Old English · noun
sunnanniht
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- IPA
- /ˈsun.nɑnˌnixt/[ˈsun.nɑnˌniçt]
- Syllables
- ˈsun · nɑn · ˌnixt (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- saturday
Meaning
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Saturday night
On sunnanniht iċ ēode tō bedde, on sunnanmorgen iċ ārās.
I went to bed Saturday night, got up Sunday morning.
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sunnanniht | sunnanniht |
| Accusative | sunnanniht | sunnanniht |
| Genitive | sunnanniht | sunnannihta |
| Dative | sunnanniht | sunnannihtum |
All forms (3)
Etymology
Equivalent to sunnan (“the sunn's”) + niht (“night”), analogous to sunnandæġ (“Sunday”, literally “the sun's day”).
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