also from E-NED:
soveniht, seoveniht, -niþt, seve-, sove-niȝt, -nyȝt, seovenyght, sefnight, seve-nyht, -niȝth, sevenyght(e),sevenyȝt, seve-nyth, -nyut, sevenighte, sevenight, seue'night, sev'night; sennyȝt, synyght, sennett, sennyt, senit, senyght, sennet, senighte, senyghte, seneyt, sennyght, senight, senet, senith, sennit, sinnitt, s'ennight, (dial.) se'night, se'ennight, se'nnight, (dial.) zennet, sen'night CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY originally two words: Old English seofon seven, nihta pl. of niht night (n.) Old English had the derivative seofonnihte (adj.), seven days old (of the moon). EXAMPLE From: The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson Printed 1860 Edwin Morris, Or The Lake P. 159
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