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▪ I. ˈleaming, vbl. n. Obs. exc. dial. [f. leam v.1 + -ing1.] Shining, gleaming, flashing (of light).
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 171 Thunder lemynge brend þe cornes. 1398― Barth. De P.R. viii. xvi. (1495) 324 The sonne hath vertue of heetynge of leemynge and of brennynge. c1440Promp. Parv. 198/2 Glemynge, or lemynge of lyghte, conflagracio. ▪ II. ˈleaming, ppl. a. Obs. exc. dial. [f. leam v.1 +-ing2.] Gleaming, flashing, shining.
a1300Cursor M. 5754 Þan cald on him our lauerd dright, Vt of his mikel lemand light. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 447 A sterre wiþ a briȝt lemynge creest. c1400Destr. Troy 12517 The breme lowe Of the leymonde laite. 1513Douglas æneis ii. xii. (xi.) 90 Lemand armour and schynand scheildis brycht. 1567Drant Horace's Ep. xvi. E viij, A leminge lampe of light. 1611Cotgr., Radieux, radiant, shining..leaming, full of beams. 17..Jolly Goshawk xxxiii. in Child Ballads (1886) II. 361/2 With lily-white cheeks, and lemin een. 1839Bailey Festus vi. (1848) 60 Like a shipwrecked stranger in a lighthouse, I have looked down upon the utter side Of such thoughts from the leeming room of reason. |