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单词 nightertime
释义

nightertimen.

Forms: late Middle English nihter tyme, late Middle English nihyter tyme, late Middle English nyȝter tyme.
Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian.
Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic náttartími , Old Swedish nättertime , Old Danish nattertimæ ) < the genitive of the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic nátt night n. + the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic tími time n., with remodelling after night n. and time n. Compare a-nightertime adv. Compare earlier nightertale n., and also night-time n.
Obsolete.
Night-time, the night. Esp. in by nightertime: at night, during the night; cf. a-nightertime adv.
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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 6598 (MED) He was slayn in ful cruel wyse By nyȝter tyme.
c1430 in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. (1907) 7 107 (MED) Þe fesaunt, scornere of þe cok, Be nihyter tyme in frostis colde..sche crew, Hire hertes sentens to vnfolde.
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