Middle English Dictionary Entry
shīnen v.
Entry Info
Forms | shīnen v. Also shin(e, shinne(n, (SW & K) ssine & (early) scine(n, sinen & (error) swyne. Forms: sg.3 shīneth, etc. & shīniȝt, shīnigt, shīnetht, (K) ssinth & (early) scīnð, scīnæð, sīnð & (error) suiniz; pl. shīnen, etc. & (early) scīnæð & (error) shynygh; ppl. shīning(e, etc. & shīnant, (errors) shying, shinige, schonyng, schinide & (comp.) shīninger(e, shīnendere; p. shōn(e, shoen, sōn, shō̆nne, chāne, (SW) ssōn, (N & early) shān(e, scān, (N) shaine, scain & shīned(e, shīnde, shī̆nned, shīnet, (SW) ssīnde & (early) scōn, scean; pl. shīneden, etc. & scīnde, (early) shīnden & shī̆n(e(n & shōne(n, (chiefly N) shāne, (N) scān; ppl. i)shīned, (N) shāne, shinen, (early) sī̆nen. |
Etymology | OE scīnan, p. scān, sceān, pl. scinon; for N forms in sc- cp. ON: cp. OI skīna. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1a.
(a) To send forth light, be bright; also fig.; -- also refl.; ~ in; (b) of plants, precious stones, etc.: to shine with intrinsic radiance; also fig.; (c) ppl. shining(e, effulgent, brilliant; also fig.; also, of fortune: favorable [quot.: c1390]; (d) in selected phrases: ~ in, to shine upon (sth.); ~ in (of) cristal, shine with light reflected from crystal; ~ on, shine on (sb. or sth.); ~ til (to), send light to (sb. or sth.), illuminate; also fig.; (e) to give light to (sth.), illuminate (an area); send forth (a beam of light); of a helmet: emit (fire, sparks).
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)95/35 : He læteð his sunne scinen ofer þa goden & ofer þa yfelen.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)24/28 : Ac ȝesceawæ þas sunnæn hu heo scynæð æȝhwær & send hire leomen to alle londum endemes.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2138 : An steorrne..stannt aȝȝ still upp o þe lifft & swiþe brihhte shineþþ.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)19088 : Crist himm sellf he wass soþ lihht, Þatt shan all þurrh himm sellfenn.
- a1200(?c1175) PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)279 : Nafre sunne þar ne sineð [Eg(1): scinð; Dgb: sinð], ne mone ne storre.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8306 : Hit ilomp in ane time þat þe sunne gon to scine.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10282 : Þe mone scæn scan [Otho: son] suð-riht.
- a1275 Wolle ye i-heren (Trin-C B.14.39)39/11 : Þre kinges..iseien one sterre scinen.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)12 : Ðe leun ne stireð..nout of slepe, Til ðe sunne haueð sinen ðries him abuten.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)1661 : Britht and feir þe sonne schon [vr. schayne].
- a1325 SLeg.Bridget(2) (Corp-C 145)169 : Þe sonne sson in at an hol.
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)533 : Þe sonne him schon þurch lem of liȝt.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)64/12 : Þe zonne..ssinþ.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)2961 : Þe sonn-bemes full bright schane.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.5.31 : Þo forsoþe þat louyn þe, as þe sonne in his risynge shyneþ [alt. from: chyneþ; L splendet], so gleteryn þey.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)103 : Also schon þe mone aniht, So doþ þe sonne on dayliht.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)17.255 : Þe holy goste hereth þe nouȝt..For vnkyndenesse quencheth hym þat he can nouȝte shyne.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.56 : His grace he made from heuene so for to schyne Benyngnely vn-to the erthe dovn, That a sodeyn transmutacioun Was made of amptis to..men.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)265/1 : In hem þe liȝt of feiþ schynede.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)3392 : Þe mone schon [F luisoit] ful faire & bright.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1376 : With hir hed she touched hevene Ther as shynen [vr. shynygh] sterres sevene.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)64.252 (v.1:p.404) : There hath thy pite moste appiered, thi charite most shewid, and thi grace moste plenevously shynen and spread abrode his beemys.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)548/26 : The moone shone as the bryght day.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)457 : Ȝif he [pope] shulde be clepid an hil for stablenesse in þis lif..goddis lawe is lettid to shyne bi lawis þat þis hil vsiþ.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.143 : Þe sonne in hymself..is alwey at oon and shynyȝt alwey alyke.
