Noun: nihtwacu
Gender: f
Nominative
| Singular | nihtwacu |
| Plural | nihtwaca; nihtwace |
Genitive
| Singular | nihtwace |
| Plural | nihtwaca |
Dative
| Singular | nihtwace |
| Plural | nihtwacum |
Accusative
| Singular | nihtwace |
| Plural | nihtwaca; nihtwace |
Sample Sentences
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bitre brēostċeare · ġebiden hæbbe,
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ġecunnad in ċēole · ċearselda fela,
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atol ȳþa ġewealc, · þǣr mec oft biġeat
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nearo nihtwaco · ǣt nacan stefnan,
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þonne hē be clifum cnossað. · Calde ġeþrungen (have withstood bitter sorrow,
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known many sorrow-halls in ship,
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loathsome rolling of waves
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where the unquiet night watch
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oft got me at the stem of seacraft
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then it beats near cliffs. Bound by cold) [10th century, The Seafarer:]
Nouns inflected like nihtwacu
wundswaþu,
heolorbledu,
feohlufu,
siblufu,
martyrracu,
sincþegu,
selfcwalu,
wordlaþu,
þrotu,
þracu,
lempedu,
fremu,
fricu,
friþu,
fyllu,
grafu,
granu,
clacu,
clawu,
cwalu, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *nahtwaku. Equivalent to niht (“night”) + wacu (“watch”).
Verbs referencing "nihtwacu"
Middle English Nouns
bakke, German Nouns
Nachtwache, German Nouns
Nachtwacht.
Translations