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 equinox c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year ==== Declension ==== Strong consonant stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: *even-night English: evennight ==== References ==== Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “efen-niht”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.