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Old English · noun

liegetu

Normalised līeġetu

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈli͜yː.je.tu/
Syllables
ˈli͜yː · je · tu (3 syllables)
Modern English
lightninglaitlaythleateflash

Meaning

  1. lightning

    Fēower heafodwindas synd. Sē fyrmesta is ēasterne wind, subsolanus ġehāten, for þām ðe hē blæwð frām ðǣre sunnan upspringe, ⁊ ys swyðe ġemetegod. Sē ōðer heafodwind is sūðerne, auster ġehāten, sē āstyreð wolcnu, ⁊ ligettas, ⁊ mistlice cwyld blǣwð geond ðās eorðan.

    There are four headwinds. The first is the eastern wind, called subsolanus, because it blows from where the sun rises, and is very moderate. The second headwind is southern, called auster, which stirs up clouds, and lightnings, and blows various plagues around the earth.

    c. 994, Ælfric, On the Twelve Winds
  2. a flash of lightning

Declension

Declension of liegetu
SingularPlural
Nominative līeġetulīeġetalīeġete
Accusative līeġetelīeġetalīeġete
Genitive līeġetelīeġeta
Dative līeġetelīeġetum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laugittju, plural of *laugiti, from Proto-Germanic *laugitją, deverbal of *laugitjaną (“to enflame, light up”).

Descendants

lait, layth, leate

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