-
alternations like
beornan "to burn", biernþ "(he/she) burns" īo īe > ȳ īo, ēo
līoht "light", līehtan "illuminate". īo
became ēo in most
later varieties of Old...
- thigh; nēh > nigh ih, īh, yh, ȳh /iːh/ reht > riht > right;
flyht > flight;
līoht > līht >
light āh, āg#, oh, og# /ɔuh/ /ɔuh/ ([x] > ∅) /ou/ > /oː/ /əʊ/ (British)...
-
person who is ‘bright’ or ‘cheerful’. The two
forms of
light -
leoht and
lioht had
distinct meanings, but
became mixed over time. The
Middle English word...
- thigh; nēh > nigh ih, īh, yh, ȳh /iːh/ reht > riht > right;
flyht > flight;
līoht > līht >
light āh, āg#, oh, og# /ɔuh/ /ɔuh/ ([x] > ∅) /ou/ > /oː/ /əʊ/ (British)...
- A
possible exception to this is lagu
which is
glossed as "the bright" (
lioht being an Old High
German adjective meaning "bright, light, clear", or as...
- a basket. The
gloom which prevails is
partially relieved by a
stream of
lioht bursting from the
midst of dark clouds.
Painted in a free and
spirited manner...
