Niht-hwíl

Old English Dictionary Entry

Niht-hwíl

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e ; Related words: niht;

Definitions

1 niht-hwíl

f. The space of a day, four and twenty hours :-- Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and hé eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle, Wlfst. 147, 9. III. niht-hwil

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛁᚻᛏ-ᚻᚹᛁᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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