leyt

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

From Old English lēġet, Anglian form of līġet, līġetu, līeġet, from Proto-Germanic *laugiþō.

• IPA^(key): /lɛi̯t/

leyt (uncountable)

1. The striking of lightning; an instance of lightning.

   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Apocalips 4:5”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     And leitis, and voices, and thundringis camen out of the trone; and ſeuene laumpis brennynge bifore the trone, whiche ben the ſeuene ſpiritis 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 small spark, jet or stream of fire.

• English: lait (obsolete)

• “leit (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-08.