† leviningn.
Obsolete.attributive.a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Civ Sins that the sire of Gods and king of men Strake me with thonder, and with leuening blast.
Lightning. Also, the bright flashing of any light.
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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning
fireOE
lightinglOE
levininga1300
lightningc1300
lightc1325
thunderlightc1374
firelighta1400
laitinga1400
lighten?a1425
Jove's or God's branda1522
fulgur1563
thunder-shot1606
whirl-fire1606
the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > flash > action of flashing
levininga1300
brandishing1552
flashing1574
outflashing1834
winking1908
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun] > lightning
fireOE
lightinglOE
levininga1300
levinc1300
lightningc1300
lightc1325
thunderlightc1374
firelighta1400
laitinga1400
lighten?a1425
Jove's or God's branda1522
fulgur1563
thunder-shot1606
whirl-fire1606
a1300 Cursor Mundi 533 Wynd þat blaws o loft, O quilk es thoner and leuening ledd.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxvi. 18 Þi leuynyngis shane til þe erth.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxi. 139 With grete thunders and leuennynges and hidous tempestez.
c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 377 In my face the levening smate.
c1400 Melayne 815 The levenynge of [þair] baners clere Lyghtenes all þat lande.
1483 Cath. Angl. 215/1 To Levyn or to smytte with ye lewenynge.
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ˈlevining
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > gleaming, glimmering, or flickering
levininga1340
leaming1387
gloringa1400
gleamingc1400
glimpsing1551
shimmering1558
glooming1579
brandishing1581
gleamy1593
glancing1596
glimmering1600
flickering1608
flashing1616
blinking1681
glimmerous1793
skimmeringa1800
aglimmer1828
agleam1854
aglint1871
aglance1880
glinting1883
shimmery1883
glimmery1906
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter Cant. 510 In shynynge of þi leuenand spere.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1988 With a leuenyng light as a low fyre.
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n.a1300as lemmas
- to try conclusion
- to try conclusions
- to try for
- to try for size
- to try hand
- to try in
- to try it on
- to try it on a dog
- to try it on the dog
- to try masteries
- to try on for size
- to try one's best
- to try one's fortune
- to try one's hand
- to try one's luck
- to try one's wings
- to try out
- to try over
- to try something for size
- to try somethingon for size
- to try the acid on
- to try the pulse of
- to try the pulses of
- to try up
- to tube it