- a1500(a1450) Parton.(1) (Add 35288)5803 : A candell bryghte..shonne as þe day lyghte.
b
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)171/7 : Mandragora..on niht scineð healso leohfæt.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)42 : Suete preciouse stones..briȝtte schynen [Ashm: scynde] and wide.
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)254 : Þe pomel aboue þe led..schinez [vr. shyned] aniȝt so adai doþ þe sonne.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)15/152 : Þe king hadde a croun on hed..it was of a precious ston; As briȝt as þe sonne it schon.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.235 : Þat lanterne was a carbuncle oþer som oþer precious stoon, þat schoon and ȝaf liȝt.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)182b/a : Þere breedeþ a bridde þat hat hircania; his fetheres shinen by nyȝt.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)198b/ b : Ceranius is a stoon..of spayne and schyneþ [L rutilans] as lye.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)42b : Lvnary..shyneth be nyght.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)292/28 : In myn hous..schulde schyne þe goostly margaryte stoon of riȝtwiisnes.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)176/4 : Lunaria..schynyȝt on nytis and ȝet it stynkyȝth sumdel.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)204/1612u : The helme was dyght rychely..With Charbuncles that shynes bryght.
- a1500(c1430) Kyryeleyson Cristeleyson (Lamb 344)101 : That gloryose gemme..shynetht so clere, Gooddes moder.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)662 : He thoght to make that light For that bryge to shyne by nyght with carbuncle stones.
c
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)117/18 : Æteowde min latðeaw swa swa scinende steorra.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)20/23 : Sceawæ bi þare synnan..hu heo maȝe sendon hire scinende leome from hire upplice ryne ofer alne middaneard.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)44/17 : Heo ase schene ase schininde sunne, wende up of þe weater, singinde a loft-song.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.81 : Two witnesses..shullen prechen..þere..ben..two Candelstikkes shinande & stondande in þe siȝth of þe lorde of erþe.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 5.35 : Sothli he was a lanterne brennynge and schynynge, or ȝyuynge liȝt.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2640 : The moore cleer and the moore shynynge that fortune is the moore brotil and the sonner broke she is.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)113a/a : Mars..is briȝt and schinynge [L fulgidus et rutilans] & firy.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)91/2 : An iȝe þat is hirt may not comprehende but derknes in a fair schinynge sonne.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)1316 : Þe mone and elleuen sterres With þe shynant sunne..A-bowid to his bidding.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)38/20 : O blissed ben al þo þat ben so tornyd al in to þe fire and schinyng hete of charite in euery prosperite in al aduersite.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)113a : Schynyng..Splendidus natura ut sol vel luna.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)41/6 : As mikel as þe mone ys more shinynge [Ashmole: shynynger] þan þe oþer sterrys..As mekyl þe clernesse of ȝoure wyt..passys all men.
- a1500 15c.Serm.Cycle(Hrl 2247:Powell)101/44 : Criste Ihesu is called þe wisdom of þe fadir of heven be þe grete shynyng influence vnto creaturis, inasmoche as all þinges be made by hym.
d
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15517 : Nis nan feirure wifmon þa whit sunne scineð on.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)457 : For ȝwanne þe sonne schynez on cristal oþur in watere cler, A gret leome it ȝif out a-ȝein.
- a1325 SLeg.Mich.(Corp-C 145)456 : So blac is al þe mone of him sulue iwis, Bote al þer as þe sonne ssineþ, þer ȝiueþ hure liȝt al, And makeþ hure so ssine aboute as ȝe ssine [read: ssined] of cristal [Hrl: as heo schynde in crestal].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Bar.3.35 : Sterris..shyneden to hym with mirth, that maad hem.
