eventyde
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- eventide, evyntyde, eventid
- evetyde, evetid, enetid
- even-tide, even-tid, evyn-tyde, aven tide
- neventide, heven tide (after vowel)
Etymology
[edit]From Old English ǣfentīd; by surface analysis, even + tyde.
The form enetid may be a scribal error for evetide, though compare the development of modern English Hallowe'en.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eventyde (plural eventydes)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “ēve(n-tīde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.