Ofer-scínan

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ofer-scínan
to cover with light, illumine:--Næs ná ðæt án ðæt ðæt leóht ða dúne áne oferscíneþ, ac eác swylce ða burh, Blickl. Homl. 129, 2. Beorht wolcn hig ofersceán nubes lucida obumbravit eos, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 5. Ðonne his (the moon's) leóma ealne middaneard oferscíne, Anglia viii. 323, 7. ofer-scinan
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