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líhtan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
líhtan, p. te
To shine, lighten, give light
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  • Hit líht

    fulminat,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 22
      • ;
    • Som. 24, 7
      • .

  • Ðæt leóht lýht on þýstrum

    lux in tenebris lucet,

    • Jn. Skt. 1, 5
      • .

  • Se móna líht on niht,

    • Bt. 21
      • ;
    • Fox. 74, 25
      • .

  • Swá swá ðæt leóhtfæt liéht on nieht úrum eágum, ðætte ða gewritu on dog liéhten úrum móde,

    • Past. 48, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 365, 15
      • .

  • Líhteþ

    luceat,

    • Ps. Surt. ii. 202, 11
      • :
    • Exon. 64 a
      • ;
    • Th. 237, 9
      • ;
    • Ph. 587
      • .

  • Wedercondel (the sun) wearm weorodum lýhteþ,

    • 58 b
      • ;
    • Th. 210, 18
      • ;
    • Ph. 187
      • .

  • Ne hér dæg lýhteþ

    day shines not here,

    • Cd. 215
      • ;
    • Th. 271, 14
      • ;
    • Sat. 105
      • .

  • Líhte

    auroresceret,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 54
      • .

  • Ðá dæg lýhte

    at dawn,

    • 180
      • ;
    • Th. 225, 23
      • ;
    • Dan. 158
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2794
      • ;
    • An. 1399
      • :
    • Exon. 21 b
      • ;
    • Th. 58, 21
      • ;
    • Cri. 939
      • ,

  • Swá se lígræsc lýhtende scínþ

    sicut fulgor coruscans fulget,

    • Lk. Skt. 17, 24
      • ,

  • Hé wæs byrnende leóhtfæt and lýhtende

    ille erat lucerna ardens et lucens,

    • Jn. Skt. 5, 35
      • .

  • Sumre niwre gyfe líhtendre

    nova quadam relucente gratia,

    • Bd. 5, 22
      • ;
    • S. 644, 26
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. liuhtjan
:
O. Sax. lióhtian
:
Icel. lýsa
:
O. H. Ger. liuhtjan
:
Ger. leuchten.
]
Derived forms
á-, geond-, in-, on-líhtan
Similar entries
and see leóhtan.
Linked entries
v.  a-líhtan leóhtan léhtan leóhtan leóhtian leóhtian lýhtan.
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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/21676.

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