leoht
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]leoht (leohtes)
- alternative form of light
Old English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Etymology tree
From Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz (“light, brightness”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]lēoht n
- light
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 1:3
- God cwæþ þā, "Ġeweorðe lēoht!", and lēoht wearþ ġeworht.
- Then God said, "Let there be light!", and light was made.
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- Þā besēah Martinus wið þǣs sċeoccan lēoht, ġemyndiġ on mōde hū sē Metoda Drihten cwæð on his godspelle þe his godcundan tōcyme, and cwæð tō ðām lēasan mid ġelǣredum mūðe, "Ne sǣde ūre Hǣlend þæt hē swā wolde bēon mid purpuran gehīwod, oððe mid helme scīnende, þonne hē eft cōme mid engla ðrymme." Đā fordwān sē deofol drēoriġ him fram, and sēo stōw ðā stanc mid ormǣtum stenċe, æfter andwerdnysse þǣs eġeslīċan gāstes.
- Then Martinus beheld the demon's light, mindful of what the Lord God said in his gospel about his divine coming, and said to the false one with learned mouth, "Our Savior did not say that he would be habited in purple, or that he would have a shining crown, when he came again with a host of angels." Then the sad devil disappeared, and the place stank with a powerful stench after the presence of the horrible spirit.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 1:3
Declension
[edit]Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lēoht | lēoht |
| accusative | lēoht | lēoht |
| genitive | lēohtes | lēohta |
| dative | lēohte | lēohtum |
Derived terms
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *leuht (“light, bright”).
Adjective
[edit]lēoht (comparative lēohtra, superlative lēohtest)
Declension
[edit]Declension of lēoht — Strong
Declension of lēoht — Weak
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht (“light, not heavy”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lēoht (comparative lēohtra)
- light (of little weight)
- Exeter Book, riddle 40
- Hefiġere iċ eom micle þonne sē hāra stān
oþþe unlȳtel lēades clympre,
lēohtre iċ eom micle þonne þēs lȳtla wyrm
þe hēr on flōde gǣð fōtum dryġe.- I am much heavier than the gray stone
or an un-little clump of lead,
I am much lighter than this little bug
that walks here on the water with dry feet
- I am much heavier than the gray stone
- Exeter Book, riddle 40
- inconsiderable
- not slow; quick, ready, nimble
- fickle
- easy
Declension
[edit]Declension of lēoht — Strong
Declension of lēoht — Weak
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
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- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Old English lemmas
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