eventyde
Middle English
Alternative forms
- aven tide, enetid, evetyde, eventid, even-tide, evyn-tyde
Etymology
From Old English ǣfentīd; by surface analysis, even + tyde.
The form enetide may be a scribal error for evetide, though compare the development of modern English Hallowe'en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛːvə(n)ˌtiːd(ə)/
Noun
eventyde (plural eventydes)
- evening
Descendants
- English: eventide, evetide
- Yola: eatheet, eatheit
References
- “ēve(n-tīde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.