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beorht-nes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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beorht-nes, byrht-nes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f. [beorht bright]
BRIGHTNESS, clearness, splendour; splendor, claritas, nitor
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  • Godes beorhtnes him ymbesceán

    claritas Dei circumfulsit illos

    • Lk. Bos. 2, 9 : Ælfc. Gr. 36
    • ;
    • Som. 38, 54 : Ps. Th. 118, 130.
  • Eágena beorhtnes

    brightness of the eyes

    • Herb. 31, 2
    • ;
    • Lchdm, i. 128, 13 : Hy. 7, 31
    • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 31.
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v.  bearhtnes byrht-nes.
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