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six-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
six-nihte, adj.
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Six days old Se ðe biþ ácenned on , vi. nihtne mónan, Lchdm. iii. 160, 23 : 178, 6

twelf-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-nihte, adj.
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Twelve days old On xii-niht[n]e mónan byþ gód tó féranne ofer sǽ, Lchdm. iii. 178, 26

eahta-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
eahta-nihte, adj.
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Eight days old Se eahtanihta móna, Lch. iii. 178, 14

fíftíne-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
fíftíne-nihte, adj.
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Fifteen days old On xv-nihte mónan, Lch. iii. 180, 1

nigon-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
nigon-nihte, adj.
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Nine days old On nigannihtne ealdne mónan, Lch. iii. 160, 27

seofon-nihte

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Add: lasting seven days Mid seofonnihte fæstenne, Hml. S. 31, 1284

twá-nihte

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tín-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
tín-nihte, adj.

Ten days old

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Ten days old On .x. nihtne mónan bidde swá hwas swa ðú wylle, hyt ðe byoþ gere. Se .x. nihta móna hé ys god tó standanne mid æðelum monnum, Lchdm. iii. 178, 19-21. Se ðe biþ ácenned on .x. nihtne ealdne mónan, se biþ ðrowere, 160, 28

nihte-gala

(n.)
Grammar
nihte-gala, an; m.

A nightingale

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A nightingale Nihtegala luscinia, Wrt. Voc. i. 62, 25

nihte-gale

(n.)
Grammar
nihte-gale, an; f.

A bird whose note (v. galan) is heard at night ⬩ the night-raven ⬩ the nightingale

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A bird whose note (v. galan) is heard at night. the night-raven Naechthraebn, ali dicunt nectigalae noctua, Ep. Gl. 16 b, 15; but more generally the nightingale Naectegale luscinia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 30 : roscinia, 119, 23. Nectægalae roscinia, Ep.

Linked entry: -gale

nihte-líc

(adj.)

Similar entry: niht-líc

seofon-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
seofon-nihte, adj.
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Seven days old Se .vii. nihta móna is gód on tó fixiane, Lchdm. iii. 178, 13. On .vii. nihtne mónan, 178, 9

ge-nirwed

vexed

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vexed

sixtíne-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
sixtíne-nihte, adj.
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Sixteen days old On . xvi. nihte mónan, Lchdm. iii. 180, 3

twá-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
twá-nihte, adj.
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Two days old On twánihtne mónan far tó and bige land ðæt ðíne yldran áhton when the moon is two days old, go and buy land that thy forefathers owned, Lchdm. iii. 176, note 2

Linked entry: twi-nihte

twi-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-nihte, adj.
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Two days old Twynihte grút. Lchdm. ii. 74, 9

Linked entries: twá-nihte þri-nihte

þri-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-nihte, adj.

Three days old

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Three days old Gif hé biþ ácenned on .iii. nihtne mónan, Lchdm. iii. 160, 20: 176, 22, and note 2

án-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
án-nihte, adj.
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One day old Ácenned on ánnihtne móna[n], Lch. iii. 160, 18. Ánnihte, 176, 16

feówer-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-nihte, adj.
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Four days old Hit wæs on feówornihtne (feówer nihta ealdne, v. l.) mónan in luna quarto, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 564, 2, 5

fíf-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
fíf-nihte, adj.
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Five days old Sé on V-nihtne mónan bið geboren gung hé gewítað, Lch. iii. 160, 22

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