Participles
| Present | onlīhtende |
| Past | onlīhted |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | onlīhte |
| 2nd sing. | onlīhtest; onlīhst; onlīhtst |
| 3rd sing. | onlīhteþ; onlīht |
| 1st plur. | onlīhtaþ |
| 2nd plur. | onlīhtaþ |
| 3rd plur. | onlīhtaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | onlīhte |
| 2nd sing. | onlīhtest |
| 3rd sing. | onlīhte |
| 1st plur. | onlīhton |
| 2nd plur. | onlīhton |
| 3rd plur. | onlīhton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | onlīhte |
| 2nd sing. | onlīhte |
| 3rd sing. | onlīhte |
| 1st plur. | onlīhten |
| 2nd plur. | onlīhten |
| 3rd plur. | onlīhten |
Past
| 1st sing. | onlīhte |
| 2nd sing. | onlīhte |
| 3rd sing. | onlīhte |
| 1st plur. | onlīhten |
| 2nd plur. | onlīhten |
| 3rd plur. | onlīhten |
Imperative
| Singular | onlīht |
| Plural | onlīhtaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'onlihtan'
onlihtan,
Verbs similar to 'onlihtan'
enlihtan,
inlihtan,
alihtan,
gelihtan,
lihtan,
ongietan,
onliesan,
onsittan,
plihtan,
adihtan,
Etymology
From on- + līhtan, Related to Old High German inliuhten (“to enlighten, illuminate”), Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inliuhtjan, “to enlighten, illuminate”).
Sample Sentences
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God ġeworhte ðā sōna twā sċīnende lēoht myċele and mǣre, mōnan and sunnan, ðā sunnan on meriġen tō ðǣs dæġes lihtinge, ðone mōnan on ǣfen mannum tō lihtinge on nihtlīcere tīde...And ealle steorran hē ēac ðā geworhte, and hē hī ġefæstnode on ðām fæstan rodore ðæt hī ðā eorðan onlīhton mid heora mæniġfealdum lēoman (Thereafter, God made two shining lights, a greater one and a lesser one, the moon and the sun, with the Sun to shine by day, and the moon to shine by night...and he also made all the stars, and he fixed them in the firm heavens so that they could illumine the earth with their manyfold rays.) [c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil:]
Cognates
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