"nyght" meaning in Middle English

See nyght in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /nixt/, [niçt], /niːt/ [Late-Middle-English, dialectal] Forms: nyghtes [plural], nyght [plural], nyghte [plural]
Rhymes: -ixt Etymology: From Old English niht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|niht}} Old English niht, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*naht}} Proto-West Germanic *naht, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*nahts}} Proto-Germanic *nahts, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*nókʷts}} Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} nyght, {{enm-noun|nyghtes|pl2=nyght|pl3=nyghte}} nyght (plural nyghtes or nyght or nyghte)
  1. night Categories (topical): Night Synonyms: naht, night, nighte, niȝt, niht, nyghte, nyȝt, nyȝte, nyhte Related terms: fourtenyght, nihterne, nyghten, nyghtertale, nyghtly, nyȝtschade, sevenyght
    Sense id: en-nyght-enm-noun-F2Rz1zEz Disambiguation of Night: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From nighte (noun). Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} nyght
  1. Alternative form of nyghten Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: nyghten
    Sense id: en-nyght-enm-verb-O44l6Q04 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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