- nihthræfn
- m (-es/-as) night-raven, night-jar, night-owl (1)
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
nihthræfn
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nihtremm — see nihthræfn … Old to modern English dictionary
nightjar — (n.) nocturnal bird, goatsucker, 1620s, from NIGHT (Cf. night) + JAR (Cf. jar) (v.). So called for the jarring sounds made by the male when the female is brooding, which have been described as a churring trill that seems to change direction as it … Etymology dictionary
