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Middle English
- naghtertale, nighter tal, nightertale, nighter tale, nightirtale, nightir tale, niȝtter-tale, nihttertale, nither-tale, nyghtertall, nyghtertayll, nyghtirtale, nyȝter-tale, nythertale
Etymology
A calque of Old Norse náttarþel, as if nyght + -er + tale.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnixtərˌtaːl(ə)/, /ˈniːxtərˌtaːl(ə)/
Noun
nyghtertale (uncountable)
- nighttime
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 3, recto, lines 96-97:So hoote he loued / that by nyghtertale / He slepte namooꝛe / than dooth a nyghtyngale- He loved so ardently / that at nighttime / He didn't sleep any more / than a nightingale does.
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