- (?1387) Wimbledon Serm.(Corp-C 357)97/566 : Liȝt haþ not schyned to vs, and þe sunne of vndirstondyng haþ not rysen to vs.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2233 : Þe mone shone yn chaumbre flore.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)188/4 : God of þis world..haþ blent here soules, þat þe liȝt of þe euangelie of Crist shyneþ not to hem.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ps.76.19 : Thi liȝtnyngis schyneden [WB(1): shynyngus liȝteden; L Illuxerunt coruscationes] to the world, the erthe was moued, and tremblid.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)50.722 : The Sonne schon In Every plas.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)96.4 : Alluxerunt fulgura eius orbi terre..His leuenyngis shane til the warld.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.302 : Þe hete of þe sonne with hys lyȝt whan he schynyth in þe fyr in þe hous wastyth þe fyr..so þe loue of God..ȝif it schynyt in mannys soule..it schulde quenchyn..þe fyr of lecherye.
- a1500 Heil be þou marie þe (Dub 516)34 : Haile, blessid sterre shinige [read: shininge] on þe see.
e
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)113b/b : Þe sonne..is þe welle of all lyȝt, & by his bemes þe ouere bodyes & neþir ben I-schined [L illustrantur].
- c1460 Chaucer TC (Hrl 1239)4.1239 : I nolde..to haue be crowned quene, For al the londe the sonne shyneth shene.
- c1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)82/28 : The sparkelyngis out of their helmes shone alle the feld.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)197/1436b : Soo hard he smote..That al his helm shon fyre.
- a1500 Amis (Hrl 2386)107/533 : Þe somerys day was fayre & bryȝt, Þe sonne schone leme of lyȝt.
1b.
(a) Of the sky: to be clear, be sunny; of the day: dawn; be sunny; of the night: be cloudless, be starlit; ppl. shininge as adj.: cloudless, clear; (b) impers. hit shineth, it is sunny; (c) ~ upon, of air: to circulate about (fruit).
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Mac.10.35 : Whan the fifthe day shynyde [vr. shoen], twenty ȝunge men..wenten to the wall and..stieden vp.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.28.1 : In the euenyng of the saboth..that schyneth in the firste day of the woke, Marie Mawdeleyn cam..for to se the sepulcre.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.m.1.20 : Thilke soule renneth by the cercle of the sterres in alle the places there as the schynynge [L micans] nyght is ypainted (that is to sey, the nyght that is cloudeles).
- ?c1425(c1390) Chaucer Fort.(Benson-Robinson)62 : The welkne hath might to shyne [vr. shyn], reyne, or hayle.
- a1500 3 KCol.(1) (Tit A.25)2/22 : A shynyng morowe-tyde bitokeneth a cleer wheder folowing.
b
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1535 : Now it shyneth [vr. schineþe], now it reyneth faste.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.299 : Ne nevere wol I seen it shyne [vr. shynne] or reyne, But ende I wol, as Edippe, in derknesse My sorwful lif.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1317 : Thow tokist noon hede whils it shoon hoot.
c
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)12.362 : Fruyt or grape..With erthen pottis thus a man may kepe..wrie hem that noon ayer vppon hem shyne.
1c.
(a) To shine with supernatural light, be supernaturally radiant; radiate supernatural light; also, be illuminated with supernatural light; ppl. shininge, supernaturally bright or radiant; also fig.; (b) to shine with righteousness, be morally pure, be sinless; also, of holiness, holy influence, virtue: be luminous, be ardent; ~ oute; ppl. shininge, glorious, resplendent; (c) to shine by magical or diabolical power; also, ppl. shininge as adj.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)26/1 : Þa halga martyres..heore nebwlite scean swa swa sunne.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)44/28 : Maria is wlitigre þone se mone, for þan þe heo scinð buten ateorunge hire brihtnysse.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)110/2 : Þa þry ængles gelicre brihtnysse scinende wæron.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)146/35 : Sunne þær scineð seofen siðe brihtlycor þone on þissen earde.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Aelfric OT (Bod 343)19/72 : Sceawode þe an ængel þe þær ænlicost waes, hu fæger he sylf wæs & hu scinende on wuldre.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)94/9 : Tunc fulgebunt iusti sicut sol in regno Patris mei..Þonne scinæð þa rihtwise swa swa sunne on heore Fæder rice.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)87/763 : Constu bulden abur inwið iþin heorte ah al abuten bitrumet wið adeorewurðe wal schinin ant schenre þen eni ȝimstanes.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)24/230 : Ich iseo a sonde cumen..al þet hus schineð & schimmeð of his leome.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)185/2 : Þe fel is undeadlich þet i þe neowe ariste schal schine seoueuald brihtre þen þe sunne.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)156 : Þe holi gost from heuene to hire com ful son..ant scon ase briste so sonne abouten non.
