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by crichter
Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:30 pm
Forum: Etymology
Topic: Fortnight
Replies: 5
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No, it's just a contraction of Old English "féowertýne niht". It dates back at least a thousand years, along with "sennight"--a week, or seven nights. Germanic peoples reckoned time by nights, rather than days.

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