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líhting

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
líhting, e; f.
Lighting, shining, illumination, giving light
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  • On líhtinge fýres

    in illuminatione ignis,

    • Ps. Spl. 77, 17
      • .

  • God geworhte ðæt máre leóht tó ðæs dæges líhtinge,

    • Gen. 1, 16
      • .

  • Ða steorran sint tó nihtlícere líhtinge gesceapene,

    • Homl. Th. i. 110, 15
      • .

  • Mid sóðre sunnan líhtincge úre heortan álíhte,

    • Btwk. 196, 17
      • .

  • Nú is ǽlc dæg of ðære sunnan lýhtinge,

    • Lchdm. iii. 234, 18
      • .

  • Hí (the stars) nabbaþ náne lýhtinge for ðære sunnan andwerdnysse,

    • 236, 1
      • .

  • Se móna næfþ náne líhtincge

    the moon shall not give her light,

    • Wulfst. 137, 12
      • .

  • Ðæt swearte fýr him náne líhtinge ne déþ

    'from those flames no light,'

    • Homl. Th. i. 132, 17
      • .

  • Healde man ǽlces sunnandæges freólsunga fram nóntíde ðæs Sæternes dæges óþ ðæs mónandæges líhtinge,

    • L. Edg. i. 5
      • ;
    • Th. i. 264, 20
      • :
    • Wulfst, 117, 4
      • :
    • 207, 12
      • .

  • Ðæt ða gesceaftu gesewenlíce wurdon þurh ðæs dæges líhtinge,

    • Hexam, 4
      • ;
    • Norm. 8, 3
      • .

  • Líhtunge

    coruscationes,

    • Ps. Spl. T. 76, 18.
Derived forms
á-, on-líhting
Similar entries
v. leóhting.
Linked entries
v.  a-líhting leóhting.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “líhting.” 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/21679.

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