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glitnian

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of light or of that which emits light
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  • Glitenaþ hálig dæg and beorht þearle

    rutilat sacrata dies et splendida valde,

      Hy. S. 47, 6.

  • Betwux þæs heortes hornum glitenode gelícnys þǽre hálgan róde breohtre þonne sunnan leóma,

      Hml. S. 30, 42.

  • Leóhtes dægrima glitnigende (

    rutilans

    ) scínþ,
      Hy. S. 8, 21.

  • Gliteniend(r)e

    corusco (immensi luminis splendore ),

      An. Ox. 4310. I a. of
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of objects that reflect light (metal, liquid, gems, plumage, &c.)
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  • Ðú (

    the phenix

    ) glitenest swá reád gold,
      E. S. viii. 476, 46.

  • Glite[naþ]

    fulgescit (pavonis pennae glauco coloris virore ),

      An. Ox. 539.

  • Glitenaþ

    coruscat, i. micat (limpida pupilla ),

    1719.

  • Glitenat flavescit (vinum), Kent. Gl. 908:

    flavescit, albescit,

      Txts. 63, 894.

  • Glitenaþ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 72.

    Flavescit, glitenaþ vel geolwaþ splendcscit, 149, 17. [See for the preceding four instances, Prov. 23, 31.] Mynum glitenian (auratis) monilibus rutilare,

      An. Ox. 1196.

  • Gliteniendum

    uernantibus (atque coruscantibus gemmis ),

    4295.
to be splendid from excellent qualities
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  • Agustus mid feówrum rihtingum glitnað gerisenlíce swýðe,

      Angl. viii. 302, 2.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “glitnian.” 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/50951.

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