efnniht

Old English

Alternative forms

• efenniht, emnniht, emniht

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ebnanaht (literally “equal night”), a calque of Latin aequinoctium. Cognate with Old Frisian evennacht and Old Norse jafnnætti. Equivalent to efn- +‎ niht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈefnˌnixt/, [ˈevnˌniçt]

Noun

efnniht f

1. equinox

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	efnniht	efnniht
accusative	efnniht	efnniht
genitive	efnniht	efnnihta
dative	efnniht	efnnihtum

Descendants

• Middle English: *even-night
  • English: evennight

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “efen-niht”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.