Reconstruction:Old English/geolniht

This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jehwlanahts. Cognate with Old Norse jólanátt. Equivalent to ġēol +‎ niht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈje͜oːlˌnixt/, [ˈje͜oːlˌniçt] (original)
• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːlˌnixt/, [ˈjuːlˌniçt], /ˈjoːlˌnixt/, [ˈjoːlˌniçt] (Norse influence)

Noun

*ġēolniht or *ġeōlniht f

1. the night before Christmas

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	*ġēolniht	*ġēolniht
accusative	*ġēolniht	*ġēolniht
genitive	*ġēolniht	*ġēolnihta
dative	*ġēolniht	*ġēolnihtum

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	*ġeōlniht	*ġeōlniht
accusative	*ġeōlniht	*ġeōlniht
genitive	*ġeōlniht	*ġeōlnihta
dative	*ġeōlniht	*ġeōlnihtum

Synonyms

• Cristes mæsseniht
• middes wintres mæsseniht

Descendants

• Middle English: Yol nyght