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† ˈnightertale Obs. Chiefly north. and Sc.
Forms: 4 naghter-, naȝtter-; niht(t)er-, nither-, nyther-, niȝt(t)er-, 4–5 nyȝter-, (4 -tur), 5 nyght(t)er-, Sc. nichtir-, nychter-, (-tyr-), 4–6 nighter-, (5 -tir-); also 4–5 -tall(e, 5 (7) -taile, -tayl(l)e.
[Prob. of Scand. origin, and perh. an alteration of the synonymous ON. *nahtar-, later náttarþel (f. náttar gen. of nátt night + þel groundwork, stuff, substance, heart, bottom), by substitution of the more familiar tale reckoning, count, for the original second element of the compound.]
Night-time, the night. Only in phrases by, on, upon, a, with, of, (the) nightertale, by night, during the night.
a1300Cursor M. 2991 Vp ras þe king, on nighter tale. Ibid. 11596 Wit naghtertale he went o tun. c1300Havelok 2025 Hwo mithe so mani stonde ageyn, Bi nither tale, knith or swein? c1386Chaucer Prol. 97 By nightertale He sleep namore than dooth a nightingale. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 3849 By nyghtertale he was slayn by kyng darie. 1455Anc. Cal. Rec. Dublin (1889) 287 Hyt was ordeynyt that no maner beger..walke by nyghtertall abegyn. 1497North Riding Rec. (1894) 189 [He] with Force and armz of the nyghtertall sent hys..seruantis to the Castell. 1530Palsgr. 803 A nyghtertale, de nuyct. 16..in Calthrop Reports (1670) 131 That yee do provide..that the Lanthornes with Light by Nightertaile in old manner accustomed be hanged forth. |