liehtan

Old English

Alternative forms

• lȳhtan — Late West Saxon
• līhtan — Anglian, Late West Saxon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli͜yːx.tɑn/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *liuhtijan, from Proto-Germanic *liuhtijaną, from the Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to shine, bright, to see”). Cognate with Old High German liuhten (German leuchten).

Verb

līehtan (West Saxon)

1. to shine; illuminate, glow, light

Conjugation

Conjugation of līehtan (weak class 1)

infinitive	līehtan	līehtenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	līehte	līehte
second person singular	līehtest, līehst, līehtst	līehtest
third person singular	līehteþ, līeht	līehte
plural	līehtaþ	līehton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	līehte	līehte
plural	līehten	līehten
imperative
singular	līeht
plural	līehtaþ
participle	present	past
	līehtende	(ġe)līehted

Derived terms

• ġeondlīehtan
• inlīehtan

Descendants

• Middle English: lihten, lighten
  • English: light
  • Scots: licht

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *lį̄htijan, from Proto-Germanic *linhtijaną. Cognate with Old Frisian lichta, Old High German līhten, Old Norse létta.

Verb

līehtan (West Saxon)

1. to make light or easy, lighten, alleviate, relieve of burden
2. to descend, light, alight

Conjugation

Conjugation of līehtan (weak class 1)

infinitive	līehtan	līehtenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	līehte	līehte
second person singular	līehtest, līehst, līehtst	līehtest
third person singular	līehteþ, līeht	līehte
plural	līehtaþ	līehton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	līehte	līehte
plural	līehten	līehten
imperative
singular	līeht
plural	līehtaþ
participle	present	past
	līehtende	(ġe)līehted

Derived terms

• ālīehtan
• ġelīehtan

Descendants

• Middle English: lihten, liȝten, lighten
  • English: light
  • Scots: licht

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “líhtan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (1)
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “líhtan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (2)