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glǽm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
glǽm, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§387;
Brightness, splendour, radiance
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  • Se æðela glǽm

    the noble brightness [the sun],

    • Exon. 51 b
    • ;
    • Th. 178, 31
    • ;
    • Gú. 1252
    • :
    • Th. 179, 18
    • ;
    • Gú.1263
    • .
  • Sunnan glǽm

    the sun's radiance,

    • 59 b
    • :
    • Th. 215, 15
    • ;
    • Ph. 253
    • .
  • Mín se swétesta sunnan scíma hwæt ðú glǽm hafast

    my sweetest sunshine ah! thou hast radiant beauty,

    • 68 a
    • ;
    • Th. 252, 23
    • ;
    • Jul, 167
    • .
  • Ðé oftíhþ glǽmes gréne folde

    the green earth shall deny thee her beauty,

    • Cd. 48
    • ;
    • Th. 62, 22
    • ;
    • Gen. 1018
    • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. gleimo nitor
.]
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  • glǽm, n.