inlihtan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *inliuhtijaną, equivalent to in- +‎ līhtan, Related to Old High German inliuhten (“to enlighten, illuminate”), Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inliuhtjan, “to enlighten, illuminate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /inˈliːx.tɑn/

Verb

inlīhtan

to illuminate, make bright, cause to shine
to restore sight, give clear sight; to clear the mental fog, to enlighten
to give light to
to shine

Conjugation

Conjugation of inlīhtan (weak class 1)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	inlīhtan	inlīhtenne
first person singular	inlīhte	inlīhte
second person singular	inlīhtest, inlīhst, inlīhtst	inlīhtest
third person singular	inlīhteþ, inlīht	inlīhte
plural	inlīhtaþ	inlīhton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	inlīhte	inlīhte
plural	inlīhten	inlīhten
imperative
singular	inlīht
plural	inlīhtaþ
participle	present	past
	inlīhtende	inlīhted

Descendants

Old English: inlīhtan, onlīhtan
- Middle English: inlighten
  - English: inlight, inlighten (in part), enlighten (in part)
Middle Dutch: inlichten
- Dutch: inlichten
Old High German: inliuhten
Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inliuhtjan)

References

John R. Clark Hall (1916), “inlihtan”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “in-lihtan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Middle English Dictionary

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