nihtian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nahtēn, from Proto-Germanic *nahtāną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnix.ti.ɑn/, [ˈniç.ti.ɑn]

Verb

nihtian

1. to become night

Conjugation

Conjugation of nihtian (weak class 2)

infinitive	nihtian	nihtienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	nihtiġe	nihtode
second person singular	nihtast	nihtodest
third person singular	nihtaþ	nihtode
plural	nihtiaþ	nihtodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	nihtiġe	nihtode
plural	nihtiġen	nihtoden
imperative
singular	nihta
plural	nihtiaþ
participle	present	past
	nihtiende	(ġe)nihtod

Derived terms

• ġenihtian

Descendants

• Middle English: nighten

References

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