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evenlight

noun

Etymology

From Middle English evenlight, evenelyȝth, from Old English ǣfenlēoht (“evening light”), equivalent to even + light. Cognate with Dutch avondlicht (“evening light”), German Abendlicht (“evening light”).

  1. inherited from ǣfenlēoht
  2. inherited from evenlight

Definitions

  1. The light of evening

    The light of evening; twilight.

    • Here at the window in the evenlight I lean my ears to summon once again The sound of memory in its sweet refrain, [...]
    • The doings of Grendel, In far-off fatherland I fully did know of: Sea-farers tell us, this hall-building standeth, Excellent edifice, empty and useless To all the earlmen after evenlight's glimmer 'Neath heaven's bright hues [...]
    • When a little child lies in your arms at night, What do you care for care; When her little lips sing in the evenlight, And her little arms clasp you there?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA