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Niht rīdeþ hire hors in þissum 19e ȝēarhundredan fæȝnunge bȳ Peter Nicolai Arbo.

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Niht is in Þēodiscum Hǣðenscipe sēo gyden nihttīde ȝemannƿorden. Hēo is mōdor Ēðles, Dæȝes, and Eorðan and rīdeþ þæt hors Hrímfaxi.

Lēoðliċ Edda[]

In stanza 30 þǣm lēoðe Alvíssmál, se ōs Þunor āscaþ þone dƿeorg hū niht biþ sƿā cūþ in þǣm nigon ƿoruldum, þe is dohtor Naroƿes. Alvíss andsƿaraþ þæt niht biþ cūþ tō mannum sƿā Niht, tō gōdum sƿā Deorcnes, tō entum sƿā Unlēoht, tō ylfum sƿā Ƿynn Slǣpes, and tō dƿeorgum sƿā Sƿefngyden.

Prose Edda[]

In hēafodƿeard 10 þæs Prose Eddes bōces Gylfaginninges, Ƿōden sæȝþ þæt Niht is dohtor entes of Enthāme þe hātte Norfi. Hēo biþ "blæc and sƿeartiȝ," and hæfde þrēo ƿīfunga. Hire fyrmest ƿīfung ƿæs mid Naglfarin, and ȝebær Ēðel. Nihte ōðer ƿīfung ȝebær Eorðe, and hire þridda ȝebær Dæȝ.