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beshine, v.|bɪˈʃaɪn|
For forms see shine.
[Com. Teut.: OE. bi-, bescínan = OFris. bischîna, OS., OHG. biscînan (MHG. beschînen, mod.G. bescheinen), Du. beschijnen, Goth. biskeinan:—OTeut. *biskînan; f. bi-, be- 1 + skînan, in OE. scínan, to shine.]
Hence beshone ppl. a.
1. trans. To shine about or upon; to light up, illumine. Obs. bef. 1600, but used anew by Carlyle.
a1000Riddles (Gr.) lxxii. 17 Þonne mec heaðosiᵹel scir bescineð. c1200Ormin 18851, And heffness lihht bishineþþ all Mannkinne þessterrnesse. a1300in Wright Pop. Treat. Sc. 132 As an appel the urthe is round, so that evere mo Half the urthe the sonne bi-schyneth, hou so hit evere go. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls Ser.) VI. 293 Alcuinus byschoon þat lond wiþ liȝt of his lore. 1534Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) Q b, Whan the sonne is sette, it beshyneth not the world. 1831Carlyle Misc. (1857) II. 270 The world—beshone by the young light of Love. 1850Blackie æschylus I. Pref. 23 The sun-beshone tiers of an ancient theatre.
†2. intr. with upon. Obs.
a1300K. Horn 12 Fairer ne miste no beo born, Ne no rein upon birine Ne sunne upon bischine.
†3. trans. To fall or light upon. Obs. rare.
1574Hellowes Gueuara's Ep. (1584) 275 Every time, that with the cold my stomach beginneth to belke, presently I say, a shame beshine Doctor Melgar. |