† beshiningn.
Obsolete.
Illumination, lighting up; ? effulgence. (See quot.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > illumination > [noun]
lightingOE
clearingc1380
beshining1398
burning1466
lumerc1468
tinding1497
illumination1563
illustrationa1631
luminary1645
illuminary1692
lighting up1787
illume1838
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum viii. xlii [L. Lumen differt a luce, sicut species a genere] Byschinynge and lyȝt ben diuerse, as species and gendir, for euery bischinynge is lyȝte, but not aȝenwarde euery lyȝte is bischinynge.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum viii. xxviii. 340 One bishynynge comyth nat in to the substaunce of a nother though it seme to the syghte that they ben joyned.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
n.1398