Mid-niht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mid-niht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: middel-niht; midd, II. mid-niht

Definitions

1 mid-niht

f. Mid-night :-- Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas ... feórþa is intempestum, ðæt is midniht, Lchdm. iii. 244, 3: Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 32. Midniht intempestum vel intempesta nox, i. 53, 5. On middre nihte wearþ clypung gehýred ... Hwæt getácnaþ seó midniht búton seó deópe nytennys, Homl. Th. ii. 568, 4. [Cf. Icel. mið-nætti: O. H. Ger. mittinaht: Ger. mitter-nacht.]

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛁᛞ-ᚾᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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