Beorht-nes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Beorht-nes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: byrht-nes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 beorht-nes

f. [beorht bright] BRIGHTNESS, clearness, splendour; splendor, claritas, nitor :-- Godes beorhtnes him ymbesceán claritas Dei circumfulsit illos, Lk. Bos. 2, 9 : Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 54 : Ps. Th. 118, 130. Eágena beorhtnes brightness of the eyes, Herb. 31, 2; Lchdm, i. 128, 13 : Hy. 7, 31; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 31. beorhtnes,beorht-nes

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛇᚱᚻᛏ-ᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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