nihtes

Old English

Etymology

The genitive of niht, equivalent to niht +‎ -es. Cognate with Old Frisian nachtes, Old Saxon nahtes, Old High German nahtes (German nachts).

Adverb

nihtes

  1. At night, by night, nights
  2. (with dæġes) Continuously.

Descendants

References

  • nihtes in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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