Fortnight

The term "fortnight" being used in an 1888 novel title by Maurice Thompson (1902 cover pictured)

A fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days (two weeks). The word derives from the Old English term fēowertīene niht, meaning "fourteen nights" (or "fourteen days", since the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights).

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