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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnix.tes/, [ˈniç.tes]

Adverb

nihtes

1. at night, by night, nights
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, St. Benedict, Abbot

     Hwæt cwiþst þū, sweostor? Ne mæġ iċ nāteshwōn būtan mynstre nihtes wunian.

     What are you saying, sister? There's no way I can stay outside the monastery at night.

1. (with dæġes) continuously

Descendants

• Middle English: nightes
  • English: nights (adverb)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “nihtes”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.