sennightn.

Brit.

/ˈsɛnʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈsɛˌnaɪt/

Forms: (Word division in Old English and Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts.)

α. see seven v. and night n. and int.; also early Middle English seouen nih (south-west midlands, transmission error).

β. late Old English seofeniht, late Old English (early Middle English south-west midlands and south-western) seoueniht, early Middle English seoue nicht (south-west midlands), early Middle English seoue niht (south-west midlands), early Middle English seoueniþt (south-western), early Middle English seue nigt, early Middle English soueniȝt (south-western), early Middle English soueniht (south-west midlands and south-western), early Middle English soueniþt (south-western), early Middle English souenyȝt (south-western), Middle English sefniht, Middle English seueniȝht, Middle English seue niȝt, Middle English seue-niȝt, Middle English seueniȝt, Middle English seueniȝth, Middle English seueniht, Middle English seuenist, Middle English seuenyȝe, Middle English seuenyghte, Middle English seue-nyȝt, Middle English seuenyȝth, Middle English seuenyȝtte, Middle English seuenynt, Middle English seuenyst, Middle English seuenyth, Middle English seuenyþe, Middle English sevenyght, Middle English sevenyghte, Middle English sevenyȝt, Middle English sevenyȝth, Middle English sevenyht, Middle English sevenyth, Middle English–1500s seuenyght, Middle English–1700s sevenight, 1500s seuenight, 1500s sevenighte, 1600s seue'night, 1600s–1700s sev'night, 1900s– sevenicht (Scottish); N.E.D. (1912) also records the forms Middle English sefnight, Middle English seovenyght.

γ. late Middle English sennett (northern), late Middle English sennyȝt, late Middle English sennyt (in a late copy), late Middle English senyte, late Middle English synyght, late Middle English–1500s senyght, late Middle English–1500s (1700s–1800s English regional) sennet, late Middle English–1600s sennyght, 1500s seneyt, 1500s senighte, 1500s senyghte, 1500s– sennight, 1600s senet, 1600s senight, 1600s senith, 1600s s'ennight, 1600s sinnitt, 1600s (1800s– English regional) sennit, 1600s–1800s se'night (English regional), 1600s–1800s sen'night, 1600s– se'ennight (now archaic or regional), 1600s– se'nnight (now archaic or regional), 1700s se'enight, 1700s zenneert (English regional (Devon)), 1700s–1800s zennet (English regional (Devon)), 1800s zennett (English regional (Devon)), 1800s zennit (English regional (Dorset)), 1800s– sennat (English regional (Cumberland)), 1900s zenight (English regional (Somerset)); also Scottish pre-1700 seannight, pre-1700 senight, pre-1700 sennet, pre-1700 sinnet, pre-1700 synnycht, pre-1700 1800s se’night, 1700s se'enight, 1700s se'en night, 1800s se'enicht, 1800s se'ennicht, 1800s s'ennicht, 1900s– sennicht; N.E.D. (1912) also records a form late Middle English senit.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seven adj., night n.

Etymology: < seven adj. + the (generally unmarked) plural of night n. (see note). Compare Old English seofonnihte (adjective) lasting seven days, (of the moon) seven days old. Compare also fortnight n.In Old English chiefly as seofon niht , where the second element is to be interpreted as the unmarked nominative or accusative plural of night n.; also (as required by case agreement) with genitive plural or dative plural of night n. (respectively nihta , nihtum ). With the use with reference to successive days and nights compare night n. 4a(a). In later use increasingly reanalysed as showing singular of the second element, probably already sometimes in late Old English. With the β. forms compare δ. forms at seven adj. and n.

Now archaic.

A period of seven successive days and nights; a week (week n. 2).In quot. OE¹ at α. with genitive plural of the second element; compare discussion in the etymology section.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a week > [noun]

weekeOE

sennightOE

seven daysOE

weekOE

seven days and seven nightsOE

(an) eight daysc1160

a week of daysa1382

week1398

sennight dayc1425

septimane1450

seventh night1567

sennight space1599

hebdomad1600

septuary1646

heptad1876

α.

OE Andreas (1932) 1673 Wuna in þære winbyrig, wigendra hleo, salu sinchroden, seofon nihta fyrst.

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxxii. 457 Danihel se witega læg seofon niht betwux seofon leonum on anum seaðe ungewemmed.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 545 Hiss sefenn nahht. To þewwtenn i þe temmple.

