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on-líhtan

  • verb [ weak ]
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on-líhtan, -leóhtan.
of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine,
literally
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  • Mycel leóht onleóhte ðæt carcern,

      St. And. 4, 4.

  • Óþ ðæt ðære sunnan leóman hine (

    the moon

    ) eft onlíhton,
      Lchdm. iii. 240, 27.

  • Onleóhtende

    inluminans,

      Hymn. Surt. 15, 22.

  • Ealle steorran weorþaþ onlíhte and gebirhte of ðære sunnan,

      Bt. 34, 5; Fox 140, 5.
metaph.
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  • God onlýhteþ (

    illuminet

    ) andwlitan his ofer ús,
      Ps. Spl. 66, 1.

  • Onlýht (

    inlustra

    ) ansíne ðín ofer þeów ðínne,
      30, 20.

  • Tó hwon yldestú middangeard tó onlýhtenne,

      Blickl. Homl. 7, 33.
of persons,
to give sight to, make the sight clear
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  • Drihten blinde on heora eágum onleóhteþ

    Dominus illuminat caecos.

      Ps. Th. 145, 7.

  • Heó gegódaþ and onlíht ðæra eágena scearpnysse,

      Lchdm. i. 72, 15.

  • Ðæt se ylca ða dohter ðæs ealdormannes blinde onlíhte,

      Bd. 1, 18; S. 484, 30.

  • Ðæt wundor worhte, ðæt hé ðone blindan onlýhte,

      Blickl. Homl. 19, 19.

  • Mon geseah hine blinde onlýhtende,

      177, 15.

  • Ðá geseah hé sóna gesundfullum eágum, þurh ðone ylcan onlíht ðe hine ǽr áblende,

      H. R. 107, 28: Homl. Skt. i. 21, 275.
to clear the mental vision, to enlighten
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  • Sóð leóht ðæt onlýht ǽlcne man,

      Jn. Skt. 1, 9.

  • Se hálga Gást ealle ða englas onlíht,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 14.

  • Worda mé ðínra wíse onleóhteþ,

      Ps. Th. 118, 130.

  • Ne onlíhtaþ hí nánht ðæs módes eágan,

      Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 32.

  • Ðú simle míne sáwle onlíhtest,

      Homl. Th. i. 74, 31.

  • Hé hié onlýhte mid ðæs Hálgan Gástes gife,

      Blickl. Homl. 145, 6.

  • Onliht ða eágan úres módes mid ðínum leóhte,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 33: Ps. Th. 12, 4.

  • Onleóht heorte manna,

      Hymn. Surt. 23, 1.

  • Crist mæg ðíne nytennysse onlíhtan,

      Homl. Skt. i. 5, 200.

  • Manegum wearþ mód onlíhted,

      Apstls. Kmbl. 104; Ap. 52.

  • Wé wurdon onlíhte þurh geleáfan,

      Homl. Th. i. 154, 21.

  • Onlýhte,

      Blickl.Homl. 161, 14.
to give light (with dat.)
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  • Ðæt hit onlíhte eallum ðe on ðam húse synt,

      Mt. Kmbl. 5, 15.

  • Onlíhtan ðám ðe on þýstrum sittaþ,

      Lk. Skt. 1, 79.
intrans.
To shine
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  • Ic onlíhte oððe scýne

    luceo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 8.

  • Sæterdæg onlýhte (

    inlucescebat

    ),
      Lk. Skt. 23, 54.

  • Onlíhton (

    illuxerunt

    ) lígrascas ðíne,
      Ps. Spl. 76, 18: 96, 4.

  • Heora wegas onlíhton,

      Blickl. Homl. 137, 2.

  • Swá onlíhte (

    luceat

    ) eówer leóht,
      Mt. Kmbl. 5, 16.

  • Onlióhte

    inlucescat,

      Kent. Gl. 206.
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v.  en-líhtan on-leóhtan on-lýhtan in-líhtan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “on-líhtan.” 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/24664.

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