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
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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 -
a flash of lightning
Declension
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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