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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English niht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.
Pronunciation
Noun
nyght (plural nyghtes or nyght or nyghte)
- night
1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published , →OCLC, folio 2, recto, lines 9-10:And smale foweles maken melodye / That slepen al the nyght with open iye- And small birds make melodies, / sleeping all night with an open eye.
Descendants
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Etymology 2
From nighte (noun).
Verb
nyght
- Alternative form of nyghten