Old English Dictionary Entry

Beorhte

Related words: Distinctly, clearly, lucidly, brightly

Definitions

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1 beorhte

ad clare :-- He geseah Egypta heábyrig beorhte blícan he saw the Egyptians' cities brightly glitter, Cd. 86; Th. 109, 13; Gen. 1822. Ðonne seó sunne beorhtost scíneþ when the sun shines brightest, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 15 : Beo. Th. 3039; B. 1517. beorhte

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛇᚱᚻᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Beo.: Beowulf
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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