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)378 : Six wingene him þouȝte he hadde, þat schinden briȝhte and wide.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3293 : A fair piler son hem on o nigt.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.9 : His face..shone as þe sonne forto ȝiue þe liȝth of gode ensaumple to oþere.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 2.9 : The clerenesse of God schynede aboute [L circumfulsit] hem.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 24.4 : Twey men stooden bisydis hem in cloth schynynge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)127b/a : We schal schine in white in presence of þis lambe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8295 : Þis angel þat sa bright scan Spac to þe king.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)8048 : Þe king þaim [wands] held vp in þair sight, A lem schan of þa branches bright.
- a1425 ME Verse in Anglia 92p.71 : Þe soule of þis synful withe þoru contritioun þat on hir lith schynes in heuon as sonn brith.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.58 : Þe while þat Petre spak, lo, a shynyng cloude shadewide hem.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)25.109 : Evere was the hond Schineng to-fore.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)283 : A grete clernes of lyght..shane all þe house aboute.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)110/4 : The holy wordis of oure lord schewid oute be a deuoute mouthe, wich is bright and schynyng, makith gostly blynde to se.
- c1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)69/21 : Oure Lord..sittith in the high sete of that shynyng paradise imperial in euerlasting glorie.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)132/5 : He sagh two comyn wymen comyng and hor facys schonyng [?read: schinyng] as bryght as þe sonne.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)223/19 : Þes maydyns..waschid her body..þat þen cho chane as þe sonne.
- a1500 ME Verse in Anglia 92p.68 : Ower kynges baneres byth foorþe y-bore, now schynes þe crouches þat raþer was pryuee.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)92 : Jhesu..schone wyth suche a bryghtnes that for þe feere..y felle to the erthe.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.50.7 : Symeon..þe grete preest..shynyþ out in þe temple of god.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.449 : A noble soule schoon by virtues in þat litel body.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)81/1171 : Seint Austin, of wisdom schining briht..floureþ wiþ en-saumples of vertuwes in liuing.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1115 : Þou may schyne þurȝ schryfte..And pure þe with penaunce tyl þou a perle worþe.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.m.5.45 : Vertu, cleer and schynynge naturely, is hidde in derke derknesses, and the rightful man bereth the blame.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)56/3 : Y schal fulfille her greet desier, if it so be þat ȝoure paciens schyne out briȝt, as liȝt in þe derknesses of deedly wickide men.
- c1425 Mirror LM&W (Hrl 45)190/31 : Chastite is cleer & schynynge whan maydenhode in þe sight of God is made fayre wiþ good livynge & vertuous.
- a1450 Pore of spirit (Dgb 102)159 : In good werkis shyne ȝe bryȝt.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)83/19 : Ther schone, or ellis schyned, in þe soule of þese women, a fayr beute of precious perles.
- ?a1475 LDirige(2) (Dc 322)610 : That charyte that ys so amyable And bryght shynyng in thy mageste, That syght to se, lord, make me able.
- a1500(1439) Lydg.Sts.AA (Lnsd 699)27 : His goodnesse so hihly doth excelle, I stond in hope his influence shal shyne My tremblyng penne bi grace to enlumyne.
c
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)20/34 : Of þes schucke schadewe schimmede & schan al.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)115/22 : Dauið cleopeð him, demonium meridianum, briht schininde [Cleo: schinide] deouel.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)36/415 : Her crounes, her cloþes schine [vr. schyn] so briȝt, Þat vnneþe bihold he hem miȝt.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)396 : The rooff was made verament..With sonne and moone and sterris briȝte That shined bothe daie and nyȝte..throuȝ crafft of sorcery The sonne to the daie gaff light, The mone and þe sterris to þe nyght.
2.
