leoht

leoht (plural leohtes)

1. Alternative form of light

• IPA^(key): /le͜oːxt/

From Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, from *lewk- (“shine, be white”).

Cognate with Old Frisian liācht, Old Saxon lioht (Low German Licht), Dutch licht, Old High German lioht (German Licht).

• līht

lēoht n

1. light
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 1:3

     God cwæþ þā, "Ġeweorðe lēoht!", and lēoht wearþ ġeworht.

     Then God said, "Let there be light!", and light was made.

• lēohtlīċ

• Middle English: leoht, liht, light
  • English: light
  • Scots: licht

From Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz (“light, bright”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”).

lēoht (comparative lēohtra, superlative lēohtost)

1. light, bright, clear, luminous
2. shining, resplendent, cheerful, beautiful
3. renowned

• Middle English: leoht, liht, light
  • English: light
  • Scots: licht

From Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht. Cognate with Old Frisian liucht, Dutch licht, Old High German lihti (German leicht), Old Norse léttr (Swedish lätt).

• lēht, līht

lēoht

1. light (of little weight)
2. inconsiderable
3. not slow; quick, ready, nimble
4. fickle
5. easy

• lēohtlīċ
• lēohtlīċe

• Middle English: liȝt, lyghte
  • English: light
  • Scots: licht