† brightheadn.

Forms: Middle English brighthede, Middle English briȝthed, Middle English brijȝthede, Middle English brithede, Middle English bryghthed.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bright adj., -head suffix.

Etymology: < bright adj. + -head suffix. Compare Middle High German berhtheit splendour, glory. Compare earlier brightness n.

Obsolete.

Brightness; brilliance, splendour. Chiefly figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > brightness

shinessc950

brightOE

gleamOE

lightnessOE

brightnessOE

brightheadc1300

glimc1400

lightsomeness1440

shinea1529

brightsomeness1548

lustrec1550

claritude1575

lightfulnessa1586

explendency1642

lucidness1648

lucidity1656

luculency1656

c1300 St. Agnes (Laud) l. 56 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 182 So ful was þat hous of liȝte Þat no man for brijȝt-hede þat Mayde i-seo ne miȝte.

a1450 (c1400) in D. M. Grisdale 3 Middle Eng. Serm. (1939) 43 (MED) Clennis makis a man or a womman bewtwus of brithede in bodiliche beholdyng'.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) vi. §4. 22 The bryghthed and the pees of godis lyght.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brighthead
释义	† brightheadn. Forms: Middle English brighthede, Middle English briȝthed, Middle English brijȝthede, Middle English brithede, Middle English bryghthed. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bright adj., -head suffix. Etymology: < bright adj. + -head suffix. Compare Middle High German berhtheit splendour, glory. Compare earlier brightness n. Obsolete. Brightness; brilliance, splendour. Chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > brightness shinessc950 brightOE gleamOE lightnessOE brightnessOE brightheadc1300 glimc1400 lightsomeness1440 shinea1529 brightsomeness1548 lustrec1550 claritude1575 lightfulnessa1586 explendency1642 lucidness1648 lucidity1656 luculency1656 c1300 St. Agnes (Laud) l. 56 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 182 So ful was þat hous of liȝte Þat no man for brijȝt-hede þat Mayde i-seo ne miȝte. a1450 (c1400) in D. M. Grisdale 3 Middle Eng. Serm. (1939) 43 (MED) Clennis makis a man or a womman bewtwus of brithede in bodiliche beholdyng'. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) vi. §4. 22 The bryghthed and the pees of godis lyght. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1300
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