leyt

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Anglian Old English lēġet (West Saxon Old English līġet, līġetu, līeġet).

Alternative forms

• lait, laite, layt, layte, leit, leite, leyte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læi̯t/

Noun

leyt (uncountable)

1. Lightning (or an individual lightning bolt).
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Apocalips 4:5, folio 118, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     ⁊ leıtıs ⁊ voıces ⁊ þundꝛıngıs camen out of þe troone. ⁊ ſeuene lau[m]pıs bꝛe[n]nynge bıfoꝛe þe troone.· whıche ben þe ſeuene ſpırıtıs of god

     And lightning, sounds, and thunder came out of the throne, and seven lamps were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.

2. A flash or spark of fire.

Descendants

• English: lait (obsolete)

References

• “leit, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 October 2018.

Etymology 2

Noun

leyt

1. alternative form of led (“lead”)