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nihte-gale

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
nihte-gale, an; f.
A bird whose note (v. galan) is heard at night.
the night-raven
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  • Naechthraebn,

    ali dicunt

    nectigalae

    noctua,

    • Ep. Gl. 16 b, 15
    • ;
    but more generally
the nightingale
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  • Naectegale

    luscinia,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 30
    • :

    roscinia,

    • 119, 23.
  • Nectægalae

    roscinia,

    • Ep. Gl. 22 b, 27.
  • Nictigalae

    achalantis,

    • 1 f, 6.
  • Nehtegale

    achalantis vel luscinia vel roscinia,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 3.
  • Nihtegale,

    • 4, 24
    • :

    luscinia,

    • 51, 27
    • :

    philomela,

    • 1. 63, 23.
  • Nightegale

    lucinia vel philomela,

    • 29, 12.
Etymology
[
O. L. Ger. nahti-gala luscinia, acredula
:
O. H. Ger. nahti-gala luscinia, filomela; also corax, nocticorax, noctua.
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v.  -gale.
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