(a) Of a smooth or polished surface: to give off reflected light, gleam, glitter; ppl. shininge, polished, shiny; also, of an animal's hide: gleaming, well-groomed; (b) of a fluid, liquid, or gum: to glisten in the light, sparkle; ppl. shininge, glistening, translucent; (c) of clothing, furniture, etc.: to be splendid, be bright, be colorful; be adorned with precious metals, with gold thread, etc.; ppl. shininge as adj.: splendid, bright, well-adorned; also, of food: sumptuous; (d) of natural scenery: to shine in the light; also, glow with vegetation, be bright, be verdant; ppl. shininge, bright, shining.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)147/9 : His breost & bile brihte scineð.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13656 : Sceldes blikien, burnen scinen.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)456 : Þe sonne..Makez hire [moon] schyne [Corp-C: ssine] a-boute, briȝtore þane ani cristal.
- a1350 A wayle whyt (Hrl 2253)2 : A grein in golde..godly shon.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)76/34 : Þe guodes of fortune..byeþ þe smale stones of gles ssynynde.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Esd.8.58 : I tooc..of goldene vesselis seuene score & brasene vesselis of good metal shynyng twelue.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4051 : His byle was blak and as the ieet it shoon.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)196a/a : Latone hat auricalcum..for þogh it be bras of messelyng, it shineþ [L resplendet] as golde withoute.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)297b/b : The lusard..haþ dyuers schynynge splekkes in þe body and schynen as sterres.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3320 : He hir gaue a gift onan, A gold ring þat wit brightnes scain [Arms: shoone].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8484 : On-ferr þe golden letters scan [Frf: shane; Göt: schan].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3428 : Þe flees..schon as clere as þe somer sonne.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Judg.5.10 : Ȝe that stien vp vpon shynynge assis and sittith aboue in doom and goon in the weye, spekith.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)12a/b : Caristo: to swyne [?read: schyne].
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)19/31 : The Foss of Mennon..is all full of grauell schynynge [F lusant] brighte.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)197 : Glacyn, or make a þy[n]ge to shyne: Pernitido, polio.
- a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)125/15 : The skynnys of the beste..arn fair shynande ayen the sonne tha[t] vnethe may ony man lokyn vpon hem for the grete bryghtnes.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)530 : This egle..shon with fethres as of gold.
- 1451-1500 Tundale (Wagner)1886 : The cordes..were alle wyth silver twynned And frette wyth gold, þat bryght shynned [vr. scheynod].
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)196/15 : A dredfull dragon..com fleyng..his shuldyrs shone as the golde.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)113a : To Schyne..Nitere..splendere..Gemma nitet..Aust [Monson: Ast] aurum splendet.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)186/25 : Hure sowle..passid the snowe and alle maner of schynyng metal in clerenys and fayrenes.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)765/17 : Þe fyrste vessell..shynet with-ouȝte of fyne golde.
b
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)1982 : A well..was schyneand full bright.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)510 : Schon schene vppon schaft schalkene blode.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)982 : Þe brok..schyrrer þen sunne wyth schaftez schon.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1268 : Þe water clene Liche cristal schon ageyn þe sonne schene.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)66a/a : Som spirit may reluce, i. shyne, And with þis þe membre is decorate, i. made faire.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)194a/a : Boras is a white, schynynge, & a clere gumme ȝif it is good.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)88/12 : Tokenes and domes [of an abscess] ben..blody redenesse, smytynge akþe, and blood schynynge.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)672 : Þe Jewes werien þe walles..Brennen [?read: Brennand] leed & brynston barels fulle, Schoten schynande doun riȝt as schyr water.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)127/5 : Be þe oyle wiche is schynyng is vndirstonde a clere..consciens.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)52b/b : His vryne..is reed or redisch, cleer & schynynge, wiþ a þinne substaunce.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)98/25 : Eyen þat as dropis of shynyng liquour relusent, blissed and soft maners and kyndly it sheweth.
