nyghtgale

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Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

niȝtegale, nightegale, nightgale

Etymology[edit]

From Old English nihtegale, from Proto-West Germanic *nahtigalā.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈnixt(ə)ɡaːl(ə)/

Noun[edit]

nyghtgale (plural nyghtgales)

nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

Descendants[edit]

English: nightgale (obsolete)
Scots: nychtgale

References[edit]

“nighte-gāle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.

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