eldertongue

Old English · adverb

to niht

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/toː nixt/
[toː niçt]
Syllables
toː · nixt (2 syllables)
Modern English
tonightto-nightlast night

Meaning

  1. tonight

  2. last night

    ...and nu to-niht ic seah mid minum eagum þæt se ylca decius into Ephesa byrig ferde...

    ..and now last night I saw with mine eyes that the same Decius went into Ephseus...'

    late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"

Etymology

tō (“to; at”) + niht (“night”).

Descendants

to-night, tonight

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