Old English · noun
niht
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong consonant stem
- IPA
- /nixt/[niçt]
- Syllables
- nixt (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- nightneetnitecomputingspansan anglo-saxon dictionaryjoseph bosworthoxford university press
Meaning
-
night
On niht biþ sēo ēa ġīet wlitiġre þonne on dæġ.
The river is even more beautiful at night than in the daytime.
-
day (when computing spans of time)
for tīen nihtum
ten days ago
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *nahti, inflected form of *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts; the alternative forms næht, neaht directly continue Proto-West Germanic *naht. Cognate with Old Frisian nacht, Old Saxon naht, Old High German naht, Old Norse nátt, Gothic (nahts); also with Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), Latin nox, Russian ночь (nočʹ).
Descendants
neet, night, nite
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