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líget

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
líget, es; m. n.: lígetu, e; f.
Lightning, a flash of lightning
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  • Lígit

    fulgor vel fulmen,

    • Wrt. Voc. 52, 46
      • .

  • Hys ansýn wæs swylce lígyt,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 28, 3
      • :
    • 24, 27
      • .

  • Ðǽr begann tó brastligenne micel þunor and líget sceótan,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 196, 23
      • .

  • Swá háttra sumor swá mára þunor and líget,

    • Lchdm. iii. 280, 10
      • .

  • [Swá stor þunring and lǽgt wes, swá dæt hit ácwealde manige men,

    • Chr. 1085
      • :
    • Erl. 219, 22
      • .]

  • Æfter ðæm wolcne cymeþ légetu and þunor,

    • Blickl. Homl. 91, 33
      • .

  • Légitu,

    • Ps. Surt. ii. 196, 19
      • .

  • Légite

    fulgoris,

    • 190, 15
      • .

  • Men sweltaþ for ðæs þunres ege ánum and ðære lígette,

    • Wulfst. 207, 26
      • .

  • Ðæt fýr ábyrst út þurh lígett [lígette, MS. R. P.],

    • Lchdm. iii. 280, 7
      • .

  • Hé lǽdeþ wind and líget,

    • Ps. Th. 134, 7
      • .

  • Gif lígette and þunorráde eorþan and lyfte brégdon

    si corusci ac tonitrua terras et aera terrerent,

    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 569, 12
      • .

  • Lígette

    coruscationes,

    • Ps. Th. 76, 15.

  • Lígetta,

    • 143, 7:

    fulgura,

    • Ex. 19, 16
      • :
    • Exon. 54 b
      • ;
    • Th. 192, 15
      • ;
    • Az. 102.

  • Ðá flugon ða légetu swylco fýrene strǽlas,

    • Blickl. Homl. 203, 9
      • .

  • Lígetu,

    • Ps. Th. 17, 12
      • :
    • Cd. 192
      • ;
    • Th. 240, 2
      • ;
    • Dan. 380
      • .

  • Lígetas,

    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 569, 22
      • .

  • Lígettas

    fulgura,

    • Ps. Lamb. 17, 15
      • .

  • Lígetta [lýgyttu, MS. C.]

    fulgura,

    • Ps. Spl. 134, 7
      • .

  • Hé gemanigfealdode his lígeta

    fulgura multiplicavit,

    • Ps. Th. 17, 14
      • .

  • Légite,

    • Ps. Surt. ii. 197, 34
      • .
Etymology
[Cf.
Goth. lauhatjan to lighten
:
O. H. Ger. laugazan
:
lóhazan rutilare, micare, coruscare.
]
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v.  légetu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “líget.” 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/21661.

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