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LEÓHT

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
LEÓHT, líht, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§44; §49; §127; §137; §175; §189; §192; §326;
LIGHT, a light
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  • Geweorþe leóht and leóht wearþ geworht

    fiat lux, et facta est lux,

    • Gen. 1, 3
    • .
  • Tweóne leóht

    crepusculum:

    tweónul leóht

    maligna lux vel dubia,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 94
    • ;
    • Som. 75, 122, 125
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 53, 3, 6
    • .
  • Ðæt leóht ðe wé dægréd hátaþ

    the light that we call dawn,

    • Lchdm. iii. 234, 28
    • .
  • Ic geseó ðis hús mid swá mycele leóhte gefylled ðætte ðæt eówer blácern and leóht mé is eallinga þýstre gesewen

    domum hanc tanta luce impletam esse perspicio, ut vestra illa lucerna mihi omnimodis esse videatur obscura,

    • Bd. 4, 8
    • ;
    • S. 576, 3
    • .
  • Ðære sunan beorhtnys and ðæs mónan leóht and ealra tungla,

    • Homl. i. 64, 29
    • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 91, 23
    • .
  • Ðenden him leóht and gǽst somod fæst seón

    whilst he lives,

    • Exon. 31 a
    • ;
    • Th. 96, 27
    • ;
    • Cri. 1580
    • .
  • Ðú eart dóhtor mín mínra eágna leóht

    thou art my daughter, the light of mine eyes,

    • 67 a
    • ;
    • Th. 248. 14
    • ;
    • Jul. 95
    • .
  • Leóhtes leóhting

    lucubrum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 67
    • ;
    • Som. 69, 89
    • ;
    • Wrt. 41, 42
    • .
  • Se blinda bæd his eágena leóhtes

    the blind man asked for his eye-sight,

    • Blickl, Homl. 21, 6
    • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 596
    • ;
    • El. 298
    • .
  • Se dæg wæs fruma ðyses lǽnan leóhtes

    the day was the beginning of this transitory light,

    • Blickl. Homl. 133, 10
    • .
  • Godes cyrcan mid leóhte and lácum gelóme gegrétan

    to visit God's church frequently with candles and offerings,

    • Wulfst, 308, 28
    • .
  • Of ðissum leóhte álǽded

    de hac vita subtractus,

    • Bd. 3, 20
    • ;
    • S. 550, 23
    • .
  • Ða ðe hí of ðissum leóhte foreode

    qui eas ex hac luce præcesserant,

    • 4, 7
    • ;
    • S. 575, 4.
  • Se sacerd forbærnþ ða drihtne tó leóhte and tó wynsumum stence

    adolebit ea sacerdos in holocaustum et suavem odorem domino,

    • Lev. 1, 9
    • .
  • On lifgendra leóhte

    in lumine viventium,

    • Ps. Th. 55, 11
    • .
  • Ic tó ðé æt leóhte gehwam wacie

    ad te de luce vigilo,

    • 62, 1
    • .
  • Be dæges leóhte

    by daylight,

    • Exon. 107 b
    • ;
    • Th. 410, 17
    • ;
    • Rä. 28, 17
    • .
  • Hé hié lǽdæþ tó líhte ðǽr hí líf ágon á tó aldre,

    • Cd. 221
    • ;
    • Th. 287, 2
    • ;
    • Sat. 361
    • .
  • Geearnian leóht ðæs écan lífes,

    • Blickl. Homl. 17, 21
    • .
  • Ðæt þridde ne geseah ðære sunnan leóht nǽfre,

    • Glostr. Frag. 8, 27
    • .
  • Hé Godes leóht geceás

    he died,

    • Beo. Th, 4930
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    • B. 2469
    • :
    • Exon. 52 b
    • ;
    • Th. 184, 13
    • ;
    • Gú. 1343
    • .
  • Eádgár ceás him óðer leóht,

    • Chr. 975
    • ;
    • Erl. 124, 30
    • ;
    • Edg. 22
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  • Drihten nam in óðer leóht Agustinus,

    • Menol. Fox 191
    • ;
    • Men. 97
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  • Beó nú leóht on ðære heofenan fæstnysse

    fiant luminaria in firmameuto cœli,

    • Gen. 1, 14
    • .
  • Gesceóp God twá miccle leóht

    God created two great lights,

    • Lchdm, iii. 234, 7
    • .
  • Wé sceolon on ðisum dæge beran úre leóht tó cyrcan and lǽtan hí ðǽr bletsian

    we must on this day carry our lights to church and have them blessed there,

    • Homl. Th. 1, 150, 27
    • .
Etymology
[
Goth. liuhaþ
:
O. Sax. lioht
:
O. Frs. liacht
:
Icel. ljós
:
O. H. Ger. lioht, lieht lux, candela, lucerna, lumen
:
Ger. licht.
]
Derived forms
ǽfen-, fýr-, heofon-, morgen-leóht
Linked entries
v.  líht.
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  • LEÓHT, n.