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líhtan

  • verb [ weak ]
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líhtan, p. te.
to make light or easy, to alleviate, relieve, assuage
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  • Líht ðæt ðone swencendan magan

    that relieves the labouring stomach,

    • L. M. 2, 7
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 186, 20
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    • 2, 44
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    • Lchdm. ii. 256, 13
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  • Gif ðǽr hwylc wíteþeówman sý bútan ðyson hió gelýfþ tó hyre bearnon ðæt hí hine willon lýhtan for hyre sáulle

    if there be any penal slave besides these, she trusts to her children that they will relieve (release, v. líhting) him for her soul's sake,

    • Chart. Th. 535, 38
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  • Ðá wolde ic mínne þurst léhtan

    sitim levare cupiens,

    • Nar. 8, 28
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to relieve of a burden, to light, alight
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  • Hé lýhte of his horse

    he alighted from his horse,

    • Bd. 3. 22
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    • S. 553, 32
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  • Ðá líhte se eorodman,

    • 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 533, 33
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    • H. R. 103, 17
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    • Byrht. Th. 132, 28
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    • By. 23
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Etymology
[
Icel. léhta to lighten, ease, leave off what is laborious
:
O. H. Ger. ga-líhtjan lenire, levare, relevare.
]
Derived forms
á-, ge-líhtan
Similar entries
and see leóhtian to grow light.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “líhtan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21677.

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