nihtwæcce

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, niht (“night”) +‎ wæċċe (“watch”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnixtˌwæt.t͡ʃe/, [ˈniçtˌwæt.t͡ʃe]

Noun

nihtwæċċe f

1. night watch
2. vigil

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

	singular	plural
nominative	nihtwæċċe	nihtwæċċan
accusative	nihtwæċċan	nihtwæċċan
genitive	nihtwæċċan	nihtwæċċena
dative	nihtwæċċan	nihtwæċċum

Descendants

• English: night watch

References

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