Scimrian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - scimrian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

scimrian
Add: to shimmer, shine with a flickering light as a mote in the sunlight :-- Scimerað uibrat (minor . . . modico Phoebi radiis qui uibrat atomo, Ald. 272, 32), An. Ox. 23, 51. Þá se dægredleóma beorhte scymrode matutina luce radiante, Chrd. 26, 22. And scimerian (printed scinefrian) ac micare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 33. scimrian
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