c
- a1300 Hwi ne serue (Jes-O 29)18 : Þer ere feole to fordeme in schynynde wede.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)SSol.1.15 : Lo, þou art fair, my lemman, & semely, oure bed shynyng [WB(2): fair as flouris; L floridus].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.29.29 : Betere is þe lijflode of þe pore vndir þe roof of stoodis or sparris þan plenteuous shynyng [L splendidæ] metis in pilgrimaginge withoute hous.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.Barlaam (Vrn)686 : Þer weren seetes mony on Of Seluer and Gold and precious ston, Beddes a rayed of riche aray, Schyninde as gold boþe niht and day.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.1117 : In a clooth of gold that brighte shoon With a coroune..Vpon hir hed they into halle hir broghte.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)7026 : A paleys..was of betyn golde..þer-yn was so noble atyre, Shynyng as golde, flammyng as fyre.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)118/18 : Þe riche man..werede bice and purpur, and eueri dai et in schininge cloþis, and at þe laste was biried in helle.
- ?c1400 Wycl.CGosp.Mark (Add 41175:Hudson)52/67 : Þerof ben bordis schynynge wiþ metes and vessels [Bernard (PL 183:959): splendidae mensae et cibis et scyphis].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.2094 : His baner..shon ful shene ageyn þe sonne cler.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.m.2.4 : Thise proude kynges..thow seest sitten an hy in here chayeres, gliterynge in schynynge purpre.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)9b : Þe good bee is knowe by tokenes of kynde, by mouthe, by schynynge colour, by cleernes of his scales.
- a1450 Methodius(2) (Add 37049)106/27 : Þe sonnes of Ismael..sal be cled with ornamentes of gold & purpyll, & with schynyng clothes.
- ?a1450 Sel.Rosarium Theol.(Cai 354/581)102/21 : Þerof ar þe bordez schynnyng of coppes & metes.
- c1450(c1400) Emare (Clg A.2)439 : The cloth on her shon so bryght, When she was þer-yn dyght.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)144.255 (v.1:p.429) : Hys clothynge, hys hosyn and hys shoon, and his othere ornementys were neythyr to shynynge [L nitida] ner to abyect, but of moderat and conpetent habite.
d
- a1325 SLeg.Kenelm (Corp-C 145)119 : Þis treo was fair and noble inou & ssinde briȝt inou.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.6.39 : As the sunne shynyde aȝein in to golden sheeldis and brasen, the hillis shynyden aȝein of hem, as laumpis of fyre.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.11 : Everiche grove schoon wiþ horten treen ful of fruyt.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)250b/a : Whanne þey [Terebinth trees] wexeþ blake & schyneþ for eelde, þanne þe leues ben þikke and haþ somme manere coddes.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21606 : Was neuer yeitt na tre in land Sua riche ne sua fair scinand.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)23696 : It [the earth] sal be fild wid mani flours, Smelland suete wid mani colurs þat neuer mare sal dim ne duine, Bot als paradis sal it schine [Frf: salle þai shine].
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1606 : Þere men miȝtten quyk yseen..kniȝttes beren baneres and shelde; Of hem shoon þe brode felde.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)28 : Blomez blayke and blwe and rede Þer schynez ful schyr agayn þe sunne.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)80 : Holtewodez bryȝt aboute hem bydez..Wyth schymeryng schene, ful schrylle þay schynde.
- a1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)1608 : So strong fuyr þey casten anon Þat þe pleynes þerof schon And sparklede abowte bryȝt.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)68b/b : Verno: to shynen, an vernesshen.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)412 : Þe batail [?read: best] by þe briȝtnesse burnes myȝt knowe..so þe feldes schonen.
- ?c1450 Susan.(Mrg M 818)106 : Þe chaumpet, þe cheuerell, þat schon opon heyght.
- a1500 Bod.EMisc.Lapid.(BodEMisc e.558)24/43 : An erbe called purselane..is right shynynge & of a gentill colour blewe þerabowte.
3.
(a) Of a person, the face, etc.: to be fair-skinned; be beautiful; ppl. shininge, fair-skinned, beautiful, attractive; (b) of eyes: to glisten; of a frog's eyes: be bright, shine; ppl. shininge as adj.: glistening; (c) of the skin or a membrane, usu. because of an unnatural or a morbid condition: to have a sheen; gleam, glisten; ppl. shininge, glossy, glistening; (d) of the hair: to have a sheen; ~ for, gleam with (a black color); ppl. shininge, shiny, glossy; (e) to be sumptuously dressed; ~ in, be dressed in (sumptuous clothes); ~ with, go decked in (clothing); also, be resplendent by wearing (a crown) [last quot.].
