† nightgalen.

Forms: early Old English nacthegelae (Anglian), early Old English næctægela (Anglian), early Old English naectegale (Anglian), early Old English nahtagala (rare), early Old English nahtagalah (rare), early Old English nectaegalae (Anglian), early Old English nectigalae (Anglian), early Old English nehtægale (Anglian), early Old English–early Middle English nihtegale, Old English nahtgala (rare), Old English nihtegala, Middle English nightgale, Middle English niȝttegale, Middle English nyȝtgalle, Middle English nyhtegale, Middle English–1500s nyghtegale, Middle English–1500s nyghtgale; Scottish pre-1700 nychtgaill, pre-1700 nychtgale.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with West Frisian nachtegeal , Middle Dutch nachtegāle (Dutch nachtegaal ), Old Saxon nahtagala , nahtigala (Middle Low German nachtegāle ), Old High German nahtagala , nahtgala (Middle High German nahtegal , nahtegale , German Nachtigall ), Old Swedish näktergala (Swedish näktergal ), early modern Danish naktergal , naktegale (Danish nattergal ) < the Germanic base of night n. + the Germanic base of Old English -e- connective + a Germanic weak noun derived from the base of gale v.¹ Old Icelandic niktigala is a borrowing from Old English, and modern Icelandic næturgali is probably a borrowing from Danish; all the Scandinavian forms are ultimately borrowings from Middle Low German. Compare nightingale n.¹The rare Old English forms nahtagala, nahtagalah, nahtgala (attested only in gloss collections preserved in continental manuscripts) probably show Old High German influence.

Obsolete.

= nightingale n.¹ 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Luscinia > luscinia megarhynchos (nightingale)

nightgaleeOE

nightingalec1275

nightbirdc1450

Philomenec1500

Philomela1563

Philomel1579

rossignol?1590

Daulian bird1894

eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 10/2 Achalantis, uel luscinia uel roscinia, nehtægale.

OE Brussels Gloss. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 287 Philomella, nihtegale.

a1300 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Jesus Oxf.) (1935) 4 (MED) In one swiþe dyele hale Iherde ich holde grete tale An vle and one nyhtegale.

a1300 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Jesus Oxf.) (1935) 13 Þe nihtegale bigon þo speke.

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 63 (MED) When þe nyhtegale singes, þe wodes waxen grene.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 117 (MED) He hase..men ordaynd..for to kepe..gerfawcouns..nyghtgales syngand.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 102 (MED) Þe nyghtgale to songe & melody all nyght is gyfyn.

1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 254/2 A Nyghte gale, philomena.

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. Prol. 61 Owtak the mery nychtgaill, Philomeyn.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 715 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 117 The blyth lark yat begynnis And ye nychtgalis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nightgale
释义	† nightgalen. Forms: early Old English nacthegelae (Anglian), early Old English næctægela (Anglian), early Old English naectegale (Anglian), early Old English nahtagala (rare), early Old English nahtagalah (rare), early Old English nectaegalae (Anglian), early Old English nectigalae (Anglian), early Old English nehtægale (Anglian), early Old English–early Middle English nihtegale, Old English nahtgala (rare), Old English nihtegala, Middle English nightgale, Middle English niȝttegale, Middle English nyȝtgalle, Middle English nyhtegale, Middle English–1500s nyghtegale, Middle English–1500s nyghtgale; Scottish pre-1700 nychtgaill, pre-1700 nychtgale. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with West Frisian nachtegeal , Middle Dutch nachtegāle (Dutch nachtegaal ), Old Saxon nahtagala , nahtigala (Middle Low German nachtegāle ), Old High German nahtagala , nahtgala (Middle High German nahtegal , nahtegale , German Nachtigall ), Old Swedish näktergala (Swedish näktergal ), early modern Danish naktergal , naktegale (Danish nattergal ) < the Germanic base of night n. + the Germanic base of Old English -e- connective + a Germanic weak noun derived from the base of gale v.¹ Old Icelandic niktigala is a borrowing from Old English, and modern Icelandic næturgali is probably a borrowing from Danish; all the Scandinavian forms are ultimately borrowings from Middle Low German. Compare nightingale n.¹The rare Old English forms nahtagala, nahtagalah, nahtgala (attested only in gloss collections preserved in continental manuscripts) probably show Old High German influence. Obsolete. = nightingale n.¹ 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Luscinia > luscinia megarhynchos (nightingale) nightgaleeOE nightingalec1275 nightbirdc1450 Philomenec1500 Philomela1563 Philomel1579 rossignol?1590 Daulian bird1894 eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 10/2 Achalantis, uel luscinia uel roscinia, nehtægale. OE Brussels Gloss. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 287 Philomella, nihtegale. a1300 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Jesus Oxf.) (1935) 4 (MED) In one swiþe dyele hale Iherde ich holde grete tale An vle and one nyhtegale. a1300 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Jesus Oxf.) (1935) 13 Þe nihtegale bigon þo speke. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 63 (MED) When þe nyhtegale singes, þe wodes waxen grene. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 117 (MED) He hase..men ordaynd..for to kepe..gerfawcouns..nyghtgales syngand. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 102 (MED) Þe nyghtgale to songe & melody all nyght is gyfyn. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 254/2 A Nyghte gale, philomena. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. Prol. 61 Owtak the mery nychtgaill, Philomeyn. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 715 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 117 The blyth lark yat begynnis And ye nychtgalis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > as lemmas night-gale night-gale n. ΚΠ 1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland Oberon iii. liv. 94 Where chill the night-gale blows. 1854 R. Montgomery Wellington ii, in Poet. Wks. 535 Like banners seem the clouds up-roll'd..And, here and there, by night-gales driven. extracted from nightn.int. < n.eOE as lemmas
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† nightgalen.

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