FromOld Englishniht, fromProto-West Germanic*naht, fromProto-Germanic*nahts, fromProto-Indo-European*nókʷts.

• naht,night,nighte,niȝt,niht,nyghte,nyȝt,nyȝte,nyhte

• IPA^(key): /nixt/,[niçt]
• (dialectal or Late ME)IPA^(key): /niːt/
• Rhymes:-ixt

nyght (pluralnyghtes ornyght ornyghte)

1. night
   • 1387–1400,[Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, inThe Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion:National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410],→OCLC,folio 2, recto, lines9-10:

     And smale foweles maken melodye / That slepen al thenyght with open iye

     And small birds make melodies, / sleeping allnight with an open eye.

• English:night
• Geordie:neet
• Scots:nicht,neicht
• Yola:neeght,nieght,nyeght

• “night,n.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

Fromnighte(noun).

nyght

1. alternative form ofnyghten

• Middle English terms inherited from Old English
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• Rhymes:Middle English/ixt
• Rhymes:Middle English/ixt/1 syllable
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• enm:Night

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