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scíne

  • adjective
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Grammar
scíne, sciéne, scéne, sceóne, scióne, scýne; adj.
Beautiful, fair, bright
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  • Is se forrynel fæger and sciéne,

      Met. 29, 25: Cd. Th. 41, 14; Gen. 656.

  • Cwæð ðæt his líc wǽre leóht and scéne,

      17, 26; Gen. 265.

  • Wæsim wlitig and scéne,

      30, 16; Gen. 467.

  • Deór wundrum scýne (

    the panther

    ),
      Exon. Th. 356, 30; Pa. 19.

  • Is seó womb wundrum fæger, scír and scýne,

      219, 16; Ph. 308.

  • Mægþ scýne,

      Beo. Th. 6025; B. 3016.

  • Se scýna stán,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1532 ; An. 767.

  • On stede scýnum,

      Exon. Th. 70, 33; Cri. 1148.

  • Ic ðé swá sciénne gesceapen hæfde,

      85, 6; Cri. 1387.

  • Hé forlǽrde idese sciéne,

      Cd. Th. 43, 34; Gen. 700.

  • Hé geseah Euan stondan sceóne gesceapene,

      35, 3 ; Gen. 549.

  • Tó sceáwianne ðone scýnan wlite,

      Exon. Th. 57, 8; Cri. 915.

  • Forhwon forléte ðú líf ðæt scýne,

      90, 7; Cri. 1470.

  • Sceóne lambru,

      Ps. Th. 113, 4, 6.

  • Gimmas swá scýne,

      Exon. Th. 43, 27; Cri. 695: 219, 1; Ph. 300.

  • Fuglas scýne,

      237, 17; Ph. 591.

  • Þurh ða scénan scínendan rícu ðæs Fæder

    per Patris fulgenti regna paratu

    ,
      Dóm. L. 18, 294.

  • Him wíf curon scýne and lægere,

      Cd. Th. 76, 5; Gen. 1252.

  • Hyrsta scýne,

      Judth. Thw. 26, 9; Jud. 317.

  • Hiwbeorhtra and scýnra. Exon. Th. 357,

      10; Pa. 26.

  • Wurdon ðín gesceapu scénran,

      Cd. Th. 32, 14; Gen. 503.

  • Eue idesa sciénost,

      51, 4; Gen. 821.

  • Scénost,

      39, 17; Gen. 626.

  • Sceónost,

      44, 5; Gen. 704.

  • Engla scýnost,

      22, 10; Gen. 338.
Etymology
[Feier and sceone (scene, 2nd MS.), Laym. 2299. Regan ꝥ scone (scene, 2nd MS. ), 3098. A steorrne . . . brihht and shene, Orm. 3431. Scone and faȝȝerr, 15665. A þusent fold schenre þen þe sunne, A. R. 100, 4. Heo as schene as schininde sunne wende up aloft, Marh. 19, 14. Emelye hire yonge suster schene, Chauc. Kn. T. 114. Æfter sharpe shoures moste shene is þe sonne, Piers P. 18, 409. Goth skauns : O. Sax. skóni: O. Frs. skéne: O. L. Ger. scóni lucidus: O. H. Ger. scóni splendidus, splendens, formosus, venustus, pulcher, speciosus: Ger. schön.]
Similar entries
v. ælf-sun-, þurh-, wlite-scíne.
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v.  scéne sciéne scýne.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “scíne.” 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/26817.

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