lyft

From the verb lyfta

• løft

• IPA^(key): /lʏft/

lyft n (definite singular lyftet, indefinite plural lyft, definite plural lyfta)

1. lift. (the act of lifting, that which is lifted)

lyft

1. inflection of lyfta:
   1. past participle
   2. imperative

• “lyft” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *luftuz.

• IPA^(key): /lyft/

lyft f

1. air, atmosphere; the sky
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year

     Nis nā sēo orðung þe wē ūt blāwaþ and inn ātēoþ ūre 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 in this mortal life.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Exaltation of the Holy Cross"

     Wynsum brǣþ āfylde þā lyft.

     A pleasant smell filled the air.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year

     Hæġl cymþ of reġndropum þanne hīe bēoþ ġefrorene ūp 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.

   • late 10th century, 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.

• lyften
• unlyft

• Middle English: luft, lift
  • Scots: lift
  • English: lift

The adjective is past participle of lyfta.

lyft

1. lifted

   med lyfta händer

   with lifted hands

• lyftna and lyftne (with n) are errors.

lyft c or n

1. a lift (a tool)
2. a lifting (an event)

• billyft
• kunskapslyft

lyft

1. supine of lyfta.
2. imperative of lyfta.