Birhtan

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

birhtan

to shine, (1) literal :-- Eall mín weorod for ðǽre micelnesse ðæs goldes scán and berhte, Nar. 7, 15. Byr[htende] coruscans, An. Ox. 4203. (2) figurative :-- Hé beforan manna eágum swá manigum wundrum sceán and berhte, Guth. 90, 11. Se noma mid him swá lange sceán and bryhte nomen apud eos tam diu claruerat, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 33, 3. [O. H. Ger. berahten splendescere.] and beorhtan, byrhtan in Dict. birhtan

Mots connexes: ge-, on-birhtan,