sunnanniht

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to sunnan (“the sunn's”) + niht (“night”), analogous to sunnandæġ (“Sunday”, literally “the sun's day”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsun.nɑnˌnixt/, [ˈsun.nɑnˌniçt]

Noun

sunnanniht f

  1. Saturday night
    On sunnanniht iċ ēode tō bedde, on sunnanmorgen iċ ārās.
    I went to bed Saturday night, got up Sunday morning.

Declension
Declension of sunnanniht (strong consonant stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sunnanniht sunnanniht
accusative sunnanniht sunnanniht
genitive sunnanniht sunnannihta
dative sunnanniht sunnannihtum

Descendants
  • Middle English: sunne niht, sune-niȝt, sonen-nyȝht, sonne niȝt, sonne-nyȝt, sonnes night
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