† laitingn.
Obsolete.
Lightning.
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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning
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Jove's or God's branda1522
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun] > lightning
fireOE
lightinglOE
levininga1300
levinc1300
lightningc1300
lightc1325
thunderlightc1374
firelighta1400
laitinga1400
lighten?a1425
Jove's or God's branda1522
fulgur1563
thunder-shot1606
whirl-fire1606
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 533 Þonder & leitynge [Vesp. leuening].
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxxii. 14 Leityng schal go bifore hail.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 141 Of the Reyne also comyth..many harmes, As thondyr, laitynge.
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