Obs. In 4–5 leighten, 8 Sc. lichten. [f. LIGHTEN v.2] Lightning.
c. 1400. Maundev. (Roxb.), xiv. 65. In somer es þer grete thundres and leightens [ed. 1839 Leytes].
1791. Learmont, Poems, 12 (E.D.D.). Swift as the lichtens fly, Whan thunners crash the clouds aboon.