1415 in 43rd Ann. Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. (1882) App. i. 582 in Parl. Papers (C. 3425) XXXVI. 1 A sefenneghte after that Murdok of Fyche was take away.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxi. sig. Cc2^v Iusts, both with sword and launce, mainteined for a seuen-night together.

a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 133 The crosse windes..held him in the Downes almost a seavennight before they would blow him over.

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Wks. ii. xxxii. 200 The Cause of the Plague was by a stinking and infectious Exhalation..whereof there have died above two and twenty hundred and threescore thousand and sixteen Persons within this Sevennight.

β. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 1070 Þa munecas..dydan Cristes þeudom in þære cyrce, þet ær hæfde standen fulle seofeniht forutan ælces cynnes riht.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2213 Seoueniht [c1300 Otho soueniþt] he wes þære.a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 766 Swiche a sorwe he suffred a seue-niȝt fulle.1461 C. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 199 I pray ȝow..lat me haue an awnswere wyth-in þis seuenynt.1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 94 A notable waister, to daie full of money, within seuenight after not worthe a grote.1652 H. L'Estrange Americans No Iewes 23 Owr own usuall reckoning by nights, as Sevenight, Fortnight.1946 Forfar Dispatch 7 Mar. I've kalkit her door this lest sevenicht.γ. c1450 (c1415) in W. O. Ross Middle Eng. Serm. (1940) 303 (MED) He wold not suffre hym in his howse a senyght to-gedre.a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 394 I dranke not this sennet A draught to my pay.a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 78 The bold Iago, Whose footing here anticipates our thoughts A sennights [1623 Senights] speede. 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 10 Nif won zey the le-ast Theng out, tha wut purtee a Zennet arter.1894 K. Grahame Pagan Papers 139 A luscious treat that had been specially reserved for me, a sennight past, by the gardener's boy.1997 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 8 Feb. 34 What rejoicing there will be this sennight in the sleepy English hamlet of Glympton, nestled in timeless serenity 'midst the rolling hills of Buckinghamshire.

Phrases

In expressions serving to specify a date or a time period. Cf. week n. Phrases 2.

a. Following a specified day, and formerly also modified by a, as in †today a sennight, Tuesday sennight, this day sennight, yesterday sennight, etc.: a week to the day, before or after the day specified. Cf. week n. Phrases 2a(b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > in a week or fortnight

sennightc1275

this day, Monday, Monday was (a), etc. fortnight1389

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2721 Ȝif ȝe spekeð mid rihte comeð to-dæi a seouen-nihte [c1300 Otho seouenihte].

a1425 N. Homily Legendary (Harl. suppl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 31 It fell efter on þat day seuyn-night Of al þis same þan had he sight.

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 6th Serm. sig. Svii^v What doctrine is wrytten for vs in the .viii. Chapter, of the fyrst boke, of the kynges, I did partely shewe vnto you..this day sennight.

1633 W. Mulsho in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Duke of Buccleuch (1899) I. 274 in Parl. Papers (C. 9244) XLVI. 1 They propose to..set forth on Tuesday sevennight.

1771 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1769 (1774) i. 96 A female spright..obliged him to promise an assignation, at that very hour, that day sevenight.

1861 T. E. May Constit. Hist. Eng. (1863) I. i. 95 Mr. Canning stated that Lord Eldon's visit to Windsor had taken place on Saturday se'nnight, preceding the change of ministry.

1998 J. Barnes England, England (1999) 244 They do say someone stole one of her petticoats off the line last Monday sevennight when old Brock the badger were playing by the light of the moon on Gibbet Hill.

†b. Following a specified day, with was or gone, as in Sunday was a sennight, Tuesday last was sennight, Sunday gone a sennight, etc.: a week to the day, before the day specified. Cf. be v. Phrases 2b, go v. 49a(b). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 59 Item one cope one vestment & one albe—sold to Thomas Inman for the some of Vs vpon sondaie was a sevenighte.

1644 R. Symonds Diary (1859) 50 Newes..That Waller was at Abingdon on Tuesday last was sevenight.

1759 G. Ridpath Diary 24 May (1922) 248 Sir Robert Pringle and John Hunter attended the meeting of Heritors intimated here on Sunday gone a se'enight.

