leyt
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English lēġet, Anglian form of līġet, līġetu, līeġet, from Proto-West Germanic *laugiþu.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leyt (uncountable)
- The striking of lightning; an instance of lightning.
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[1], published c. 1410, Apocalips 4:5, page 118v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- ⁊ leıtıs ⁊ voıces ⁊ þundꝛıngıs camen out of þe troone. ⁊ ſeuene lau[m]pıs bꝛe[n]nynge bıfoꝛe þe troone.· whıche ben þe ſeuene ſpırıtıs of god
- And lightning, sounds, and thunder came out of the throne, and seven lamps were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.
- A small spark, jet or stream of fire.
Descendants edit
- English: lait (obsolete)
References edit
- “leit, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-08.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
leyt
- Alternative form of led (“lead”)