nihtlic

Old English

Etymology

From niht +‎ -līċ. Cognate with Old High German nahtlīh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnixt.liːt͡ʃ/, [ˈniçt.liːt͡ʃ]

Adjective

nihtlīċ

1. nightly, of the night, nocturnal

Declension

Declension of nihtlīċ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nihtlīċ	nihtlīċ, nihtlīċu, nihtlīċo	nihtlīċ
Accusative	nihtlīcne	nihtlīċe	nihtlīċ
Genitive	nihtlīċes	nihtlīcre	nihtlīċes
Dative	nihtlīċum	nihtlīcre	nihtlīċum
Instrumental	nihtlīċe	nihtlīcre	nihtlīċe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nihtlīċe	nihtlīċa, nihtlīċe	nihtlīċ, nihtlīċu, nihtlīċo
Accusative	nihtlīċe	nihtlīċa, nihtlīċe	nihtlīċ, nihtlīċu, nihtlīċo
Genitive	nihtlīcra	nihtlīcra	nihtlīcra
Dative	nihtlīċum	nihtlīċum	nihtlīċum
Instrumental	nihtlīċum	nihtlīċum	nihtlīċum

Declension of nihtlīċ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nihtlīċa	nihtlīċe	nihtlīċe
Accusative	nihtlīċan	nihtlīċan	nihtlīċe
Genitive	nihtlīċan	nihtlīċan	nihtlīċan
Dative	nihtlīċan	nihtlīċan	nihtlīċan
Instrumental	nihtlīċan	nihtlīċan	nihtlīċan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nihtlīċan	nihtlīċan	nihtlīċan
Accusative	nihtlīċan	nihtlīċan	nihtlīċan
Genitive	nihtlīcra, nihtlīċena	nihtlīcra, nihtlīċena	nihtlīcra, nihtlīċena
Dative	nihtlīċum	nihtlīċum	nihtlīċum
Instrumental	nihtlīċum	nihtlīċum	nihtlīċum

Descendants

• Middle English: nihtlic, nihtlich, nyȝtly
  • English: nightly
  • Scots: nichtlie

References

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