lichtly
- a word derived from licht.
Example Sentences
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I leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true Love did lichtly me.
From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee
You may be sure I got the doctor quick, for I'm niver one that would lichtly a pain, as ye might say, but he couldn't find anything wrong.
From The Setons by Douglas, O.
“Gin that be true,” says James the Rose,“We’ll no come meikle speed;We’ll cry upo our merry men,And lichtly mount our steed.”
From A Collection of Ballads by Lang, Andrew
And quhen he came to Barnard's ha',55 Would neither chap nor ca'; Bot set his bent bow to his breist, And lichtly lap the wa'.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
Farewell! farewell! through yon kirk-yard Step lichtly for my sake!
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
