fort|night

fort|night
fort|night «FRT nyt, -niht», noun.
two weeks: »

A new administration…will take control at Washington in less than a fortnight's time (Saturday Review).

[Middle English fourtenight, contraction of Old English fēowertīene niht fourteen nights]

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