Wlite-beorht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wlite-beorht

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 wlite-beorht

adj. Of splendid beauty, beautiful, (i) of persons :-- Wlitebeorht ides (Sarah), Cd. Th. 103, 34; Gen. 1728. Hié (Adam and Eve) wlitebeorht wǽron on woruld cenned, 12, 19; Gen. 188. (2) of things :-- Dæg, wlitebeorhte gesceaft, 8, 28; Gen. 131. Of ánum wætre wlitebeorhtum, 14, 17; Gen. 220. Eorþan, wlitebeorhtne wang, Beo. Th. 186; B. 93. Hí him wíc curon, ðǽr him wlitebeorhte wongas geþúhton. Cd. Th. 108, 10; Gen. 1804. Eorþan cyningas monegum and mislícum wǽdum wlitebeorhtum scínaþ, golde gegerede and gimcynnum reges purpura claros nitente, Met. 25, 4. Wlitebeorhte wæstmas, Cd. Th. 94, n ; Gen. 1560. wlite-beorht

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ᚹᛚᛁᛏᛖ-ᛒᛇᚱᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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