Beorht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Beorht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: bearhtm. beorht

Definitions

1 beorht

n. Brightness, a glistening, light, sight, glance, twinkling; splendor, lumen, lux :-- Ðis leóhte beorht cymeþ morgna gehwám this pure brightness cometh each morn, Exon. 93 a; Th. 350, 6; Sch. 59. Onféng ðam beorhte hire eágena received the sight [full sight, sparkling] of her eyes, Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 2. Ðæt biþ an eágan beorht that is in the twinkling of an eye, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, note 20.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛇᚱᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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