sunnanniht

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to sunnan (“the sunn's”) + niht (“night”), analogous to sunnandæġ (“Sunday”, literally “the sun's day”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsun.nɑnˌnixt/, [ˈsun.nɑnˌniçt]

Noun

sunnanniht f

  1. Saturday night
    On sunnanniht iċ ēode tō bedde, on sunnanmorgen iċ ārās.
    I went to bed Saturday night, got up Sunday morning.

Declension

singular plural
nominative sunnanniht sunnanniht
accusative sunnanniht sunnanniht
genitive sunnanniht sunnannihta
dative sunnanniht sunnannihtum

Descendants

  • Middle English: sunne niht, sune-niȝt, sonen-nyȝht, sonne niȝt, sonne-nyȝt, sonnes night
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