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scínan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
scínan, p. scán, sceán
Wright's OE grammar
§126; §133; §231; §490;
To shine.
lit.
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  • Ic scíne

    splendeo

    ,
      Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2 ; Som 28, 42.

  • Sciénþ

    candescit

    ,
      Past. 14, 6 ; Swt. 89, 1.

  • Swá se lígræsc scíuþ (

    fulget

    ).
      Lk. Skt. 17, 24 : Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 29.

  • Ðonne seó sunne on heofone beorhtost scíneþ,

      9; Fox 26, 15.

  • Scýneþ ðes móua,

      Fins. Th. 13; Fin. 7.

  • Ða steorran scínaþ beforan ðam mónan, and ne scínaþ beforan ðære sunnan,

      Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 30.

  • Scaan

    ardebat

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 3.

  • Scán,

      7, 29.

  • Se steorra (

    comet

    ) scán iii. mónþas,
      Chr. 678; Erl. 41, 4.

  • His ansýn sceán (

    resplenduit

    ) swá swá sunne,
      Mt. Kmbl. 17, 2: Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 13: Cd. Th. 185, 19; Exod. 125.

  • Seó ród sceán swá heofenes tungol,

      Shrn. 149, 11.

  • His ansýn eal sceán swá swá sunne, and his gewǽda scinon on snáwes hwítnysse,

      Homl. Th. ii. 242, 7.

  • Hwǽr is seó eorðe ðe nǽ fre sunne on ne sceán? In ðære reádan sǽ,

      Salm. Kmbl. 198, 14.

  • Wígbord scinon,

      Cd. Th. 207, 14; Exod. 466.

  • Eoforlíc scionon,

      Beo. Th. 612; B. 303.

  • Án cyn ys

    olocryseis

    , ðæt is on úre geþeóde gecweden, ðæt heó eall golde scíne,
      Lchdm. i. 242, 13.

  • Hig scínon (

    luceant

    ) on ðære heofenan fæstnysse,
      Gen. 1, 15.

  • Sunnan leóma cymeþ scýnan,

      Exon. Th. 56, 18; Cri. 902.

  • Scínende

    refulgens

    ,
      Lk. Skt. 9, 29.

  • Beorhtnes scínendes steorran

    fulgor stellae

    ,
      Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 5.

  • Scínendes léges,

      4, 13; S. 581, 15.

  • Scínendum

    limpidis

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 34.
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  • Ðonne scínaþ ða rihtwísan. Mt. Kmbl. 13, 43.

  • Se nama se ðe mid him swá lange sceán and bryhte

    nomen quod apud eos tam diu claruerat

    ,
      Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 39: 3, 13; ' S. 538, 39.

  • Seó stów on ðære ðe ðu ðæt fægereste weorud on geóguþhádnesse gesáwe scínan and wynsumian

    locus iste in quo pulcherrimam hanc juventutem jocundari ac fulgere conspicis

    ,
      5, 12; S. 630, 15.

  • Ðæt mód swá beorhte ne mót blícan and scínan,

      Met. 22, 35: 81. 35, 1; Fox 156, 2.

  • Ðæt ðú móste hálig scínan, eádig on ðam écan lífe,

      Exon. Th. 87, 19 ; Cri. 1427.

  • On wordum and on dǽdum beorht and scínende

    verbo et actibus clarus

    .
      Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 4.

  • On scínendre

    praepollenti

    .
      Hpt. Gl. 491, 1,
Etymology
[Goth. skeinan: O. Sax. skínan: O. Frs. skína: O. H. Ger. scínan: Icel. skína.]
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v. á-, be-, ge-, geond-, ofer-, ymb-scínan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “scínan.” 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/26813.

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