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sunn-gihte

  • noun [ neuter ]
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sunn-gihte, es; n. (?)
A solstice
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  • On ðone ylcan dæg (

    June 24) byþ solstitia, ðæt ys on úre geþeóde, sungihte, forðon ðe seó sunne standeþ on mydre lyfte. . . . Ðonne gelympeþ ðæt wundorlíce on ðæs sumeres sungihte on mydne dæg, ðonne seó sunne byþ on ðæs heofones mydle, ðonne nafaþ seó sýl (at Jerusalem )

    nǽnige sceade; ðonne ðæs sungihtes beóþ þrý dagas forð áurnen, ðonne hafaþ seó sýl ǽrest lytle sceade,
      Shrn. 95, 29-96, 3.
  • Cf. gebed-giht; and see sunn-stede.
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v.  sunn-stede.
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  • sunn-gihte, n.