nyghten

Middle English

Alternative forms

• nyhte, nyght, nyghte, nyȝt, nyȝte

Etymology

From nighte +‎ -en (“infinitive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnixtən/

Verb

nyghten

1. (intransitive) To become night; to darken in the sky.
2. (intransitive, rare) To night; to overnight.

Conjugation

Conjugation of nyghten (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) nyghten, nyghte
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	nyghte	nyghted
2nd-person singular	nyghtest	nyghtedest
3rd-person singular	nyghteth	nyghted
subjunctive singular	nyghte
imperative singular		—
plural1	nyghten, nyghte	nyghteden, nyghtede
imperative plural	nyghteth, nyghte	—
participles	nyghtynge, nyghtende	nyghted, ynyghted

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: night
• Scots: nicht

References

• “nighten (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.