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§329; §401;
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radiance, splendour
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  • Leóma

    iuvar,

      Txts. 72, 554.

  • Seó sunne hæfð ðreó ágennyssa on hire; óðer is se leóma oððe beorhtnys ǽfre of ðǽre sunnan, seó ðe onlíht ealne middangeard,

      Hml. Th. i. 282, 9.

  • Þonne se móna beó full, and his leóma ealne middaneard oferscíne,

      Angl. viii. 323, 6.

  • Glitenode gelícnys þǽre Crístes róde breohtre þonne sunnan leóma,

      Hml. S. 30, 43.

  • Úp ásprungum leóman

    exorto (solis) jubare, i. splendore,

      An. Ox. 88.
a ray, portion of brilliant light.
of the light of a heavenly body
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  • Swá under ánum leóman þǽre sunnan (ánum sunnan leóman,

    v. l.) sub uno solis radio,

      Gr. D. 171, 12.

  • Under ánum leóman (sunnan leóman,

    v. l.

    ),
      172, 22: An. Ox. 2970.

  • Reáde leóman

    roseos radios,

      18, 24.
of other light, e. g.
a tongue of flame
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  • Leóma, leúma

    globus,

      Txts. 66, 478.

  • Leóman radio (angelus limpidissimo lucis

    radio

    resplendens,
      Ald. 52, 2), An. Ox. 3772.

  • Leómum

    (flammarum) globis,

    2813.

  • Leóman

    (clibani) globos,

    1658.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. leám.]
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v. dægred-leóma, sunnan-leóma.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “leóma.” 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/54532.

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