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单词 thunderlight
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thunderlightn.

Etymology: Alteration of the earlier thunder-layt, -leit (see above) by substitution of light for leit. The earlier form occurs in some of the Chaucer manuscripts.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthunderlight.
archaic.
Light of thunder, lightning.
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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning
fireOE
lightinglOE
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thunderlightc1374
firelighta1400
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Jove's or God's branda1522
fulgur1563
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whirl-fire1606
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
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. met. iv. 7 (Cambr. I i. 3. 21) Ne the wey of thonderlyht [Add. MS. þonder lyȝt; MS. Camb. I i. i. 38 thonder leit; ed. 1532 thonder leyte] þat is wont to smyten heye towres, ne shal not moeue þat man.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Cambr.) ⁋765 After that he brente .v. ceteis with thundyr liȝth [v.rr. liȝt, lyht, lyght, lighte, Ellesmere leyt, Harl. layt].
1814 L. Hunt Feast of Poets 148 What shall move his placid might? Not the headlong thunderlight.1834 Ld. Houghton Mem. Many Scenes (1844) 59 Under such a sky—Thus grave, thus streaked with thunderlight.
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