"niht" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /nixt/, [niçt]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *nahti, inflected form of *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (the alternative forms næht, neaht directly continue Proto-West Germanic *naht). Cognate with Old Frisian nacht, Old Saxon naht, Old High German naht, Old Norse nátt, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (nahts); also with Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), Latin nox, Russian ночь (nočʹ). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*nahti}} Proto-West Germanic *nahti, {{m|gmw-pro|*naht}} *naht, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*nahts}} Proto-Germanic *nahts, {{inh|ang|ine-pro|*nókʷts}} Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts, {{m|ang|næht}} næht, {{m|ang|neaht}} neaht, {{m+|gmw-pro||*naht}} Proto-West Germanic *naht, {{cog|ofs|nacht}} Old Frisian nacht, {{cog|osx|naht}} Old Saxon naht, {{cog|goh|naht}} Old High German naht, {{cog|non|nátt}} Old Norse nátt, {{cog|got|𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃}} Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (nahts), {{cog|grc|νύξ}} Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), {{cog|la|nox}} Latin nox, {{cog|ru|ночь}} Russian ночь (nočʹ) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} niht f, {{ang-noun|f}} niht f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun|niht|niht|niht|niht|niht, nihtes|nihta|niht, nihte|nihtum|type=strong consonant stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], niht [nominative, singular], niht [nominative, plural], niht [accusative, singular], niht [accusative, plural], niht [genitive, singular], nihtes [genitive, singular], nihta [genitive, plural], niht [dative, singular], nihte [dative, singular], nihtum [dative, plural]
  1. night Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-niht-ang-noun-F2Rz1zEz
  2. day (when computing spans of time) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Times of day
    Sense id: en-niht-ang-noun-KAasetAd Disambiguation of Times of day: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: næht [Anglian], neaht, nieht, neht, nyht
Derived forms: efnniht, frīġeniht, mæsseniht, middelniht, midniht, mōnanniht, nihtbealu, nihtbuttorflēoge, -nihte, nihteald, nihtegale, nihterne, nihtes, nihteġesa, nihtfeormung, nihtgenġa, nihtgenġe, nihtglōm, nihthelm, nihthræfn, nihthrōc, nihtlang, nihtlanges, nihtlīċ, *nihtmare, nihtnihstiġ, nihtrest, nihtrīm, nihtsang, nihtscūa, nihtslǣp, nihtsċada, nihtwacu, nihtwaru, nihtweard, nihtġerīm, nihtġield, nihtīeġe, sæternniht, sinnihte, sunnanniht, tīwesniht, þunresniht, wōdnesniht, ēasterniht, ġiestranniht

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "word": "dæġ"
    }
  ],
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      "word": "efnniht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frīġeniht"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mæsseniht"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "middelniht"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "midniht"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mōnanniht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nihtbealu"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nihtbuttorflēoge"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-nihte"
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      "word": "nihteald"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nihtfeormung"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nihtgenġa"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nihtgenġe"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nihtglōm"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nihthelm"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "*nihtmare"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nihtnihstiġ"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nihtscūa"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nihtwacu"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nihtwaru"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nihtweard"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nihtġerīm"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nihtġield"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "sæternniht"
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      "word": "sinnihte"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sunnanniht"
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      "word": "tīwesniht"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "þunresniht"
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      "word": "wōdnesniht"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ēasterniht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ġiestranniht"
    }
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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      "name": "dercat"
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      },
      "expansion": "næht",
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        "1": "ang",
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      },
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin nox",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ночь"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian ночь (nočʹ)",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "niht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "niht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "niht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "niht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "niht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nihta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "niht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "nihte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "nihtum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
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      "expansion": "niht f",
      "name": "head"
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      "args": {
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        "4": "niht",
        "5": "niht, nihtes",
        "6": "nihta",
        "7": "niht, nihte",
        "8": "nihtum",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The river is even more beautiful at night than in the daytime.",
          "text": "On niht biþ sēo ēa ġīet wlitiġre þonne on dæġ.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The night has seven phases from sunset to sunrise.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year\nSēo niht hæfþ seofon dǣlas fram þǣre sunnan setlunge oþ hire upgang.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "night"
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          "night"
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        [
          "An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary",
          "w:An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary"
        ],
        [
          "Oxford University Press",
          "w:Oxford University Press"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Times of day",
          "orig": "ang:Times of day",
          "parents": [
            "Periodic occurrences",
            "Timekeeping",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "ten days ago",
          "text": "for tīen nihtum",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "day (when computing spans of time)"
      ],
      "id": "en-niht-ang-noun-KAasetAd",
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          "day",
          "day"
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        [
