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leóht

  • adjective
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Grammar
leóht, léht, líht [from comparison with other dialects the proper spelling would seem to be líht, but leóht (or leoht?), in West-Saxon at least, is the regular form]; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§44; §49; §127; §137; §175; §189; §192; §326;
Light, not heavy, inconsiderable; not slow, quick, ready, nimble, fickle, easy
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  • Mín byrðyn ys leóht (Lind. léht; Rush. líht)

    onus meum leve est,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 11, 30
    • .
  • Leóht and leoþuwác

    nimble and supple,

    • Exon. 79 b
    • ;
    • Th. 298, 12
    • ;
    • Crä. 84
    • .
  • Hé is snel and swift and leóht

    levis et velox est,

    • 60 b
    • ;
    • Th. 220, 9
    • ;
    • Ph. 317
    • :
    • 52 a
    • ;
    • Th. 182, 6
    • ;
    • Gú. 1306
    • .
  • leóht slǽp oferarn

    levis mihi somnus obrepsisset,

    • Bd. 5, 9
    • ;
    • S. 622, 33
    • .
  • Leóht drenc

    a light drink,

    • L. M. 2, 51
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 264, 26.
  • Leóht wýn,

    • Lchdm. iii. 122, 1
    • .
  • Hwílum ða leóhtan scylda beóþ beteran tó forlǽtenne

    aliquando leviora vitia relinquenda sunt,

    • Past. 62
    • ;
    • Swt. 457, 7
    • .
  • Hý habbaþ swýðe lytle scypa and swíðe leóhte

    they have very little ships avid very light ones,

    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 19, 8
    • .
  • Ðæt sió wamb ðý ðé leóhtre síe

    by it the stomach may be relieved,

    • L. M. 2, 25
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 218, 1
    • .
  • Wið módes (? innoþes, MS) hefignesse ... sóna biþ ðæt mód leóhtre,

    • Lchdm. iii. 50, 23
    • .
  • Leóhtre ic eom micle ðonne ðes lytla wyrm

    I am much lighter than this little worm,

    • Exon. 111 b
    • ;
    • Th. 426, 19
    • ;
    • Rä. 41, 76
    • .
  • Líhtre

    tolerabilius,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 15
    • .
  • Wé underfóþ scortne ryne ðæs leóhtran gewinnes

    we have a short course of the easier conflict,

    • Homl. Th. i. 418, 10
    • .
  • Mid nánum leóhtran þinge gebéte ðonne him mon áceorfe ða tungan of,

    • L. Alf. pol. 32
    • ;
    • Th. i. 80, 21
    • .
  • Hý habbaþ ðæs ðe leóhtran gang

    they shall walk the easier for it,

    • L. Med. ex Quad. 3, 15
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 342, 12
    • .
  • Se hæfde moncynnes leóhteste hond

    he had of all men the readiest hand,

    • Exon. 85 b
    • ;
    • Th. 323, 1
    • ;
    • Wíd. 72
    • .
Etymology
[
Goth. leihts
:
O. Sax. líht(-líc)
:
O. Frs. lícht
:
Icel. léttr
:
O. H. Ger. líhti levis, facilis
:
Ger. leicht.
]
Full form

Word-wheel

  • leóht, adj.