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Old English Dictionary Entry

Leóhtan

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1 leóhtan

p. te To give light, to illumine, make light, cause to shine :-- Ðǽr leóhtes ne leóht lytel sperca earmum ǽnig there doth not any little spark give light to the miserable ones, Dóm. L. 14, 218. Hé lofe leóhteþ leófe ða hálgan hymnus omnibus sanctis ejus, Ps. Th. 148, 14 Ðíne lígetta leóhteþ and beorhteþ, 143, 7. Beorhte leóhte ðínne andwlitan illuminet vultum suum, 66, 1.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛖᚩᚻᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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