nihterne

== Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English nihterne. Equivalent to nyght +‎ -erne. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnixtərn(ə)/, [ˈniçtərn(ə)] === Adverb === nihterne (hapax legomenon, Early Middle English) Of or by the night. ==== References ==== “nighterne, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 March 2018. == Old English == === Etymology === By surface analysis, niht (“night”) +‎ -erne === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnix.ter.ne/, [ˈniç.terˠ.ne] === Adjective === nihterne nocturnal ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: nihterne === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “nihterne”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.