1772 Proc. Old Bailey 14 Oct. 364/1 I was coming home to dinner last Thursday was sevennight.

†c. Following a specified day, with come, as in Tuesday come a sennight, Thursday come sennight, etc.: a week to the day, after the day specified. Cf. come v. 34a. Obsolete (English regional (northern) in later use).

ΚΠ

c1613 (c1488) in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 68 Upon tewsday come a sennyt, I would have your court at Follyfait.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 153 Every one names Thursday come Sev'nnight for our Nuptials.

1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ i. 15 Ower Jin com haam fra sarvice at Bolton i't' Moors, Seterday come a sennight, an her awn mother hardly kenn'd her.

Compounds

† sennight day n. Obsolete a period of a week; (also) the same day in the following week.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a week > [noun]

weekeOE

sennightOE

seven daysOE

weekOE

seven days and seven nightsOE

(an) eight daysc1160

a week of daysa1382

week1398

sennight dayc1425

septimane1450

seventh night1567

sennight space1599

hebdomad1600

septuary1646

heptad1876

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > the next day > the same day in the following week

sennight dayc1425

c1425 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Ld. Middleton (1911) 106 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 5567) XXVII. 1 Everiche man schall pay..a peny to the kyrke, therfor to go a sevenyȝtday.

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 380 (MED) I rekke..To make rowtte into Rome..Within a seuenyghte daye.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 233 (MED) Þis wulfe come agayn vppon þe sennet day.

1476 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) II. 11 (MED) I have not ben mery at myn hert þis sevynnight day.

† sennight space n. Obsolete the space of a week.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a week > [noun]

weekeOE

sennightOE

seven daysOE

weekOE

seven days and seven nightsOE

(an) eight daysc1160

a week of daysa1382

week1398

sennight dayc1425

septimane1450

seventh night1567

sennight space1599

hebdomad1600

septuary1646

heptad1876

1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. K2 It is a receiued opinion, that vse of Hares fleshe procureth beautie, fresh colour, and cheerfull countenance, for a seuenight space.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. xlvi. 226 And this is one thing to be wondred at, That in that seven-night space there is not one that taketh hurt by Crocodiles.

