lyft

Meaning

1. air

   Nis nā sēo orðung þe wē ūt blāwaþ and inn ātēoþ ūru sāwol, ac is sēo lyft þe wē on libbaþ on þissum dēadlīcan līfe.

   The breath that we draw in and blow out is not our soul, but the air that we live in during this mortal life.

   late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year

2. The atmosphere or the sky.

   Hæġl cymþ of reġndropum þonne hīe bēoþ ġefrorene uppe on þǣre lyfte, and swā siþþan feallaþ.

   Hail comes from raindrops when they are frozen up in the atmosphere, and so fall to the ground.

   late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year

Declension