Fríge-niht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fríge-niht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 Fríge-niht

f. The night between Thursday and Friday :-- On þǽre Frígenihte þe ætforan Eástron biþ, hæfde úre Hǽlend swíþe langsume sprǽce wiþ his leorningcnihtas, Nap. 26. Hig hyra clǽnnysse healdon ǽfre Sunnannihte and Frígenihte, Ll. Th. ii. 190, 19. Hé wæs sume Frígeniht in ciricean. Þá on þá þriddan tíde ðǽre nihte . . . , Shrn. 113, 4. Ne mæssenihtum ne Frígenihtum, Wlfst. 305, 24. frige-niht

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᛁᚷᛖ-ᚾᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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