onlihtan

Old English

Etymology

From on- +‎ līhtan, Related to Old High German inliuhten (“to enlighten, illuminate”), Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inliuhtjan, “to enlighten, illuminate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onˈliːx.tɑn/

Verb

onlīhtan

1. Alternative form of inlīhtan

Conjugation

Conjugation of onlīhtan (weak class 1)

infinitive	onlīhtan	onlīhtenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	onlīhte	onlīhte
second person singular	onlīhtest, onlīhst, onlīhtst	onlīhtest
third person singular	onlīhteþ, onlīht	onlīhte
plural	onlīhtaþ	onlīhton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	onlīhte	onlīhte
plural	onlīhten	onlīhten
imperative
singular	onlīht
plural	onlīhtaþ
participle	present	past
	onlīhtende	onlīhted

Descendants

• Middle English: onlighten

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “onlihtan”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “on-lihtan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Middle English Dictionary