          "computing",
          "computing"
        ],
        [
          "span",
          "span"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nixt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[niçt]"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Anglian"
      ],
      "word": "næht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "neaht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nieht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "neht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nyht"
    }
  ],
  "word": "niht"
}
{
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    {
      "word": "dæġ"
    }
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English feminine nouns",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "ang:Times of day"
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    {
      "word": "efnniht"
    },
    {
      "word": "frīġeniht"
    },
    {
      "word": "mæsseniht"
    },
    {
      "word": "middelniht"
    },
    {
      "word": "midniht"
    },
    {
      "word": "mōnanniht"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtbealu"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtbuttorflēoge"
    },
    {
      "word": "-nihte"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihteald"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtegale"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihterne"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtes"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihteġesa"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtfeormung"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtgenġa"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtgenġe"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtglōm"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihthelm"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihthræfn"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihthrōc"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtlang"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtlanges"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtlīċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "*nihtmare"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtnihstiġ"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtrest"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtrīm"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtsang"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtscūa"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtslǣp"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtsċada"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtwacu"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtwaru"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtweard"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtġerīm"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtġield"
    },
    {
      "word": "nihtīeġe"
    },
    {
      "word": "sæternniht"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinnihte"
    },
    {
      "word": "sunnanniht"
    },
    {
      "word": "tīwesniht"
    },
    {
      "word": "þunresniht"
    },
    {
      "word": "wōdnesniht"
    },
    {
      "word": "ēasterniht"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġiestranniht"
    }
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          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
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          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: nyght, naht, night, nighte, niȝt, niht, nyghte, nyȝt, nyȝte, nyhte\nEnglish: night\nGeordie English: neet\nScots: nicht, neicht\nYola: neeght, nieght, nyeght",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: nyght, naht, night, nighte, niȝt, niht, nyghte, nyȝt, nyȝte, nyhte\nEnglish: night\nGeordie English: neet\nScots: nicht, neicht\nYola: neeght, nieght, nyeght"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "næht",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "neaht"
      },
      "expansion": "neaht",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*naht"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *naht",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "nacht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian nacht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "naht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon naht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "naht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German naht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nátt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse nátt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (nahts)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "νύξ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek νύξ (núx)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "nox"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin nox",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ночь"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian ночь (nočʹ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *nahti, inflected form of *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (the alternative forms næht, neaht directly continue Proto-West Germanic *naht).\nCognate with Old Frisian nacht, Old Saxon naht, Old High German naht, Old Norse nátt, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (nahts); also with Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), Latin nox, Russian ночь (nočʹ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihtes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihtum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "niht f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "niht f",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "niht",
        "2": "niht",
        "3": "niht",
        "4": "niht",
        "5": "niht, nihtes",
        "6": "nihta",
        "7": "niht, nihte",
        "8": "nihtum",
        "type": "strong consonant stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The river is even more beautiful at night than in the daytime.",
          "text": "On niht biþ sēo ēa ġīet wlitiġre þonne on dæġ.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The night has seven phases from sunset to sunrise.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year\nSēo niht hæfþ seofon dǣlas fram þǣre sunnan setlunge oþ hire upgang.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "night"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "night",
          "night"
        ],
        [
          "An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary",
          "w:An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary"
        ],
        [
          "Oxford University Press",
          "w:Oxford University Press"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "ten days ago",
          "text": "for tīen nihtum",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "day (when computing spans of time)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "day",
          "day"
        ],
        [
          "computing",
          "computing"
        ],
        [
          "span",
          "span"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nixt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[niçt]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Anglian"
      ],
      "word": "næht"
    },
    {
      "word": "neaht"
    },
    {
      "word": "nieht"
    },
    {
      "word": "neht"
    },
    {
      "word": "nyht"
    }
  ],
  "word": "niht"
}

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