Old English · noun
leohtfæt
Normalised lēohtfæt
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈle͜oːxtˌfæt/
- Syllables
- ˈle͜oːxt · ˌfæt (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- lamplantern
Meaning
-
lamp, lantern
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 25:8
Then the foolish people said to the wise ones, "Give us some of your oil, our lamps have gone out."
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lēohtfæt | lēohtfatu |
| Accusative | lēohtfæt | lēohtfatu |
| Genitive | lēohtfætes | lēohtfata |
| Dative | lēohtfæte | lēohtfatum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *leuhtafat. Cognate with Old Saxon liohtfat, Old Dutch liehtfat, Old High German liohtfaz. Equivalent to lēoht (“light”) + fæt (“container”).
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