eventyde

Middle English

Alternative forms

eventide, evyntyde, eventid
evetyde, evetid, enetid
even-tide, even-tid, evyn-tyde, aven tide
neventide, heven tide (after vowel)

Etymology

From Old English ǣfentīd; by surface analysis, even +‎ tyde.

The form enetid may be a scribal error for evetide, though compare the development of modern English Hallowe'en.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛːvə(n)ˌtiːd(ə)/

Noun

eventyde (plural eventydes)

evening

Descendants

English: eventide, evetide
Yola: eatheet, eatheit

References

“ēve(n-tīde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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