eventyde
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- eventide, evyntyde, eventid
- evetyde, evetid, enetid
- even-tide, even-tid, evyn-tyde, aven tide
- neventide, heven tide (after vowel)
Etymology[edit]
From Old English ǣfentīd; by surface analysis, even + tyde.
The form enetid may be a scribal error for evetide, though compare the development of modern English Hallowe'en.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
eventyde (plural eventydes)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “ēve(n-tīde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.