æfenglom

Old English

Etymology

From ǣfen (“evening”) + glōm (“gloom, gloaming”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæːvenˌɡloːm/

Noun

ǣfenglōm m

The evening gloom: twilight.

Usage notes

In Bede & al., distinguished as the earlier part of the evening (crepusculum) as opposed to evening proper (ǣfen), during which the planets and stars became visible.

Hypernyms

niht

References

"ǣfenglōm" in Bosworth & Toller's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1882), Oxford: Clarendon Press.
"Anglo-Saxon Manual of Astronomy", p. 6, in Popular Treatises on Science Written during the Middle Ages (1841), London: Historical Society of Science.

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