evenlight

noun

1. The light of evening; twilight.

   uncountable

   Here at the window in the evenlight I lean my ears to summon once again The sound of memory in its sweet refrain, [...]

Where it comes from

From Middle English evenlight, evenelyȝth, from Old English ǣfenlēoht (“evening light”), equivalent to even + light. Cognate with Dutch avondlicht (“evening light”), German Abendlicht (“evening light”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry evenlight (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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