a1633 A. Munday John a Kent (1923) 23 Wee'le promise that they shall enioy the Ladyes with our consent, if but a sennight space they will adiorne the day of mariage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sennight
释义	sennightn. Brit. /ˈsɛnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈsɛˌnaɪt/ Forms: (Word division in Old English and Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts.) α. see seven v. and night n. and int.; also early Middle English seouen nih (south-west midlands, transmission error). β. late Old English seofeniht, late Old English (early Middle English south-west midlands and south-western) seoueniht, early Middle English seoue nicht (south-west midlands), early Middle English seoue niht (south-west midlands), early Middle English seoueniþt (south-western), early Middle English seue nigt, early Middle English soueniȝt (south-western), early Middle English soueniht (south-west midlands and south-western), early Middle English soueniþt (south-western), early Middle English souenyȝt (south-western), Middle English sefniht, Middle English seueniȝht, Middle English seue niȝt, Middle English seue-niȝt, Middle English seueniȝt, Middle English seueniȝth, Middle English seueniht, Middle English seuenist, Middle English seuenyȝe, Middle English seuenyghte, Middle English seue-nyȝt, Middle English seuenyȝth, Middle English seuenyȝtte, Middle English seuenynt, Middle English seuenyst, Middle English seuenyth, Middle English seuenyþe, Middle English sevenyght, Middle English sevenyghte, Middle English sevenyȝt, Middle English sevenyȝth, Middle English sevenyht, Middle English sevenyth, Middle English–1500s seuenyght, Middle English–1700s sevenight, 1500s seuenight, 1500s sevenighte, 1600s seue'night, 1600s–1700s sev'night, 1900s– sevenicht (Scottish); N.E.D. (1912) also records the forms Middle English sefnight, Middle English seovenyght. γ. late Middle English sennett (northern), late Middle English sennyȝt, late Middle English sennyt (in a late copy), late Middle English senyte, late Middle English synyght, late Middle English–1500s senyght, late Middle English–1500s (1700s–1800s English regional) sennet, late Middle English–1600s sennyght, 1500s seneyt, 1500s senighte, 1500s senyghte, 1500s– sennight, 1600s senet, 1600s senight, 1600s senith, 1600s s'ennight, 1600s sinnitt, 1600s (1800s– English regional) sennit, 1600s–1800s se'night (English regional), 1600s–1800s sen'night, 1600s– se'ennight (now archaic or regional), 1600s– se'nnight (now archaic or regional), 1700s se'enight, 1700s zenneert (English regional (Devon)), 1700s–1800s zennet (English regional (Devon)), 1800s zennett (English regional (Devon)), 1800s zennit (English regional (Dorset)), 1800s– sennat (English regional (Cumberland)), 1900s zenight (English regional (Somerset)); also Scottish pre-1700 seannight, pre-1700 senight, pre-1700 sennet, pre-1700 sinnet, pre-1700 synnycht, pre-1700 1800s se’night, 1700s se'enight, 1700s se'en night, 1800s se'enicht, 1800s se'ennicht, 1800s s'ennicht, 1900s– sennicht; N.E.D. (1912) also records a form late Middle English senit. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seven adj., night n. Etymology: < seven adj. + the (generally unmarked) plural of night n. (see note). Compare Old English seofonnihte (adjective) lasting seven days, (of the moon) seven days old. Compare also fortnight n.In Old English chiefly as seofon niht , where the second element is to be interpreted as the unmarked nominative or accusative plural of night n.; also (as required by case agreement) with genitive plural or dative plural of night n. (respectively nihta , nihtum ). With the use with reference to successive days and nights compare night n. 4a(a). In later use increasingly reanalysed as showing singular of the second element, probably already sometimes in late Old English. With the β. forms compare δ. forms at seven adj. and n. Now archaic. A period of seven successive days and nights; a week (week n. 2).In quot. OE¹ at α. with genitive plural of the second element; compare discussion in the etymology section. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a week > [noun] weekeOE sennightOE seven daysOE weekOE seven days and seven nightsOE (an) eight daysc1160 a week of daysa1382 week1398 sennight dayc1425 septimane1450 seventh night1567 sennight space1599 hebdomad1600 septuary1646 heptad1876 α. OE Andreas (1932) 1673 Wuna in þære winbyrig, wigendra hleo, salu sinchroden, seofon nihta fyrst. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxxii. 457 Danihel se witega læg seofon niht betwux seofon leonum on anum seaðe ungewemmed. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 545 Hiss sefenn nahht. To þewwtenn i þe temmple. 1415 in 43rd Ann. Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. (1882) App. i. 582 in Parl. Papers (C. 3425) XXXVI. 1 A sefenneghte after that Murdok of Fyche was take away. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxi. sig. Cc2^v Iusts, both with sword and launce, mainteined for a seuen-night together. a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 133 The crosse windes..held him in the Downes almost a seavennight before they would blow him over. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Wks. ii. xxxii. 200 The Cause of the Plague was by a stinking and infectious Exhalation..whereof there have died above two and twenty hundred and threescore thousand and sixteen Persons within this Sevennight. β. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 1070 Þa munecas..dydan Cristes þeudom in þære cyrce, þet ær hæfde standen fulle seofeniht forutan ælces cynnes riht.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2213 Seoueniht [c1300 Otho soueniþt] he wes þære.a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 766 Swiche a sorwe he suffred a seue-niȝt fulle.1461 C. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 199 I pray ȝow..lat me haue an awnswere wyth-in þis seuenynt.1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 94 A notable waister, to daie full of money, within seuenight after not worthe a grote.1652 H. L'Estrange Americans No Iewes 23 Owr own usuall reckoning by nights, as Sevenight, Fortnight.1946 Forfar Dispatch 7 Mar. I've kalkit her door this lest sevenicht.