gelihtan

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Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, ġe- +‎ līhtan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jeˈliːx.tɑn/

Verb

ġelīhtan

to approach, come, alight
to lighten, mitigate, assuage

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġelīhtan (weak class 1)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	ġelīhtan	ġelīhtenne
first person singular	ġelīhte	ġelīhte
second person singular	ġelīhtest, ġelīhst, ġelīhtst	ġelīhtest
third person singular	ġelīhteþ, ġelīht	ġelīhte
plural	ġelīhtaþ	ġelīhton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġelīhte	ġelīhte
plural	ġelīhten	ġelīhten
imperative
singular	ġelīht
plural	ġelīhtaþ
participle	present	past
	ġelīhtende	ġelīhted

Descendants

English: alight

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-líhtan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-líhtan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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