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leóht, not heavy.
Wright's OE grammar
§44; §49; §127; §137; §175; §189; §192; §326;
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of little weight
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  • Hwílum ꝥ leóhte fýr úp gewít and sió hefige eorþe sit þǽr niþere,

      Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 12.

  • Hét ic .cc. mínra þegna leóhtum wǽpnum

    (levibus armis)

    hié gegyrwan,
      Nar. 10, 27.
of a vessel or receptacle,
adapted for light loads
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  • Leóht leáp

    imbilium,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 27 : ii. 46, 40.

  • Leóhte scypa,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 8 (in Dict.).
of meat or drink, that does not lie heavy on the stomach; of intoxicating drink,
without much alcohol
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  • Leóht beór

    melle dulci,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 77: ii. 56, 49.

  • Hwílum him deáh ꝥ him mon selle leóhte wyrtdrencas, swilce swá bið wel geteád alwe,

      Lch. ii. 226, 13.

  • Leóhte mettas þicge hé,

      264, 4.
of little moment, trivial; of sin,
venial
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  • For lǽhton suman gylte

    pro leni qualibet culpa,

      Angl. xiii. 434, 984.

  • Be sumum leóhtum

    (levibus)

    scyldum,
      Gr. D. 328, 5.

  • Leóht

    paucula i. parua ꝥ exigua (exempla),

      An. Ox. 1692.
light, wanton, frivolous, Cf. leóht-brǽdnes.
moving quickly
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  • Brimwudu scynde leóht, láde fús,

      Gú. 1306.

  • Hé hæfde monncynnes leóhteste hond lofes tó wyrcenne,

      Víd. 72.
of what is imposed,
easy to bear, not onerous, not oppressive
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  • Ðyncet him suíðe leóht sió byrðen ðæs láreówdómes,

      Past. 25, 9.

  • Ðára byrðenna hefignesse, eall ðæt ic his geman, ic awríte, þý lǽs hí hwǽm leóhte

    (levia)

    ðyncen tó underfónne,
      23, 13.

  • Benedictus ús bóc áwrát leóhtre be dǽle (

    the Benedictine rule was in some respects less severe than that of Basil.

      Cf. Basilius áwrát munucregol. . .
    þeáh þe hé hefegra sý þonne sé ðe Benedictus us gebysnode, Hml. S.3, 147) ðonne Basilius, Hex. 32, 9.

  • Ðyncað him ðý leóhtran ðá geswinc ðe ofergán sculon

    leve fit, quod transeundo laboratur,

      Past. 407, 31 : Bt. 10 ; F. 30, 13.

  • Þá gesetnessa þe þǽr tó stronge wǽron and tó hearde hé hié ealle gedyde leóhtran and líþran,

      Ors. 5, 12; S. 244, 15.
easy, not offering difficulty to what is to be done to one
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  • Swá mycclum swá þæs mannes gecynd unmihtigre wæs, swá hit wæs leóhtre tó miltsunge

    homo quanto fragilior in natura, tanto facilior ad veniam,

      Angl. viii. 4, 36.
easy to do
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  • Þá fét habbaþ þæs þe leóhtran gang,

      Lch. i. 342, 12.
of sleep,
not producing heaviness, easily shaken of
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  • Mé leóht slǽp ofernam,

      Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 592, 7.
free from bodily or
mental oppression
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  • Þonne is se ǽresta lǽcedóm dægfæsten, ꝥ mon mid þý þá wambe clǽnsige, ꝥ hió þý þe leóhtre sié,

      Lch. ii. 218, 1.
  • Wið innoþes ( l. (?) módes) hefighesse, syle etan rædic . . . sóna bið ꝥ mód leóhtre, iii. 50, 23.
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v. leáf-leoht.
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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/54516.

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