nihterne
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English nihterne. Equivalent to nyght + -erne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnixtərn(ə)/, [ˈniçtərn(ə)]
Adverb
nihterne
- (hapax legomenon, Early Middle English) Of or by the night.
References
- “nighterne, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 March 2018.
Old English
Etymology
By surface analysis, niht (“night”) + -erne
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnix.ter.ne/, [ˈniç.terˠ.ne]
Adjective
nihterne
Descendants
- Middle English: nihterne
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “nihterne”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.