nihterne

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English nihterne. Equivalent to nyght +‎ -erne.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnixtərn(ə)/,

Adverb

nihterne

(hapax, Early Middle English) Of or by the night.

References

“nighterne, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-23.

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, niht (“night”) +‎ -erne

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnix.ter.ne/,

Adjective

nihterne

nocturnal

Descendants

Middle English: nihterne

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “nihterne”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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