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líxan

  • verb [ weak ]
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líxan, lícsan; p. te
To shine, glitter, gleam
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  • Seó reádnes ðære rósan líxeþ on ðé, and seó hwítnes ðære lilian scíneþ on ðé,

    • Blickl. Homl. 7, 30
      • .

  • Móna líxeþ,

    • Exon. 18 a
      • ;
    • Th. 44, 6
      • ;
    • Cri. 698
      • .

  • Ðæt nebb líxeþ swá glæs oððe gim

    the beak glitters like glass or gem,

    • 60 a
      • ;
    • Th. 218, 24
      • ;
    • Ph. 299
      • .

  • Sóðfæste scínes ł líxeþ swǽ sunna

    justi fulgebunt sicut sol,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 43
      • .

  • Líxaþ,

    • 64 b;
    • Th. 238, 15
      • ;
    • Ph. 604
      • .

  • Líxte

    fulminavit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 18
      • :
    • Exon. 15 a
      • ;
    • Th. 31, 34
      • ;
    • Cri. 505
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 627
      • ;
    • B. 311
      • .

  • Ðonne dæg líxte,

    • 975
      • ;
    • B. 485
      • .

  • Sumum scinan ða scilla and líxtan swylce hié wǽron gyldene

    auri fulgori similes,

    • Nar. 13, 19
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 46
      • ;
    • El. 23
      • :
    • 580
      • ;
    • El. 90
      • :
    • 2229
      • ;
    • El. 1116
      • :
    • Cd. 148
      • ;
    • Th. 185, 20
      • ;
    • Exod. 125
      • .

  • Hié gesáwon eóred líxan

    they saw the host glitter,

    • 149
      • ;
    • Th. 187, 28
      • ;
    • Exod. 157
      • :
    • Exon. 57 a
      • ;
    • Th. 204, 8
      • ;
    • Ph. 94
      • .

  • Ðonne lígette líxan cwóman

    illuxerunt coruscationes tuæ,

    • Ps. Th. 76, 15
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 9, 25
      • ;
    • Met. 9, 13
      • .

  • Líxende

    fulgens,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 4:

    lucens,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 35
      • .

  • Lícxændum

    coruscantibus,

    • Rtl. 3, 1
      • .

  • Liéxende lígetta,

    • Exon. 54 b
      • ;
    • Th. 192, 14
      • ;
    • Az. 106
      • .

  • Líxende lof

    brilliant praise,

    • 93 a
      • ;
    • Th. 349, 20
      • ;
    • Sch. 49.
Similar entries
v. in-líxan.
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v.  lícsan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “líxan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21796.

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