英和和英

別の表記

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

発音

• IPA: /læi̯t/

名詞

leyt (uncountable)

1. Lightning (or an individual lightning bolt).
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Apocalips 4:5, page 118v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     ⁊ leıtıs ⁊ voıces ⁊ þundꝛıngıs camen out of þe troone. ⁊ ſeuene lau[m]pıs bꝛe[n]nynge bıfoꝛe þe troone.· whıche ben þe ſeuene ſpırıtıs 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 flash or spark of fire.

派生した語

• English: lait (obsolete)

参照

• “leit, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 October 2018.

語源 2

名詞

leyt

1. alternative form of led (“lead”)