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líhting

  • noun [ feminine ]
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líhting, e; f.
Lightening, alleviation, relief, mitigation, release
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  • Ðis is seó líhtinge ðe ic wylle eallon folce gebeorgan ðe hig ǽr ðyson mid gedrehte wǽron ealles tó swýðe

    this is the relief that I will secure to all folk in regard to matters with which they were ere this all too much harassed,

    • L. C. S. 70
    • ;
    • Th. i, 412, 18
    • .
  • Ðonne biþ him geseald his synna líhtingc

    then shall a release from his sins be given him,

    • L. Pen. 18
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 286, 3
    • .
  • Gif ðæt riht tó hefig sý séce siððan ða líhtinge tó ðam cynge,

    • L. Edg, ii. 2
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    • Th. i. 266, 12
    • .
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  • líhting, n.