Ge-scínan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-scínan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-scínan
p. -scán; pp. -scinen To shine, shine upon, illuminate; fulgere, collustrare, illuminare :-- Ne mæg heó ealle gesceafta gescínan, ne ða gesceafta ðe heó gescínan mæg, ne mæg hió ealle endemest gescínan she cannot shine upon all creatures, nor those creatures which she may shine upon can she shine upon all equally, Bt. 41, 1; Fox 244, 7-9: Bt. Met. Fox 30, 17; Met. 30, 9: 30, 22; Met. 30, 11. Wuldres gim grund gescíneþ the gem of glory illuminates the ground, Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 26; Ph. 118. Swá sió sunne hine gescínþ as the sun shines upon him, Bt. 34, 5; Fox 140, 8. Gescíneþ lucet, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 5. Giscína fulgere, Rtl. 67, 10: 86, 34. Gisceán innituit [ = enituit], 45, 16. ge-scinan
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