Middle English Dictionary Entry
shimering(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | shimering(e ger. Also (errors) shemeling, slemeryng. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. skimering ger.
1.
Gleaming, shining; also, a gleam, glimmer.
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4297 : By the wal a staf she fond anon And saugh a litel shymeryng vrr. schimeringe, schemeryng; slemeryng, shemeling of a light For at an hole in shoon the moone bright.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)80 : As bornyst syluer þe lef on slydez, Þat þike con trylle on vch a tynde Quen glem of glodez agaynz hem glydez; Wyth schymeryng schene ful schrylle þay schynde.