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nihtes

  • adverb
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Grammar
nihtes, (gen. of niht, q. v.); adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§557;
At night, night
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  • Ne mæg ic búton mynstre nihtes wunian

    I cannot stop out of the monastery at night,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 182, 34.
  • Ðá gestód hé æt ánum éhþyrle óþ forþ nihtes (

    far on into the night

    ),
    • 184, 27.
  • Hys leorningcnihtas cómon nihtes (

    nocte

    ),
    • Mt. Kmbl. 28, 13.
  • Ðæra eágan scínaþ nihtes,

    • Nar. 34, 14,
    • Se
  • biþ dæges hát and nihtes ceald,

    • 36, 27.
  • Dæges and nihtes

    die et nocte,

    • Ps. Th. 1, 2 : Mk. Skt. 4, 27 : Blickl. Homl. 47, 11 : 127, 30 : 137. 22.
  • Deges and naehtes,

    • Ps. Surt. 31, 4.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. nahtes
:
O. Frs. nachtes
:
O. H. Ger. nahtes
:
Ger. nachts.
]
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  • nihtes, adv.