adj., v. (pres. pl., pp. as adj.)
Cl pp. vplyfte; WA pres. 3 sg. vpliftis, upp lyftes
'to lift, rise, uplift (in prayer)'
(Modern English uplift)OE up + lyfte, and cp. MSw uplyfa, MDan uplyfte, OIcel lypta upp.
PGmc Ancestor
*luftjan-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
lyfta ‘to lift, raise’
(ONP lyfta (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far lyfta, Icel lyfta, Norw lyfta, Dan løfte, Sw lyfta; cp. MDan uplyfte, MSw uplyfa
OE Cognate
cp. lyft ‘air, sky (etc.)'
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
C1a
First attested in the mid-14c and widespread in ME.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 505; Cl 987; WA 805
Gaw 505 is sometimes printed as two words (e.g. by Vant, PS, TG, AW).