a-nightsadv.

Brit.

/əˈnʌɪts/, U.S.

/əˈnaɪts/

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

α. early Middle English o nihhtess ( Ormulum), Middle English onightes, Middle English o nites, Middle English o nyghtes.

β. Middle English a-niȝtes, Middle English a niȝttes, Middle English a nihtes, Middle English a nyghtes, Middle English anyghtes, Middle English anyȝtis, Middle English anyȝttes, Middle English–1600s anightes, Middle English– a nights, 1500s a nyttes, 1500s–1600s a nightes, 1500s– anights, 1600s– a-nights.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: on nights at night n. and int. Phrases 2c(a).

Etymology: < on nights at night n. and int. Phrases 2c(a), with phonological reduction of the first element. With the α. forms compare o , variant of on prep. With the β. forms compare a prep.¹ Compare a-night adv. and adays adv. Compare also nights adv.

Now archaic and regional.

During the night, at night. Cf. nights adv.

ΘΚΠ

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

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 402 Þa þatt..Aȝȝ follȝhenn rihhtwisnesse. Biforenn menn. bihinndenn menn. O daȝȝess. & o nihhtess.

a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xiii. 68 Þat te wakiȝinge a niȝttes ben imade..fram þe Holi Þuresdai to Mihelmasse, toun bi vi men ore bi foure.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 785 Febul wax he & faynt, for-waked a-niȝtes.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 103 (MED) This Pope..used for to go o nites to prisoneris and bed-red folk.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 585/1 You must hyll you wel nowe anyghtes.

1574 A. Gilby tr. Test. Twelue Patriarches sig. Evii Lechery and couetousnes..walke abroad as well a nightes as of dayes.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 234 When wilt thou leaue fighting a daies and foyning a nights .

1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 104 They lodged a-nights in hollow trees.

1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iv. xix. 66 A sort of flat Bug, which lurks in the..Bedding, and disturbs People's Rest a-nights.

1759 L. Wood Jrnl. 28 July in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1882) XIX. 150 At work a days and on gaurd a Nights and our Provision only Pork and Bread.

1838 H. C. Robinson Let. 10 Aug. in Diary (1869) II. 265 She used to go out a-nights with her face hid up in her cloak.

1880 W. Watson Prince's Quest v. 46 So through that country wended he his way, Resting anights.

1992 A. Thorpe Ulverton ix. 200 Thee'd have to skin thy shirt like a rabbet's fleck off anights.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	a-nights
释义	a-nightsadv. Brit. /əˈnʌɪts/, U.S. /əˈnaɪts/ Forms: (Word division in Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts.) α. early Middle English o nihhtess ( Ormulum), Middle English onightes, Middle English o nites, Middle English o nyghtes. β. Middle English a-niȝtes, Middle English a niȝttes, Middle English a nihtes, Middle English a nyghtes, Middle English anyghtes, Middle English anyȝtis, Middle English anyȝttes, Middle English–1600s anightes, Middle English– a nights, 1500s a nyttes, 1500s–1600s a nightes, 1500s– anights, 1600s– a-nights. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: on nights at night n. and int. Phrases 2c(a). Etymology: < on nights at night n. and int. Phrases 2c(a), with phonological reduction of the first element. With the α. forms compare o , variant of on prep. With the β. forms compare a prep.¹ Compare a-night adv. and adays adv. Compare also nights adv. Now archaic and regional. During the night, at night. Cf. nights adv. ΘΚΠ 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 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 402 Þa þatt..Aȝȝ follȝhenn rihhtwisnesse. Biforenn menn. bihinndenn menn. O daȝȝess. & o nihhtess. a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xiii. 68 Þat te wakiȝinge a niȝttes ben imade..fram þe Holi Þuresdai to Mihelmasse, toun bi vi men ore bi foure. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 785 Febul wax he & faynt, for-waked a-niȝtes. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 103 (MED) This Pope..used for to go o nites to prisoneris and bed-red folk. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 585/1 You must hyll you wel nowe anyghtes. 1574 A. Gilby tr. Test. Twelue Patriarches sig. Evii Lechery and couetousnes..walke abroad as well a nightes as of dayes. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 234 When wilt thou leaue fighting a daies and foyning a nights . View more context for this quotation 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 104 They lodged a-nights in hollow trees. 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iv. xix. 66 A sort of flat Bug, which lurks in the..Bedding, and disturbs People's Rest a-nights. 1759 L. Wood Jrnl. 28 July in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1882) XIX. 150 At work a days and on gaurd a Nights and our Provision only Pork and Bread. 1838 H. C. Robinson Let. 10 Aug. in Diary (1869) II. 265 She used to go out a-nights with her face hid up in her cloak. 1880 W. Watson Prince's Quest v. 46 So through that country wended he his way, Resting anights. 1992 A. Thorpe Ulverton ix. 200 Thee'd have to skin thy shirt like a rabbet's fleck off anights. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adv.c1175
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