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Wright's OE grammar
§68; §411;
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  • Leóht niht þǽr on sumera bið,

      Bd. 1. 1; Sch. 9, 16.
  • Ðú settes ðeóstru and geworden wæs naeht (nyht,

      Ps. Rdr.), Ps. Srt. 103, 20.
  • Nípende niht,

      B. 649.
  • Niht helmade, brúnwann oferbrǽd beorgas steápe,

      An. 1307.
  • Niht bið wedera þeóstrost,

      Sal. 310.
  • Tó (on) middre nihte

    medio tempore noctis,

      Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 9, 17.
  • On wanre niht,

      B. 702.
  • On nieht,

      Past. 365, 16.
  • Wintercealdan niht, An. 1267. I a. a time dark as night: — Hit wæs niht oð midne dæg

    nox usque ad plurimam diei partem tendi visa est,

      Ors. 3, 5; S. 104, 19; 4, 7; S. 184, 23.
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  • Gyf ǽnig mann wǽre áne niht on helle,

      Wlfst. 146, 26.
used to mark an occasion or a point of time
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  • Þǽre nihte þe hié ꝥ fæsten gefæst hæfdon,

      Bl. H. 205, 34.
  • On þǽre æfterfylgendan niht,

      215, 15.
  • Þrié wulfas on ánre niht bróhton ánes deádes monnes líchoman binnan þá burg,

      Ors. 4, 2; S. 160, 20: 4, 5; S. 170, 2.
  • Þǽre ilcan niht þe mon on dæg hæfde þá burg mid stacum gemearcod,

      5, 5; S. 226, 17.
  • Ǽghwylcre (-hwylce,

    v. l. )

    niht,
      Bd. 1. 33 ; Sch. 102, 19.
  • On þǽre nýhstan wucan ǽr hálgan nyht (

    ante quadragesimam),

      Ll. Th. ii. 432, 36.
  • Þás niht sceolon ealle Israhéla bearn begíman,

      Ex. 12, 42.
  • Wæs hé sume niht on ánum níceal(c)tan húse,

      Ors. 6, 32 ; S. 230, 18.
  • Hi ǽghwylce niht byrnaþ, and beorhte scínaþ ǽlce niht,

      Bl. H. 127, 35.
as a division or period of time
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  • Ǽr þan ðe þæs dæges lenge oferstíge þá niht,

      Lch. iii. 256, 13.
  • Ðis eálond leóhte nihte

    (lucidas noctes)

    on sumera hafað . . . hit hafað mycele lengran dagas on sumera and swá eác nihta on wintra þonne þá súðdǽlas middangeardes,
      Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 9, 15-25.
the time at which darkness comes on
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  • Hié

    þǽr gewunedon oþ niht,
      Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 30.
  • Hié ealne ðone dæg wǽron ꝥ Þafiende oþ niht,

      5, 7; S. 230, 18: Chr. 871; P. 70, 28. v.
    brýd-, foran-, freóls-, gistran-, midde-, midder-, þreó-niht; sin-nihte.
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