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§126; §133; §231; §490;
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of that which emits rays
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  • Eall swá leóhte seó sunne scínð under þǽre eorðan on nihtlicre tíde, swá swá heó on dæg déð bufan úrum heáfdum,

      Lch. iii. 234, 23.

  • Scinon ðá bán swá beorhte swá steorran . . . and ꝥ leóht geswutelode swá hwǽr swá hí lágon,

      Hml. S. 11, 269.

  • Giwédo his giwordne wérun scínende (-o, L.)

    uestimenta eius facta sunt splendentia,

      Mk. R. 9, 3.

  • Him mid síðedon twǽgen scínende englas,

      25, 774.
of that which can reflect light
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  • On ðǽm mæssehrægle scínð

    (candescit)

    ongemang óðrum bleóm ðæt twyðráwene twín,
      Past. 88, 1.

  • On him byrne scán,

      B. 405.

  • Under ðám scínendan brande,

      Hml. Th. ii. 510, 19.

  • On scínendre hýfe flauescenti, i. micanti gurgustio, An. Ox. 306. II a. of that which appears clearly :-- Ðæt feax gréwð and scínð ofer ðǽm brægene

    capilli super cerebrum oriuntur,

      Past. 139, 18.

  • Hí hine hetelíce swungon oð þæt ðá bán scinon,

      Hml. Th. ii. 302, 10.
to be splendid
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  • Seó hwítness þǽre lilian scíneþ on þé,

      Bl. H. 7, 30.
in figurative applications with retention of physical phraseology
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  • Ðá sóðfæste scínes ł líxeð

    (fulgebant)

    suǽ sunna,
      Mt. L. 13, 43.

  • Hé næs þæccille bearnende and líxende ł scínende

    (lucens),

      Jn. L. 5, 35.
of persons
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  • Heálicere héhþe gleów, scán

    pręcelso (puritatis) fastigio fulminauit, claruit,

      An. Ox. 4409: 4573.

  • Hé manigum wundrum sceán and berhte

    uita eius crebris miraculis fulgebat,

      Guth. Gr. 168, 138.

  • Martinus sceán on wítegunge,

      Hml. Th. ii. 512, 34.

  • Seine effulserit, i. claruit (qualis patriarcha virtutem gloria

    effulserit,

      Ald. 30, 7), An. Ox. 2172.
of immaterial things
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  • Mid scínendre

    praepollenti ł florenti (meritorum gratia),

      An. Ox. 2248: 3602.
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v. scínende.
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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/57755.

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