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BLÍCAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
BLÍCAN, ic blíce, ðú blícest, blícst, he blíceþ, blícþ, pl. blícaþ; p. ic, he blác, ðú blice, pl. blicon; pp. blicen; v. n.
Wright's OE grammar
§490;
to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinkle; lucere, fulgere, coruscare, micare
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  • Ðú ðære gyldnan gesihst Hierusalem weallas blícan

    thou seest the walls of the golden Jerusalem shine,

      Salm. Kmbl. 469; Sal. 235: Exon. 57 a; Th. 204, 10; Ph. 95.

  • Móna swá seó Godes circe beorhte blíceþ

    the church of God shines brightly like the moon,

    18 a;
      Th. 44, 11; Cri. 701: 58 b; Th. 210, 16; Ph. 186.

  • Blícþ ðeós beorhte sunne this bright sun glitters, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 19; Gen. 811, Hý fóre leódum leóhte blícaþ

    they with light shall shine before the people,

      Exon. 26 a; Th. 76, 14; Cri. 1239.

  • Heofoncandel blác ofer lagoflódas

    the sun [lit. heaven's candle] shone over the water-floods,

      Andr. Kmbl. 486; An. 243.

  • Blicon bordhreóðan

    bucklers glittered,

      Cd. 149; Th. 187, 30; Exod. 160.

  • Hwonne swegles tapur hǽdre blíce

    when the sun [lit. heaven's taper] serenely shines,

      Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 20; Ph. 115.
to shine by exposure, as the bones; denudando in conspectum dari
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  • Hí twigena ordum hine weallaþ óþ ðæt him bán blícaþ

    they shall vex him with points of twigs until his bones appear [shine],

      Salm. Kmbl. 289; Sal. 144.
Etymology
[Laym. blikien: O. Sax. blíkan: Frs. blike apparere: O. Frs. blíka: Ger. er-bleichen pallescere: M. H. Ger. blíchen fulgere: O. H. Ger. ar-blíchan pallescere: O. Nrs. blika, blíkja: Lat. flag-ra-re: Grk. φλέγ-ω: Lith. blizg-ù I shine: Sansk. bhrāj to shine.]
Derived forms
DER. a-blícan.
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v.  BLÆC.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BLÍCAN.” 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/4668.

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