Is There a Word Sennight?

Sennight meaning
(archaic) A period of seven nights; a week.

What is meant by a Sennight?

archaic. : the space of seven nights and days : week.

How do you say one week in Old English?

In the OED's definition, it means “a period of seven (days and) nights; a week.” So a “sennight” is the same thing as a week. The term is derived from the Old English words seofon (seven) and nihta (nights), and it was originally written as two words.

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