morgenleoht

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to morgen (“morning”) +‎ lēoht (“light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmor.ɡenˌle͜oːxt/, [ˈmorˠ.ɣenˌle͜oːxt]

Noun

morgenlēoht n

1. morning light, morning (in general)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	morgenlēoht	morgenlēoht
accusative	morgenlēoht	morgenlēoht
genitive	morgenlēohtes	morgenlēohta
dative	morgenlēohte	morgenlēohtum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “morgenlēoht”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.