niht
/nixt/
Noun
Etymology & Origins
From Proto-West Germanic *nahti, inflected form of *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts; the alternative forms næht, neaht directly continue Proto-West Germanic *naht. Cognate with Old Frisian nacht, Old Saxon naht, Old High German naht, Old Norse nátt, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (nahts); also with Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), Latin nox, Russian ночь (nočʹ).
Definitions
- 1.
night
On niht biþ sēo ēa ġīet wlitiġre þonne on dæġ.
The river is even more beautiful at night than in the daytime.
late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year Sēo niht hæfþ seofon dǣlas fram þǣre sunnan setlunge oþ hire upgang.
The night has seven phases from sunset to sunrise.
- 2.
day (when computing spans of time)
for tīen nihtum
ten days ago