Obs. rare. [OE. léohtlic, f. léoht LIGHT sb. + -lic -LY1.] Brilliant, lightsome.

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a. 1000.  Riddles, xxx. 3 (Gr.). Lyhtfæt leohtlic listum ʓeʓierwed.

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c. 1440.  Hylton, Scala Perf. (W. de W., 1494), II. xxvii. This hundreth folde that a soule shall haue … ys noughte but the profyte of this lightly derkenes.

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