Scínan

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

scínan

Add: I. of that which emits rays :-- Eall swá leóhte seó sunne scínð under þǽre eorðan on nihtlicre tíde, swá swá heó on dæg déð bufan úrum heáfdum, Lch. iii. 234, 23. Scinon ðá bán swá beorhte swá steorran . . . and ꝥ leóht geswutelode swá hwǽr swá hí lágon, Hml. S. 11, 269. Giwédo his giwordne wérun scínende (-o, L.) uestimenta eius facta sunt splendentia, Mk. R. 9, 3. Him mid síðedon twǽgen scínende englas, 25, 774. II. of that which can reflect light :-- On ðǽm mæssehrægle scínð (candescit) ongemang óðrum bleóm ðæt twyðráwene twín, Past. 88, 1. On him byrne scán, B. 405. Under ðám scínendan brande, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 19. On scínendre hýfe flauescenti, i. micanti gurgustio, An. Ox. 306. II a. of that which appears clearly :-- Ðæt feax gréwð and scínð ofer ðǽm brægene capilli super cerebrum oriuntur, Past. 139, 18. Hí hine hetelíce swungon oð þæt ðá bán scinon, Hml. Th. ii. 302, 10. III. to be splendid :-- Seó hwítness þǽre lilian scíneþ on þé, Bl. H. 7, 30. IV. in figurative applications with retention of physical phraseology :-- Ðá sóðfæste scínes l líxeð (fulgebant) suǽ sunna, Mt. L. 13, 43. Hé næs þæccille bearnende and líxende l scínende (lucens), Jn. L. 5, 35. V. of persons :-- Heálicere héhþe gleów, scán precelso (puritatis) fastigio fulminauit, claruit, An. Ox. 4409: 4573. Hé manigum wundrum sceán and berhte uita eius crebris miraculis fulgebat, Guth. Gr. 168, 138. Martinus sceán on wítegunge, Hml. Th. ii. 512, 34. Seine effulserit, i. claruit (qualis patriarcha virtutem gloria effulserit, Ald. 30, 7), An. Ox. 2172. VI. of immaterial things :-- Mid scínendre praepollenti l florenti (meritorum gratia), An. Ox. 2248: 3602.

Parole correlate: scínende. scinan