"lyft" meaning in Old English

See lyft in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lyft/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *lufti, possibly rebuilt from the plural or remodelled as a ti-stem from *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz. Doublet of loft. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*luftu|*lufti}} Proto-West Germanic *lufti, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*luftuz}} Proto-Germanic *luftuz, {{doublet|ang|loft}} Doublet of loft Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=lyft|sort=}} lyft f, {{ang-noun|f|head=lyft}} lyft f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-i-f|lyft}}, {{ang-decl-noun|lyft|lyfte,lyfta|lyft,lyfte|lyfte,lyfta|lyfte|lyfta|lyfte|lyftum|num=|title=|type=strong i-stem}}, {{ang-decl-noun-i-m|lyft}}, {{ang-decl-noun|lyft|lyftas|lyft|lyftas|lyftes|lyfta|lyfte|lyftum|num=|title=|type=strong i-stem}}, {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|lyft}}, {{ang-decl-noun|lyft|lyft|lyft|lyft|lyftes|lyfta|lyfte|lyftum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], lyft [nominative, singular], lyfte [nominative, plural], lyfta [nominative, plural], lyft [accusative, singular], lyfte [accusative, singular], lyfte [accusative, plural], lyfta [accusative, plural], lyfte [genitive, singular], lyfta [genitive, plural], lyfte [dative, singular], lyftum [dative, plural], strong [table-tags], lyft [nominative, singular], lyftas [nominative, plural], lyft [accusative, singular], lyftas [accusative, plural], lyftes [genitive, singular], lyfta [genitive, plural], lyfte [dative, singular], lyftum [dative, plural], strong [table-tags], lyft [nominative, singular], lyft [nominative, plural], lyft [accusative, singular], lyft [accusative, plural], lyftes [genitive, singular], lyfta [genitive, plural], lyfte [dative, singular], lyftum [dative, plural]
  1. air Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-lyft-ang-noun-n-Qw5SdG Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (by extension) The atmosphere or the sky. Tags: broadly, feminine
    Sense id: en-lyft-ang-noun-Ll7H9UEs Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lyften, unlyft

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year\nNis nā sēo orðung þe wē ūt blāwaþ and inn ātēoþ ūru sāwol, ac is sēo lyft þe wē on libbaþ on þissum dēadlīcan līfe.",
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      },
      "expansion": "lyft f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "head": "lyft"
      },
      "expansion": "lyft f",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyft"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-i-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyft",
        "2": "lyfte,lyfta",
        "3": "lyft,lyfte",
        "4": "lyfte,lyfta",
        "5": "lyfte",
        "6": "lyfta",
        "7": "lyfte",
        "8": "lyftum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong i-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyft"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-i-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyft",
        "2": "lyftas",
        "3": "lyft",
        "4": "lyftas",
        "5": "lyftes",
        "6": "lyfta",
        "7": "lyfte",
        "8": "lyftum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong i-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyft"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyft",
        "2": "lyft",
        "3": "lyft",
        "4": "lyft",
        "5": "lyftes",
        "6": "lyfta",
        "7": "lyfte",
        "8": "lyftum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The breath that we draw in and blow out is not our soul, but the air that we live in during this mortal life.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year\nNis nā sēo orðung þe wē ūt blāwaþ and inn ātēoþ ūru sāwol, ac is sēo lyft þe wē on libbaþ on þissum dēadlīcan līfe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "A pleasant aroma filled the air.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Exaltation of the Holy Cross\"\nWynsum brǣþ āfylde þā lyft.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "air"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "air",
          "air"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Hail comes from raindrops when they are frozen up in the atmosphere, and so fall to the ground.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year\nHæġl cymþ of reġndropum þonne hīe bēoþ ġefrorene uppe on þǣre lyfte, and swā siþþan feallaþ.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "And the weather was so calm that there wasn't a cloud in the sky.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"St. Benedict, Abbot\"\nAnd wæs þā swā stille weder þæt nān wolcn næs on þǣre lyfte ġesewen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The atmosphere or the sky."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "atmosphere",
          "atmosphere"
        ],
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) The atmosphere or the sky."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lyft/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lyft"
}

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