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Old English
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Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *nahtwaku. Equivalent to niht (“night”) + wacu (“watch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nihtwacu f
- night watch
10th century, The Seafarer:bitre brēostċeare · ġebiden hæbbe,
ġecunnad in ċēole · ċearselda fela,
atol ȳþa ġewealc, · þǣr mec oft biġeat
nearo nihtwaco · ǣt nacan stefnan,
þonne hē be clifum cnossað. · Calde ġeþrungen- have withstood bitter sorrow,
known many sorrow-halls in ship,
loathsome rolling of waves
where the unquiet night watch
oft got me at the stem of seacraft
then it beats near cliffs. Bound by cold
Declension
Strong ō-stem: