daylicht

Scots

Alternative forms

• da licht
• day lycht

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English day-light.

Pronunciation

• (Early Scots) IPA^(key): [ˈdeilixt], [ˈdeːlixt]
• (1575 Early Middle Scots) IPA^(key): [ˈdiːlixt]
• (1600 Late Middle Scots) IPA^(key): [ˈdilixt]

Noun

daylicht (plural daylichts)

1. (Middle Scots) daylight
   • 1589, Unknown, Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh, published 1403:

     The … keparis of the poirtis on the daylicht

     The keepers of the gates in the daylight.