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leóma

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
leóma, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§329; §401;
Light, radiance, sheen, splendour, lightning, ray or beam of light
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  • Ðes leóma

    hoc jubar,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9
    • ;
    • Som. 9, 43
    • .
  • Candeles leóma

    lampas,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 67
    • ;
    • Som. 69, 88
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 41, 41
    • .
  • Leóma

    globus; leómum globis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 74, 75
    • :
    • 109, 73
    • :

    globis, luminibus,

    • Hpt. Gl. 472, 27
    • .
  • Fýres leóma

    illuminatio ignis,

    • Ps. Th. 77, 16
    • .
  • Sunnan leóma

    the light of the sun,

    • Exon. 21 a
    • ;
    • Th. 56, 16
    • ;
    • Cri. 901
    • .
  • Swegles leóma

    the radiance of the sky,

    • 57 a, Th. 204, 26
    • ;
    • Ph. 103
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  • Berhtre ðonne se leóma sunnan on sumera

    brighter than sun-light in summer,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 22, 46
    • ;
    • Met. 22, 23
    • .
  • Stód se leóma him of swylce fýren þecele ongeán norþdǽle middangeardes

    the brightness [tail of a comet] proceeded from them [two comets] as a fiery torch towards the north,

    • Bd. 5, 23
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    • S. 645. 29
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    • Beo. Th. 5532
    • ;
    • B. 2769
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  • God eástan sende leóhtne leóman

    God from the east sent bright radiance,

    • Judth. 11
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    • Thw. 24, 16
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    • Jud. 191
    • :
    • Cd. 223
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    • Th. 294, 11
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    • Sat. 469
    • .
  • Ðæt nánes mannes gesihþ ðæs leóhtes leóman sceáwian ne mihte,

    • Homl. Th. i. 76, 11
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  • Fýrleóht geseah blácne leóman beorhte scínan

    he saw the firelight, a pale gleam, shine brightly,

    • Beo. Th. 3038
    • ;
    • B. 1517
    • .
  • Seó sunne byþ swá feorr súþ ágán ðæt hyre leóman ne mágon tó ðam lande gerǽcan

    the sun is gone so far south, that its rays cannot reach that land,

    • Lchdm. iii. 260, 10
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    • Cd. 148
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    • Th. 184, 25
    • ;
    • Exod. 112
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  • Leóman

    fulgura,

    • Hymn. T. P. 73
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    • Ps. Lamb. 134, 7
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  • Leómena leás

    blind,

    • Exon. 87 a
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    • Th. 328, 13
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    • Vy. 17
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  • Leómum inlýhted

    illumined with his rays,

    • 42 a
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    • Th. 141, 14
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    • Gú. 627
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  • Seó sunne behýdde hire hátan leóman

    the sun hid its hot beams,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 256, 34.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. liomo
:
Icel. ljómi radiance, a ray.
]
Derived forms
æled-, beadu-, bryne-, fýr-, ge-, heofon-, hilde-, sweord-leóma
Linked entries
v.  ge-leómod sunnan-leóma.
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  • leóma, n.