γ. c1450 (c1415) in W. O. Ross Middle Eng. Serm. (1940) 303 (MED) He wold not suffre hym in his howse a senyght to-gedre.a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 394 I dranke not this sennet A draught to my pay.a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 78 The bold Iago, Whose footing here anticipates our thoughts A sennights [1623 Senights] speede. View more context for this quotation1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 10 Nif won zey the le-ast Theng out, tha wut purtee a Zennet arter.1894 K. Grahame Pagan Papers 139 A luscious treat that had been specially reserved for me, a sennight past, by the gardener's boy.1997 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 8 Feb. 34 What rejoicing there will be this sennight in the sleepy English hamlet of Glympton, nestled in timeless serenity 'midst the rolling hills of Buckinghamshire. Phrases In expressions serving to specify a date or a time period. Cf. week n. Phrases 2. a. Following a specified day, and formerly also modified by a, as in †today a sennight, Tuesday sennight, this day sennight, yesterday sennight, etc.: a week to the day, before or after the day specified. Cf. week n. Phrases 2a(b). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > in a week or fortnight sennightc1275 this day, Monday, Monday was (a), etc. fortnight1389 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2721 Ȝif ȝe spekeð mid rihte comeð to-dæi a seouen-nihte [c1300 Otho seouenihte]. a1425 N. Homily Legendary (Harl. suppl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 31 It fell efter on þat day seuyn-night Of al þis same þan had he sight. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 6th Serm. sig. Svii^v What doctrine is wrytten for vs in the .viii. Chapter, of the fyrst boke, of the kynges, I did partely shewe vnto you..this day sennight. 1633 W. Mulsho in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Duke of Buccleuch (1899) I. 274 in Parl. Papers (C. 9244) XLVI. 1 They propose to..set forth on Tuesday sevennight. 1771 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1769 (1774) i. 96 A female spright..obliged him to promise an assignation, at that very hour, that day sevenight. 1861 T. E. May Constit. Hist. Eng. (1863) I. i. 95 Mr. Canning stated that Lord Eldon's visit to Windsor had taken place on Saturday se'nnight, preceding the change of ministry. 1998 J. Barnes England, England (1999) 244 They do say someone stole one of her petticoats off the line last Monday sevennight when old Brock the badger were playing by the light of the moon on Gibbet Hill. †b. Following a specified day, with was or gone, as in Sunday was a sennight, Tuesday last was sennight, Sunday gone a sennight, etc.: a week to the day, before the day specified. Cf. be v. Phrases 2b, go v. 49a(b). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 59 Item one cope one vestment & one albe—sold to Thomas Inman for the some of Vs vpon sondaie was a sevenighte. 1644 R. Symonds Diary (1859) 50 Newes..That Waller was at Abingdon on Tuesday last was sevenight. 1759 G. Ridpath Diary 24 May (1922) 248 Sir Robert Pringle and John Hunter attended the meeting of Heritors intimated here on Sunday gone a se'enight. 1772 Proc. Old Bailey 14 Oct. 364/1 I was coming home to dinner last Thursday was sevennight. †c. Following a specified day, with come, as in Tuesday come a sennight, Thursday come sennight, etc.: a week to the day, after the day specified. Cf. come v. 34a. Obsolete (English regional (northern) in later use). ΚΠ c1613 (c1488) in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 68 Upon tewsday come a sennyt, I would have your court at Follyfait. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 153 Every one names Thursday come Sev'nnight for our Nuptials. 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ i. 15 Ower Jin com haam fra sarvice at Bolton i't' Moors, Seterday come a sennight, an her awn mother hardly kenn'd her. Compounds † sennight day n. Obsolete a period of a week; (also) the same day in the following week. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a week > [noun] weekeOE sennightOE seven daysOE weekOE seven days and seven nightsOE (an) eight daysc1160 a week of daysa1382 week1398 sennight dayc1425 septimane1450 seventh night1567 sennight space1599 hebdomad1600 septuary1646 heptad1876 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > the next day > the same day in the following week sennight dayc1425 c1425 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Ld. Middleton (1911) 106 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 5567) XXVII. 1 Everiche man schall pay..a peny to the kyrke, therfor to go a sevenyȝtday. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 380 (MED) I rekke..To make rowtte into Rome..Within a seuenyghte daye. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 233 (MED) Þis wulfe come agayn vppon þe sennet day. 1476 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) II. 11 (MED) I have not ben mery at myn hert þis sevynnight day. † sennight space n. Obsolete the space of a week. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a week > [noun] weekeOE sennightOE seven daysOE weekOE seven days and seven nightsOE (an) eight daysc1160 a week of daysa1382 week1398 sennight dayc1425 septimane1450 seventh night1567 sennight space1599 hebdomad1600 septuary1646 heptad1876 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. K2 It is a receiued opinion, that vse of Hares fleshe procureth beautie, fresh colour, and cheerfull countenance, for a seuenight space. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. xlvi. 226 And this is one thing to be wondred at, That in that seven-night space there is not one that taketh hurt by Crocodiles. a1633 A. Munday John a Kent (1923) 23 Wee'le promise that they shall enioy the Ladyes with our consent, if but a sennight space they will adiorne the day of mariage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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