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BEORHT

  • adjective
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Grammar
BEORHT, berht, byrht, bryht; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§85; §426;
BRIGHT, light, clear, lucid, splendid, excellent; splendidus, lucidus, coruscus, clarus, formosus
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  • Eall ðín líchama biþ beorht

    totum corpus tuum lucidum erit

    • Mt. Bos. 6, 22.

  • Beorht éðles wlite

    the land's bright beauty

    • Exon. 27 b
      • ;
    • Th. 82, 32
      • ;
    • Cri. 1347.

  • Beorht sumor

    bright summer

    • 54 b
      • ;
    • Th. 191, 29
      • ;
    • Az. 95.

  • To ðære beorhtan byrg

    to the bright city

    • 15 a
      • ;
    • Th. 33, 1
      • ;
    • Cri. 519.

  • Beorhte burhweallas beorhte scínaþ

    the lucid city-walls shine brightly

    • Cd. 220
      • ;
    • Th. 282, 31
      • ;
    • Sat. 295.

  • Ðá cwom sunnan beorhtra líg

    then came a fire, brighter than the sun

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2218
      • ;
    • El. 1110.

  • Hí módes eágan beorhtran gedón

    they make the mind's eye clearer

    • Bt. Met. Fox 21, 54
      • ;
    • Met. 21, 27.

  • Sum hafaþ beorhte stefne

    one has a clear voice

    • Exon. 79 b
      • ;
    • Th. 298, 32
      • ;
    • Crä. 94.
bright, brilliant, magnificent, noble, glorious, sublime, divine, holy; clarus, præclarus, eximius, augustus, divus, sanctus
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  • In ða eástor-tíd, on ðone beorhtan dæg

    in the Easter-time, on that bright day

    • Exon. 48 b
      • ;
    • Th. 168, 17
      • ;
    • Gú. 1079.

  • Meotud ælmihtig, beorht cyning

    Almighty God, noble king

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1804
      • ;
    • An. 905.

  • Ne wolde him beorht fæder bearn ætniman

    the glorious father [God] would not take the child from him

    • Cd. 162
      • ;
    • Th. 204, 4
      • ;
    • Exod. 414.

  • Se án déma is gestæððig and beorht

    the only judge is steadfast and sublime

    • Bt. 36, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 174, 20 : Exon. 14 b
      • ;
    • Th. 30, 22
      • ;
    • Cri. 483.

  • Mid ðý beorhtan gebéde

    with the holy prayer. [the Lord's prayer]

    • Salm. Kmbl. 87
      • ;
    • Sal. 43.
Etymology
[
Wyc. bright
:
Plat. Brecht a proper name, f
:
O. Sax. berht, beraht
:
Ger. preserved in proper names as Bertha, Albrecht
:
M. H. Ger. berht
:
O. H. Ger. peraht
:
Goth. bairhts
:
O. Nrs. biartr
:
Lat. fulgeo, flagrare
:
Grk. ωλέγειν to burn, from the Sansk. root bhrāj to shine; bhargas splendour, brightness.
]
Derived forms
æl-beorht, eall-, efen-, gold-, heáfod-, heofon-, híw-, ródor-, sadol-, sigel-, sigor-, sun-, swegl-, þurh-, wlite-
Linked entries
v.  bearht bryht byrht berht.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BEORHT.” 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/3741.

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