lyft – Old English noun declension

Noun: lyft
Gender: f

Nominative

Singular	lyft
Plural	lyfte; lyfta; lyftas; lyftu

Genitive

Singular	lyfte; lyftes
Plural	lyfta

Dative

Singular	lyfte
Plural	lyftum

Accusative

Singular	lyft; lyfte
Plural	lyfte; lyfta; lyftas; lyftu

Sample Sentences

late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
Nis nā sēo orðung þe wē ūt blāwaþ and inn ātēoþ ūru sāwol, ac is sēo lyft þe wē on libbaþ on þissum dēadlīcan līfe. (The breath that we draw in and blow out is not our soul, but the air that we live in during this mortal life.)
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Exaltation of the Holy Cross"
Wynsum brǣþ āfylde þā lyft. (A pleasant aroma filled the air.)
late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
Hæġl cymþ of reġndropum þonne hīe bēoþ ġefrorene uppe on þǣre lyfte, and swā siþþan feallaþ. (Hail comes from raindrops when they are frozen up in the atmosphere, and so fall to the ground.)
c. 992, Ælfric, "St. Benedict, Abbot"
And wæs þā swā stille weder þæt nān wolcn næs on þǣre lyfte ġesewen. (And the weather was so calm that there wasn't a cloud in the sky.)

Nouns inflected like lyft

lyft,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lufti, possibly rebuilt from the plural or remodelled as a ti-stem from *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz. Doublet of loft.

Verbs referencing "lyft"

English Nouns lift, English Nouns loft, Middle English Nouns luft, German Nouns Luft, Gothic Nouns 𐌻𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌿𐍃.