sevennight
noun/ˈsɛvənˌnɑɪt/US
Etymology
From Middle English seven-night, sevenight, sevenyght [and other forms], from Late Old English seofeniht (compare seofonnihte (“seven days old; seven days long”, adjective)), from seofon (“seven”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”)) + niht (“night; day (when computing spans of time)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”)). Doublet of sennight.
- inherited from seofeniht
- inherited from seven-night
Definitions
Alternative form of sennight, a week.
- VVearie Seu'nights, nine times nine, Shall he dvvindle, peake, and pine: […]
- The Holy Houſel ought to be kept vvith great Diligence and not be permitted to be ſtale, but another be alvvays hallovved anevv for Sick Men in about a Seven-night, or Fortnight, ſo as that it may not be muſty at leaſt.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA