licht
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"We cam' over the heather licht foot as hares," said Kate McGhie.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
The gunner's mate ran doun for a blue licht; and, in a minute, it was fizzing awa on the quarter, throwing a bricht glare o' licht a' owre the ship.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
We hove the ship to, as they ca't, and fired guns every two or three minutes, in hopes the lads in the boat wad hear; and sair and sadly we langed for the morning licht.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
Ay from the ſone the varldis face gan licht 1136 Whill he was gone and cumyne vas the nycht; And than o forß thei mycht It not aſſtart, On euery ſyd behouit them depart.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat
For licht wis the laughter in bonny Kinreen, An' licht wis the footfa' that glanced o'er the green, An' licht ware the hearts a' an' lichtsome the eyne, Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee!
From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various
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