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OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. v. 15 Accendunt lucernam et ponunt eam..super candelabrum : bernas ðæccille uel lehtfæt & settas ða uel hia..ofer lehtisern.

OE Lambeth Psalter xvii. 29 Quoniam tu illuminas lucernam meam : forðan þe þu onlyhst leohtfætels uel leohtfæt min.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. xxx. 513 A liȝt beme [L. radius] is a briȝt streme of a body of liȝt.

1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches II. 361 Straggling accidental lightbeams.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. viii. 110 Different light-waves produce different colours.

1872 Westm. Rev. July 83/1 Stars are seen in the night, and not in the day, although it is demonstrable that in both cases the difference of light intensity between them and the rest of the sky is one and the same.

1908 M. Solomon Electric Lamps ii. 9 Artificial illuminants divide themselves into two groups..according as the light source is a hot or a cold light.

1930 Morning Post 19 July 13/6 An extension of the system of light signals for road traffic.

1950 Sci. News 15 17 Light rays cannot bring about a photo-chemical change unless they are absorbed.

1960 H. Pinter Caretaker ii. 48 There used to be a wall plug..but it doesn't work. I had to fit it in the light socket.

2018 Times (Ireland ed.) (Nexis) 26 Feb. 14 The [sc. fibre optic] cables can transfer a light signal for huge distances which is why they are so important in communications technology.