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)6/11 : Margarete..wiste up o þe feld hire fostmodres [read: fostermodres] schep, þe schimede & schan al of wlite & of westume.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lam.4.7 : Whittere [h]is naȝeres þan snowȝ, shynendere [WB(2): schynyngere; L nitidiores] þan mylc, raddere þan old yuer, þan safijr fairere.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)173b/a : Seint Gregor..herde þat þey were Inglysshe, for þey shynen in face ryȝt as Aungels.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28019 : Wit curchefs crisp and bendes bright, Your scappes schins [Glb: To mak ȝow schineand] to mans sight.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)956 : Hir brest..Schon schyrer þen snawe þat scheder [read: schedez] on hillez.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)453 : Hyr chyn..as pleyne Pulshyd marbyl shoon.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)187/29 : She [Virgin Mary] was þan bewtuose, bryght, and shynynge.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)292/5 : Hym þoght þat he saw in a vision a grete multitude of virgyns..And emang þaim ane þat was passand shynand & fayr.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)245/72 : I shall spytt in his face though it be fare shynyng.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)132 : Feyre he was..He schone as bryȝt as ane glace.
- a1500 Hayll be þu qwen (Roy 17.A.16)23 : Haill, fair moder..Þat sitis nest god in trinite Schinand in flech.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)297a/b : By strengþe of þe strecchynge of þe two Iowes hire [frogs'] yhen schyneþ as candeles.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Say.Nightingale (Trin-C R.3.20)194 : Myne eyen blynde..whylome shoone so sheene.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)290/17 : Kyng Charlis..had een like a lyon þat shane as a precious stane.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)230/11 : Thay that haue eyen schynynge bene lecheours y-lykenyd to rookys and cokkes.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)97/21 : Whose eyen outward shynen, he is shameles.
c
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.198 : His heed was balled that shoon as any glas.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)197/3 : Men þat ben leprous..her forheed bicomeþ reed & as it were schynyng.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)273/7 : If hernia be watri..his ballok wole be heuy & schynynge.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)102a/b : Herof cummeþ a waterie bocche..and þu schalt knowe it be þis signe: þe place schyneþ & it is hugelie bente vppe.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)147b/a : Þe member is colde, white, oþer liuide, and schynynge in colour, and softe.
- a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)261 : Ful ofte I haue constreyned..Mi chekes rounde vernysshed for to shyne.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)83 : Saueyne..wil make þe skyn for to glittere or shine.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)24b/b : Tunica cornea..schineþ as a schynynge horn.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.JHare (LdMisc 683)30 : Full pale dronken, weell vernysshed of visage..As barkyd leder his fface ys schynyng.
d
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2144 : His longe heer..shoon for blak.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)213 : As schorne golde schyr her fax þenne schon.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2042 : Þis ȝonge lusty man..is so faire..With berd y-sprong, schying [read: schyning] liche gold were.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)867 : Hir heer was yelowe and clere shynyng.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1387 : Hir heer..As burned gold hyt shoon to see.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)199/1530g : Here lovely ffax shyned as selke, Her lovesom face, whytte as mylke.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)882 : Þe her schon on hyr heed As gold wyre schyneþ bryȝt.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)373 : By him sate Dame Venus..Whoos long here shone as wyre of goold bryght.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3023 : The shede þurghe the shyre here shone as þe lilly.
e
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Esth.8.15 : Mardoche forsoþe of þe paleis..goynge out, shynede in kingis cloþis iacynctyne.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.5.95 : Wenestow eek that it be a fair thyng to schyne with divers clothynge?
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)205/32 : The kynge of heuene..neþer was cloþed with purpure, ne schyned with dyademe.
4.
(a) To be illustrious, be eminent, be distinguished; be esteemed; also, be pre-eminent; ppl. shininge, glorious; shininge in lofes, generous in distributing food; also, as noun: one generous in distributing food; (b) to be visible, appear; also, be evident, be clear; follow (from a premise); also, be revealed [quot.: c1475]; (c) to rejoice; of joy: be ardent.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1375 : Þulke churche..schynde wide briȝte ase þe sonne a-mong alle oþure.
