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(Licht-,) Lychtfute, (-futtis,) n. (and adj.) [ME. liȝt-fot (a 1325), e.m.E. lightfoote n. a name for the hare or the deer, late ME. lyght foote (Prompt. Parv.), e.m.E. light-foot adj. light-footed, active, nimble: see Licht a.1 8.] a. The name of a dance. b. attrib. or adj. Light-footed, fleet of foot. — 15.. Christis Kirk 45 (B).
Auld Lychtfute [M. All auld lycht futtis] thair he did forleit And counterfutit Frans 1596 Dalr. I. 279/2.
Eth … for his meruellous suiftnes … was namet Alipes or Lychtfute
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