litht

Middle English

Etymology 1

From from Old English lēoht (“light, daylight; power of vision; luminary; world”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, from the root *lewk- (“light”).

Noun

litht (plural lithts)

Alternative form of light

References

“light (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.

Etymology 2

From Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, point”)

Noun

litht (plural lithtes*)

Alternative form of lyth

References

“lith (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.

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