licht
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It was ower like a flash o’ lichtnin, and the licht had gone oot afore Ah saw anybody blown up or knocked oot.
From Sea-Hounds by Freeman, Lewis R.
Furth to his chamber paſſit wight22 the licht.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
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 Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
The moon was shining, but no’ very brightly, givin’ a feeble yellow kind o’ a licht through a haze o’ drivin’ clouds.
From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon
Really, unco weel! ye've a wonderfu licht foot to hae sic a heavy stern.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
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