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N (masc, a-stem)

air, atmosphere, breeze, sky, heavens, cloud

Source: https://bosworthtoller.com/21932, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lyft#Old_English

Attested in Exeter Book Riddle 51 ("lyfte")

originates from: PGmc *luftu- "roof, air" (oe-apocope) through pgmc-to-oe
(source: Kroonen 2013:342)
Inflected forms
lyfte "air.dat" (oe-dat)

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