gelihtan

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, ġe- +‎ līhtan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈliːx.tɑn/

Verb

ġelīhtan

1. to approach, come, alight
2. to lighten, mitigate, assuage

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġelīhtan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ġelīhtan	ġelīhtenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-líhtan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.