Old English Dictionary Entry

Niht-wæcce

Part of speech: an;

Definitions

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1 niht-wæcce

f. A night-watch, vigil :-- Nihtwæccan vigiliae, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 22. Hyrdas wǽron waciende and nihtwæccan (-wæcan, MS. C.) healdende pastores erant vigilantes et custodientes vigilias noctis, Lk. Skt. 2, 8. [Icel. nátt-vaka : O. H. Ger. naht-wacha vigilia.] niht-wæcce

Similar Words

-nág
-naþ
-neah
-neahhelíce
-neahlíce

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛁᚻᛏ-ᚹᚫᚳᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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