Niht-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Niht-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 niht-líc

adj. Nightly, of the night, nocturnal :-- Fram ege nihtlícum a timore nocturno, Ps. Spl. 90, 5. For nihtlecum ege, Past. 56; Swt. 433, 11. Hí swuncon on nihtlícum réwette, Homl. Th. ii. 384, 24. Ða steorran sint mannum tó nihtlícere líhtinge gesceapene, i. 110, 15. On nihtlícre tíde at night, Lchdm. iii. 234, 21 : 270, 26. On nihtlícre gesyhþe in a vision of the night, Bd. 5, 10 ; S. 625, 12. Hine drehton nihtlíce gedwimor, Homl. Th. i. 86, 18. Ðæs synfullan líf is wiðmeten nihtlícum þeóstrum, ii. 200, 33. Nihtlícum tídum in the night seasons, Bd. 3, 11 ; S. 536, 11. Þerh næhtlíco mysto per nocturnas caligines, Rtl. 171, 39. [Icel. nátt-ligr : O. H. Ger. naht-líh nocturnus.] niht-lic

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛁᚻᛏ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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