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air.dat

Lemma: lyft "air" (oe-dat)

lyft

N (masc, a-stem)

air, atmosphere, breeze, sky, heavens, cloud

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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