Where does the saying.....fort night come from?

Question

Where does the saying.....fort night come from?

Answer 1

Think it comes from the the times of the Romans and the guards who used to guard the Roman forts Each guard had a certain length of time they where posted to guard the fort, hence the fort night. I think but i could be talking mince.

Answer 2

From  Anglo-Saxon: feowertiene niht (fourteen nights).

Answer 3

From fourteen nights....just shortened it.

Answer 4

The space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks.

Answer 5

Fourteen nights