lyfthelm

Old English

Etymology

Compound of lyft (“air”) +‎ helm (“helmet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlyftˌxelm/, [ˈlyftˌheɫm]

Noun

lyfthelm m

1. the air, atmosphere

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “lyft-helm”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (in Old English), second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.