Nihte-gale

Old English Dictionary Entry

Nihte-gale

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: galan)

Definitions

1 nihte-gale

f. A bird whose note (is heard at night. I. the night-raven :-- Naechthraebn, ali dicunt nectigalae noctua, Ep. Gl. 16 b, 15 ; but more generally II. the nightingale :-- Naectegale luscinia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 30 : roscinia, 119, 23. Nectægalae roscinia, Ep. Gl. 22 b, 27. Nictigalae achalantis, 1 f, 6. Nehtegale achalantis vel luscinia vel roscinia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 3. Nihtegale, 4, 24 : luscinia, 51, 27 : philomela, 1. 63, 23. Nightegale lucinia vel philomela, 29, 12. [O. L. Ger. nahti-gala luscinia, acredula : O. H. Ger. nahti-gala luscinia, filomela; also corax, nocticorax, noctua.] nihte-gale

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛁᚻᛏᛖ-ᚷᚪᛚᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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