† 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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