† nightertalen.

Forms: Middle English naghtertale, Middle English naȝttertale, Middle English nightertal, Middle English nightertall, Middle English nightirtale, Middle English niȝtertale, Middle English niȝttertale, Middle English nihttertale, Middle English nithertale, Middle English nyghtertall, Middle English nyghtertayll, Middle English nyghtirtale, Middle English nygtertale, Middle English nyȝtertale, Middle English nyȝttertale, Middle English nyȝturtale, Middle English nythertale, Middle English–1500s nightertale, Middle English–1500s nyghtertale, 1600s nightertaile, 1600s nightertayle, 1700s nightertail; Scottish pre-1700 nichtirtale, pre-1700 nychtertale, pre-1700 nychtirdaill, pre-1700 nychttirdall, pre-1700 nychtyrtale, pre-1700 nythterdaill. N.E.D. (1907) also records forms of the first element Middle English nihter-, Middle English nyghtter-, and forms of the second element Middle English -taile, Middle English -talle, Middle English -tayle, Middle English1600s -taylle.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: early Scandinavian *nahtarþel.

Etymology: Probably an alteration of unattested early Scandinavian *nahtarþel (compare Old Icelandic náttarþel the depth of night ( < náttar , genitive of nátt night n. + þel bottom, core: see theal n.)), after night n. and tale n.

Obsolete.

Night-time, the night. Esp. in by (also on, with, etc.) nightertale: by night, during the night.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > night > [noun]

nighteOE

nightertalec1300

darkc1400

nightertimec1425

night-timec1430

night-tidea1500

night-season1530

darkmans?1536

Nox1567

moonshine1652

darkie?1738

the watches of the night1826

nite1928

bat-flight1934

c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2025 (MED) Hwo mithe so mani stonde ageyn, Bi nither-tale, knith or swein?

c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 97 So hoote he louede that by nyghtertale [v.r. nygter tale] He slepte namoore than dooth a nyghtyngale.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 2991 (MED) Vp ras þe king on nighter tale [a1400 Fairf. niȝtter-tale].

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 11596 (MED) Wit naghtertale [a1400 Trin. Cambr. By nyȝt] he went o tun.

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 3849 (MED) By nyghtertale he was slayn.

1455 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 287 (MED) Hyt was ordeynyt that no maner beger..ne scholer walke by nyghtertall abegyn.

1497 in N. Riding Rec. (1894) New Ser. I. 189 [He] with Force and armz of the nyghtertall sent hys..seruantis to the Castell.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 803 A nyghtertale, de nuyct.

a1561 Court of Love in W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & other Pieces (1897) xxiv. 436 Why slepen ye? it is no nightertale.

a1637 H. Calthrop Rep. Cases London (1655) 131 That yea do provide..that the Lanthornes with Light by Nightertaile in old manner accustomed, be hanged forth.

1702 W. Bohun Privilegia Londini 356 And that no man go by nightertail without Light, nor with Vizard, on the peril that belongeth thereto.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nightertale
释义	† nightertalen. Forms: Middle English naghtertale, Middle English naȝttertale, Middle English nightertal, Middle English nightertall, Middle English nightirtale, Middle English niȝtertale, Middle English niȝttertale, Middle English nihttertale, Middle English nithertale, Middle English nyghtertall, Middle English nyghtertayll, Middle English nyghtirtale, Middle English nygtertale, Middle English nyȝtertale, Middle English nyȝttertale, Middle English nyȝturtale, Middle English nythertale, Middle English–1500s nightertale, Middle English–1500s nyghtertale, 1600s nightertaile, 1600s nightertayle, 1700s nightertail; Scottish pre-1700 nichtirtale, pre-1700 nychtertale, pre-1700 nychtirdaill, pre-1700 nychttirdall, pre-1700 nychtyrtale, pre-1700 nythterdaill. N.E.D. (1907) also records forms of the first element Middle English nihter-, Middle English nyghtter-, and forms of the second element Middle English -taile, Middle English -talle, Middle English -tayle, Middle English1600s -taylle. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: early Scandinavian nahtarþel. Etymology: Probably an alteration of unattested early Scandinavian nahtarþel (compare Old Icelandic náttarþel the depth of night ( < náttar , genitive of nátt night n. + þel bottom, core: see theal n.)), after night n. and tale n. Obsolete. Night-time, the night. Esp. in by (also on, with, etc.) nightertale: by night, during the night. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] nighteOE nightertalec1300 darkc1400 nightertimec1425 night-timec1430 night-tidea1500 night-season1530 darkmans?1536 Nox1567 moonshine1652 darkie?1738 the watches of the night1826 nite1928 bat-flight1934 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2025 (MED) Hwo mithe so mani stonde ageyn, Bi nither-tale, knith or swein? c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 97 So hoote he louede that by nyghtertale [v.r. nygter tale] He slepte namoore than dooth a nyghtyngale. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 2991 (MED) Vp ras þe king on nighter tale [a1400 Fairf. niȝtter-tale]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 11596 (MED) Wit naghtertale [a1400 Trin. Cambr. By nyȝt] he went o tun. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 3849 (MED) By nyghtertale he was slayn. 1455 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 287 (MED) Hyt was ordeynyt that no maner beger..ne scholer walke by nyghtertall abegyn. 1497 in N. Riding Rec. (1894) New Ser. I. 189 [He] with Force and armz of the nyghtertall sent hys..seruantis to the Castell. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 803 A nyghtertale, de nuyct. a1561 Court of Love in W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & other Pieces (1897) xxiv. 436 Why slepen ye? it is no nightertale. a1637 H. Calthrop Rep. Cases London (1655) 131 That yea do provide..that the Lanthornes with Light by Nightertaile in old manner accustomed, be hanged forth. 1702 W. Bohun Privilegia Londini 356 And that no man go by nightertail without Light, nor with Vizard, on the peril that belongeth thereto. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1300
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