† a-nightertimeadv.
Obsolete.
At night; during the night. Cf. a nighttimes adv.
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the world > time > day and night > night > [adverb]
nightseOE
on nightOE
in (also of, on, upon) the nightOE
by nightlOE
on (also in) nightslOE
a-nightc1175
a-nightsc1175
at nightc1300
within nightc1400
a-nightertime?a1439
a nighttimes1567
at nights1581
nightly1597
benight1642
nocturnally1812
night-times1851
nitely1970
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. l. 1426 A-nihter-tyme his slep ful ofte he brak.
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vii. l. 360 Thou..Anihter tyme took upon a weede, At the bordel dist amys for meede.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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adv.?a1439- to take the soil
- to take the soup
- to take the speech
- to take the stage
- to take the stand
- to take the starch out of
- to take the start
- to take the start of
- to take the start of formerly upon
- to take the sting out of
- to take the straight
- to take the strain
- to take the street
- to take the strum or strums
- to take the strunt
- to take the stuffing out of
- to take the stump
- to take the stunt
- to take the sulks
- to take the sun
- to take the tales out of a person's mouth
- to take the test
- to take the throne
- to take the time
- to take the trouble