nihtscua

From niht (“night”) +‎ sċūa (“shadow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnixtˌʃuː.ɑ/, [ˈniçtˌʃuː.ɑ]

nihtsċūa m

1. (poetic) night-shade
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     nīpeð nihtsċūa, · norþan onsendeð
     hrēo hæġlfare · hæleþum on andan.

     night-shade darkens, sends from the north
     a heartless hail-march to the men in wrath.

Weak:

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “nihtsċūa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.