synnihte

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Old English

FWOTD – 23 July 2013

Etymology

From sin- +‎ niht. Cognate with Old Saxon sinnaht (“the darkness of hell”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsinˌnixt/, [ˈsinˌniçt]

Noun

synnihte f

  1. (poetic) everlasting night, eternal night
    • c. 700 Beowulf, 161-2
      [...] seomade ond syrede sinnihte hēold
      mistige mōras men ne cunnon [...]
      [...] he lay in wait and set snares. In the endless night he held
      the misty moorlands; men knew not [...]
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