liegetu

• lēġetu, lēġitu — Anglian
• lēġeð — Aldred
• līġetu, līġet, līġett

From Proto-West Germanic *laugiþu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈli͜yː.je.tu/

līeġetu f

1. lightning
   • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Twelve Winds

     Fēower heafodwindas synd. Sē fyrmesta is ēasterne wind, subsolanus ġehāten, for þām ðe hē blæwð frām ðǣre sunnan upspringe, ⁊ ys swyðe ġemetegod. Sē ōðer heafodwind is sūðerne, auster ġehāten, sē āstyreð wolcnu, ⁊ ligettas, ⁊ mistlice cwyld blǣwð geond ðās eorðan.

     There are four headwinds. The first is the eastern wind, called subsolanus, because it blows from where the sun rises, and is very moderate. The second headwind is southern, called auster, which stirs up clouds, and lightnings, and blows various plagues around the earth.

2. a flash of lightning

This word is used frequently in collocation with þunor or its derivative þunorrād, much like in the Modern English phrase thunder and lightning

Strong ō-stem:

As with other words with the -þu suffix, often exhibits undeclined īn-stem endings Strong īn-stem:

Also frequently masculine Strong a-stem:

• līeġetsliht

• līeġ

• Middle English: leyt, lait, laite, layt, layte, leit, leite, leyte
  • English: lait (obsolete)