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beorht

  • noun [ neuter ]
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beorht, es; n.
Brightness, a glistening, light, sight, glance, twinkling; splendor, lumen, lux
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  • Ðis leóhte beorht cymeþ morgna gehwám

    this pure brightness cometh each morn

    • Exon. 93 a
    • ;
    • Th. 350, 6
    • ;
    • Sch. 59.
  • Onféng ðam beorhte hire eágena

    received the sight [full sight, sparkling] of her eyes

    • Bd. 4, 10
    • ;
    • S. 578, 2.
  • Ðæt biþ an eágan beorht

    that is in the twinkling of an eye

    • Bd. 2, 13
    • ;
    • S. 516, note 20.
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