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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *linhtijaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_linhtijaną</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_linhtijana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/linhtijaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>linhtijaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈlĩːx.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛚᛁᚾᚺᛏᛁᛃᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Weak class 1</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to make light</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>to make easy</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *linhtaz (‘light, having little weight’) + *-janą.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>linhtijō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>linhtijaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>linhtijai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>linhtīsi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>linhtijais</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>linhtī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>linhtijasai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>linhtijaisau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>linhtīþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>linhtijai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>linhtijaþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>linhtijaþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>linhtijaiþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>linhtijōs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>linhtijaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>linhtijaþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>linhtijaiþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>linhtijaþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>linhtijamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>linhtijaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>linhtijanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>linhtijainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>linhtīþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>linhtijaiþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>linhtīþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>linhtijanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>linhtijainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>linhtijanþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>linhtijain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>linhtijanþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>linhtijanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>linhtijainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>linhtidǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>linhtidēdį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>linhtidēz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>linhtidēdīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>linhtidē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>linhtidēdī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>linhtidēdū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>linhtidēdīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>linhtidēdudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>linhtidēdīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>linhtidēdum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>linhtidēdīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>linhtidēdud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>linhtidēdīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>linhtidēdun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>linhtidēdīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>linhtijandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>linhtidaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>linhtijaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lį̄htijan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*līhten</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>lichten</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>lichten</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lį̄htijan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>līehtan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>lihten, liȝten, lighten</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>light</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>licht</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lį̄htijan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>līchta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>lichte</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lį̄htijan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>līhten</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>līhten</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*lį̄htijan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*līhtian</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>lichten</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>létta</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Danish</lang>
                    <orth>lette</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>létta</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>létta</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>?</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>lette</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Nynorsk</lang>
                      <orth>lette, letta</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
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