æfenglom

Old English edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈæː.fenˌɡloːm/, [ˈæː.venˌɡloːm]

Noun edit

ǣfenglōm m

the evening gloom: twilight

Usage notes edit

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 edit

niht

References edit

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǣfenglōm”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
"Anglo-Saxon Manual of Astronomy", p. 6, in Popular Treatises on Science Written during the Middle Ages (1841), London: Historical Society of Science.