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l
y
ft
N (masc, a-stem)
air
, atmosphere, breeze, sky, heavens, cloud
Source:
https://bosworthtoller.com/21932
,
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lyft#Old_English
originates from: PGmc
*luftu-
'roof, air' (
oe-apocope
) through pgmc-to-oe
(source:
Kroonen 2013
:342)
Inflected forms
lyfte
'air-DAT' (
oe-dat
)
in
Exeter Book Riddle 51
Paradigms