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.