Saturday, Homl. Th. i. 216, 27
nihtes
At night ⬩ night
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At night, night Ne mæg ic búton mynstre nihtes wunian I cannot stop out of the monastery at night, Homl. Th. ii. 182, 34. Ðá gestód hé æt ánum éhþyrle óþ forþ nihtes ( far on into the night ), 184, 27. Hys leorningcnihtas cómon nihtes ( nocte ), Mt.
em-niht
Equal day and night, equinox ⬩ æquĭnoctium
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Equal day and night, equinox ; æquĭnoctium 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,
Linked entry: efen-niht
midde-niht
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midnight Gif þunor cumeð on forantniht . . . Gif hé cymð on middeniht (midde niht ?) . . . Gif hé on dæg cumð, Archiv cxx. 47, 12-16. (?)
mid-niht
Mid-night
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Mid-night Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas ... feórþa is intempestum, ðæt is midniht, Lchdm. iii. 244, 3: Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 32. Midniht intempestum vel intempesta nox, i. 53, 5. On middre nihte wearþ clypung gehýred ... Hwæt getácnaþ seó midniht búton seó
niht-gerím
Reckoning by days ⬩ number of days
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Reckoning by days (v. niht, III), number of days Æfter seofontýnum nihtgerímes after seventeen days, Menol. Fox 52; Men. 26: 110; Men. 55 : Andr. Kmbl. 229; An. 115 : 315; An. 158. Ealra hæfde Similar entries v. and syxtig ðá hé forþ gewát and nigon
efen-niht
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Substitute: <b>efen-niht,</b> e; f.: -nihte (?), es; n. An equinox Emniht aequinoctium, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 38. Gif hit wǽre rihtlíce emniht on Sc̃a Marian mæssedæge, Lch. iii. 256, 14. Seó lenctenlice emniht (-nyhte, v. l. ), 12. Seó hærfestlice
fóran-niht
The fore-night ⬩ early part of the night ⬩ dusk of the evening ⬩ antĕrior pars noctis ⬩ crĕpuscŭlum
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The fore-night, early part of the night, dusk of the evening; antĕrior pars noctis, crĕpuscŭlum Lǽd hine út of ðam húse on fórannihte lead him out of the house in the dusk, Herb. 8, 2; Lchdm. i. 98, 18: fram foran-nihte per noctem, Nar. 35, 9
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mæsse-niht
The night which precedes a festival
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The night which precedes a festival (mæsse-dæg) Ðis sceal on mydde-wyntres mæssenyht (i. e. on Christmas morning ) tó ðære forman mæssan, Lk. 2, 1 (rubric). Nágan lǽwede men wífes gemánan mæssenihtum, Wulfst. 305, 23
middel-niht
Mid-night
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Mid-night Nalles æfter lyfte lácende hwearf middelnihtum, Beo. Th. 5658; B. 2833: 5557; B. 2782: Bt. Met. Fox 28, 93; Met. 28, 47: Exon. 129 b; Th. 498, 4; Rä. 87, 7
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Mónan-niht
Monday eve ⬩ the evening of Sunday
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Monday eve, the evening of Sunday Hé ús ðonne myngaþ ðæs Sunnandæges weorces and ðæs Sæternesdæges ofer nón and ðære Mónannihte, Wulfst. 210, 10
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niht-buttorfleóge
An insect that flies at night ⬩ blatta
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An insect that flies at night; blatta, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 65
niht-egesa
Terror by night
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Terror by night Ne ðú ðé nihtegsan ondrǽdest non timebis a timore nocturno, Ps. Th. 90, 5
niht-feormung
Entertainment for the night
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Entertainment for the night Hé (Lot) ðám rincum (the angels ) beád nihtfeormunge, Cd. Th. 147, 2; Gen. 2433
niht-genga
A creature that goes at night ⬩ a goblin ⬩ evil spirit
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A creature that goes at night, a goblin, evil spirit Wið feóndes costunga and nihtgengan and maran, Lchdm. ii. 306, 12. Wyrc sealf wið nihtgengan, 342, 1. Wið ælfcynne and nihtgengan and ðám mannum ðe deófol mid hǽmþ, 344, 7. Gif men hwylc yfel costung
niht-genge
A night-goer ⬩ an animal that prowls at night ⬩ a hyena
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A night-goer, an animal that prowls at night, a hyena Naectgenge hyna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 41. Nihtgenge hyna, 43, 6