nightertale

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nightertale

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Inherited from Middle English nyghtertale, alteration of Old Norse náttarþel.

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  1. archaic, no plural The period of night; nighttime. A person (as their books make her) raised up by power divine, only for succour to the French estate, then deeply in distress, in whom, for planting a credit the rather, first the company that towards the Dauphin did conduct her, through all dangerous, as held by the English, where she never was afor

    Similar: night, nighttide

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@misc{nightertale_2026,
  title = {nightertale},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nightertale},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}