lhygt

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English ligt, from Old English lēoht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪkt/

Adjective

lhygt

1. light
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Lhygt Wadher.

     Light Water.

Verb

lhygt

1. to light
   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 104:

     Mizluck mye lhygt on Tam Busheare;

     Bad luck may light on Tom Busheare;

Derived terms

• lightzom

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 54