æfentid

Old English

Etymology

From ǣfen +‎ tīd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæː.fenˌtiːd/, [ˈæː.venˌtiːd]

Noun

ǣfentīd f

1. evening, eventide

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ǣfentīd	ǣfentīda, ǣfentīde
accusative	ǣfentīde	ǣfentīda, ǣfentīde
genitive	ǣfentīde	ǣfentīda
dative	ǣfentīde	ǣfentīdum

Descendants

• Middle English: eventyde
  • English: eventide, evetide
  • Yola: eatheet, eatheit

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǣfentīd”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.