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leóht, bright.
Wright's OE grammar
§44; §49; §127; §137; §175; §189; §192; §326;
Dele last passage but two, and add:
bright, shining, luminous
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  • Wolcen léht (líht, R. , beorht, W. S.)

    nubes lucida,

      Mt. L. 17, 5.

  • Lyftwundor leóht (

    the pillar of fire),

      Exod. 90.

  • Se leóhta beám leódum byrhteð,

      Cri. 1090.

  • Ic him þá máðmas geald æt gúðe leóhtan sweorde,

      B. 2492.

  • Mid þá leóhtan gedryht

    with the band in shining robes,

      El. 737.

  • Dryhtnes onsién sunnan leóhtre,

      Cri. 1652.

  • Sceán leóht inn. . . þá wæs hit swá leng swá leóhtre,

      Vis. Lfc. 54. I a. figurative.
illustrious, splendid
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  • On his dagum sceolde weorþan geboren sé sé þe leóhtra and scínendra

    (clarior)

    þonne sió sunne þá wǽre,
      Ors. 5, 14; S. 248, 11.
giving mental illumination
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  • Swá dóð nú þá þeóstro þínre gedréfednesse wiðstand in mínum leóhtum lárum,

      Bt. 6; F. 14, 31.
of a place, time of day, &c. ,
having a considerable amount of light
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  • Eálá dæg leóhta,

      Sat. 166.

  • In þám leóhtan hám,

      Gú. 806.

  • Sió sunne bringþ leóhte dagas,

      Bt. 21; F. 74, 24. II a. fig.
in respect to the mind
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  • Crisantus leornode mid leohtum andgite and mid gleáwun móde grammatican cræft,

      Hml. S. 35, 13.
in respect to spiritual purity
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  • Gif égo þín bið bilwit all líchoma ðín léht (

    lucidum

    ) bið,
      Lk. L. , R. 11, 34.

  • Hé onféng leóhtne geleáfan,

      El. 491.
cheerful, untroubled
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  • Beó leófwende, leóht on gehygdum,

      Fä. 92.
of appearance,
fair
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  • Wáláwá ! ꝥis sárlic ꝥ swá fæger feorh and swá leóhtes andwlitan men (cf. swá fægeres híwes menn, Hml. Th. ii. 120, 26) sceolan ágan þýstra ealdor

    heu, pro dolor ! quod tam lucidi uultus Homines tenebrarum auctor possidel,

      Bd. 2, 1; Sch. 110, 5.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “leóht.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/54515.

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