eventyde

Middle English

Alternative forms

• eventide, evyntyde, eventid
• evetyde, evetid, enetid
• even-tide, even-tid, evyn-tyde, aven tide
• neventide, heven tide (after vowel)

Etymology

From Old English ǣfentīd; by surface analysis, even +‎ tyde.

The form enetid 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)

1. evening

Descendants

• English: eventide, evetide
• Yola: eatheet, eatheit

References

• “ēve(n-tīde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.