Middle English Dictionary Entry
lūminen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | lūminen v. Also lumne. |
| Etymology | Shortened form of enlūminen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To illuminate (a book, a passage) with ornamental letters.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)309a/b : By þise [pigments] peyntours..lumyneþ and highteþ [L ornant] and makeþ bygynnyng and endyng of sentences and of verses.
- c1400 *Trev.Higd.(Tbr D.7)250a : Þes byschop hym sylf schonede noȝt to write & lumne [StJ-C: lumynede; Hrl: lymne; Higd.(2): elumyn; L illuminare] & bynde bokes.
- (1452) Will York in Sur.Soc.45133 : De xiij s. iiij d. de pret. j Psalterii, lumned.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)271 : Luminnyd [KC: lvmynid], bokys: Elucidatus.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)76a : To lumne [Monson: Lumine]: illiminare [Monson: illuminare].