liehtan
Old English
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *liuhtijan, from Proto-Germanic *liuhtijaną, from the Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to shine, bright, to see”). Cognate with Old High German liuhten (German leuchten).
Verb
editlīehtan (West Saxon)
- to shine; illuminate, glow, light
Conjugation
editConjugation of līehtan (weak class 1)
infinitive | līehtan | līehtenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | līehte | līehte |
second person singular | līehtest, līehst, līehtst | līehtest |
third person singular | līehteþ, līeht | līehte |
plural | līehtaþ | līehton |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | līehte | līehte |
plural | līehten | līehten |
imperative | ||
singular | līeht | |
plural | līehtaþ | |
participle | present | past |
līehtende | (ġe)līehted |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *lį̄htijan, from Proto-Germanic *linhtijaną. Cognate with Old Frisian lichta, Old High German līhten, Old Norse létta.
Verb
editlīehtan (West Saxon)
Conjugation
editConjugation of līehtan (weak class 1)
infinitive | līehtan | līehtenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | līehte | līehte |
second person singular | līehtest, līehst, līehtst | līehtest |
third person singular | līehteþ, līeht | līehte |
plural | līehtaþ | līehton |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | līehte | līehte |
plural | līehten | līehten |
imperative | ||
singular | līeht | |
plural | līehtaþ | |
participle | present | past |
līehtende | (ġe)līehted |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “líhtan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (1)
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “líhtan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (2)
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