Old English Dictionary Entry

Lyft-helm

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 lyft-helm

m. The air, atmosphere, cloud :-- Lyfthelm and laguflód air [or cloud?] and water, Menol. Fox 553; Gn. C. 46. Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht their lands were covered with cloud, Cd. 145; Th. 181, 13; Exod. 60. lyft-helm

Similar Words

-lácian
-lafte
-laga
-lagol
-lagu(?)

Runic Inscription

ᛚᚣᚠᛏ-ᚻᛖᛚᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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