lyften
- adjective
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Hwí is ðæt tácn on ðære lyftenan heofonan gesewen
why is that sign [the rainbow] seen in the aërial heaven?
- Boutr. Scrd. 21, 23 .
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Hí sind genumene tó lyftente heofenan ná tó rodorlícre
they [Epoch and Elijah] are taken to the aërial heaven, not to the etherial heaven,
- Homl. Th. i. 308, 3 .
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Lyftene gnættas
the gnats of the air,
- Hexam. 17 ;
- Norm. 24, 30 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “lyften.” 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/21936.
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