leoht
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le͜oːxt/
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz (“light, brightness”).
Noun
lēoht n
- 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.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 1:3
Declension
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Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht (“light, bright”).
Adjective
lēoht (comparative lēohtra, superlative lēohtest)
Declension
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Descendants
Etymology 3
From Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht (“light, not heavy”).
Declension
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