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light1 emanation from the sun, etc.; illumination; lighted body. OE.
lēoht (Angl.
līht) = OS., OHG.
lioht (Du., G.
licht) :- WGmc. *
leuχta :- IE. *
leuktom f. *
leuk *
louk *
lŭk-, repr. in Gr.
leukós white, L.
lūx,
lūmen (:- *
leuksmen light,
lŭna (:- *
leuksnā) moon, OIr.
luach shining, ON.
logi flame, OSl.
luc̆a beam, Skr.
ruc shine.
So
light adj. OE.
lēoht,
līht = OS. (Du.), (O)HG.
licht.
light vb. OE.
līhtan = OS.
liuhtian, etc., Goth.
liuhtjan, largely superseded by
lighten1 XIII. comp.
lighthouse XVII.
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