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leóht

  • adjective
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Grammar
leóht, léht, líht; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§44; §49; §127; §137; §175; §189; §192; §326;
Light, bright, cheerful (perhaps the passages in which the word has the meaning of cheerful should be put under the next word v. leóht-mód), shining, clear
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  • Cwæþ ðæt his líc wǽre leóht and scéne

    he said that his body was bright and beautiful,

    • Cd. 14
      • ;
    • Th. i. 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 265
      • .

  • Léht (líht, Rush.) biþ all líchoma ðín

    lucidum erit totum corpus tuum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 23
      • .

  • Bebod drihtnes leóht

    præceptum dominum purum,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 18, 9
      • .

  • Him wæs leóht sefa ... blíðheort wunode

    his soul was unclouded by sorrow ... blithe of heart he continued,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2504
      • ;
    • An. 1253
      • ,

  • Him wæs leóht sefa, ferhþ gefeónde,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 346
      • ;
    • El. 173
      • ,

  • Swá leóhtes andwlitan men

    tam lucidi vultus homines,

    • Bd. 2, 1
      • ;
    • S. 501, 15
      • .

  • Ðam ðe ic ofonn leóhtes geleáfan

    to whom I grudge clear belief,

    • Exon, 71 a
      • ;
    • Th. 265, 8
      • ;
    • Jul. 378
      • :
    • Apstls. Kmbl. 131
      • ;
    • Ap. 66
      • .

  • Leóhte gesihþe

    lucidus aspectu,

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 627, 32
      • .

  • Æt leóhtum fýre

    at a bright fire,

    • s
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 30, 7
      • .

  • Se ðe reáfaþ man leóhtan dæge

    he who robs a man in daylight,

    • L. Eth. iii. 15
      • ;
    • Th. i. 298, 11
      • .

  • Ða þióstro ðínre heortan willaþ mínre leóhtan láre wiðstondan,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 5, 43
      • ;
    • Met. 5, 22
      • .

  • Mid leóhtum andgite

    with clear understanding,

    • Blickl. Homl. 105, 31
      • :
    • Wulfst. 252, 5
      • .

  • Gé syttaþ ealle niht and drincaþ óð leóhtne dæg, and swá áwendaþ dæg tó nihte and niht tó dæge,

    • 297, 28
      • .

  • Be leóhtne dæg

    in matutino,

    • Ps. Th. 72, 11
      • .

  • Dó ðíne ansýne esne ðínum leóhte

    faciem tuam illumina super servum tuum,

    • 118, 135
      • .

  • Ðonne wurþaþ ðín eágan swá leóht

    then shall thine eyes become so clear,

    • Cd. 27
      • ;
    • Th, 35, 34
      • ;
    • Gen. 564
      • .

  • Gelíc wæs hé (Lucifer) ðám leóhtum steorrum,

    • 14
      • ;
    • Th. 17, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 256
      • .

  • Ðæt wé mágon oft leóhtum dagum geseón

    quam sæpe lucidioribus diebus aspicere solemus,

    • Bd. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S, 474, 15.

  • Leóhte nihte on sumera hafaþ

    lucidas æstate noctes habet,

    • S. 473, 29
      • .

  • Se heofen mót brengon leóhte dagas,

    • Bt. 7, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 20, 21
      • .

  • Wurde ðín líchoman leóhtra micle,

    • Cd. 25
      • ;
    • Th. 32, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 502
      • .

  • Eác wǽre ðam earman leóhtne on móde gif hé ðæs rícan mannes welan ne gesáwe

    also the poor man would have been more cheerful, if he had not seen the rich man's wealth,

    • Homl. Th. i. 330, 11
      • .

  • Benedictus ðe ús bóc áwrát leóhtre be dǽle ðonne Basilius

    Benedict who wrote us a book clearer in some respects than Basil did,

    • Basil prm
      • ;
    • Norm. 32, 9.

  • Ingeþonc leóhtre and beorhtre ðonne se leóma sunnan on sumera,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 22, 43
      • ;
    • Met. 22, 22
      • :
    • Ors. 5, 14
      • ;
    • Swt. 248, 11
      • .

  • Léga leóhtost

    brightest of flames,

    • 9, 33
      • ;
    • Met. 9, 17
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. lioht
:
O. Frs. liacht
:
Icel. ljóss
:
O. H. Ger. lioht, lieht lucidus
:
Ger. licht.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “leóht.” 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/21443.

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