lhygt
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English ligt, from Old English lēoht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lhygt
- light
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Lhygt Wadher.
- Light Water.
Verb edit
lhygt
- to light
- 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 104:
- Mizluck mye lhygt on Tam Busheare;
- Bad luck may light on Tom Busheare;
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 54