- a1325 SLeg.Bridget(2) (Corp-C 145)39 : Þis womman ssel a doȝter bere þat ssine ssel..in as cler manere As amange alle oþer sterren þe sonne briȝtore is.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.31.28 : Þe shynynge [WB(2): a schynynge man; L Splendidum] in loues þe lippis of manye shul blessen.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.5 : In þe makynge and [read: of] bookes of stories..blaseþ and schyneþ clerliche þe riȝt rule of þewes.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.35 : Famous doynge..in þe whiche blaseþ and schyneþ rewardynge of gode men and punyschynge of euel men.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1575 : Thus were al lost..Youre honour, which that now shyneth [vr. shynneth] so clere.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.m.7.14 : Greete houses or kynredes shynen with cleere titles of honours.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.m.1.33 : God..the schynynge juge of thinges..governeth the swifte wayn.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.3002 : This oratour..with the suetnesse Of his ditees, abrod as thei haue shyned, Hath al this world most cleerli enlumyned.
- a1450(?1348) Rolle FLiving (Cmb Dd.5.64)116/17 : In þis gyft schynes contemplacion.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)3361 : If a kyng schyne In vertu..his sone schulde sue.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)74/16 : He þat sette all þese good werkis in him mad þe same werkys to schyne with vertues.
- c1480(1422) Lydg.SD (Add 48031)49/2 : Tholde noble famovs Citie of Rome was shyning in his felicite and flowring in his glory.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)126/12 : Desire neuer to be hastily and sodeynly vertuos þat þi lif mow schine continiely bi good ensample.
- c1425 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.cxviii : In þe tyme of antecrist hooly men..shullun fiȝt not oonly aȝeyne pursuers but also aȝeynes hem þat shynen bi miracles.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)113a : To Schyne..pollere..victor [Monson: Autor] certamine pollet.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)769/5 : Domesmen, wysemen, & myȝty men of þe worlde..shyne in her speche as wer syluer.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)626 : Pollet: schynyȝt.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)12a/b : Spiritis..beþ ful of schappis and liknes þat nediþ to haue knowlech & konnynge; þerfore in hem schineþ al species cognoscibiles þat beþ schappis and liknes þat nedeþ in þe inwit for to haue knowleche & konnynge of þinges.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)20a/a : Here of schineþ a noþir propirte, þat þe soule departiþ [read: departid; L separata] from þe body is blissful.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)136b/b : In þe rayne bowe..as it were in a myrour schineþ figures and schappis and kyndes of elementis.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)329b/a : God is intellectual cercle..and so þe resoun of þe cercle schyneþ in eueriche creature.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)221/13 : Þouȝ oonli an habit in þe wil..be a moral vertu, as apperiþ wel..bi what is sumwhat schynyng in þe book callid 'þe donet' into þis present book..neiþir þe inward or outward deedis..ben..moral vertues.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Pseudo-F.(Dub 245)306 : Þise rewelis..shal shyne þen-ne for kepyng þer-of.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)62/11 : For thefficient causes [of every thing] shyne in theire effecte.
c
- a1275 On leome (Trin-C B.14.39)18 : He hauit ibrout of pine..To ioþe [read: ioye] þat brithe suiniz [?read: scinit] & neuer er ne finit World o butin hend.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)434 : Prestis..shynen wiþ worldly ioye, & ben writun wiþ vicis aȝenus resoun.
5.
In proverbs and prov. expressions.
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)8/97 : Nis hit nower neh gold al þet ter schineð.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)126/16 : Eft me seið..þet a muche wind alið wið alute rein, ant te sunne þrefter schineð þe schenre.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.962 : Al thyng which that shyneth as the gold Nys nat gold.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2300-2302 : Þe sunne, hys feyrnes neuer he tynes Þogh hyt on þe muk hepe shynes. But þe muk ys þe more stynkyngge, Þere þe sunne ys more shynyngge.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)248/21 : I haue toold þee by ensaumple of þe sonne, þat þouȝ it schyne upon a foule þing ȝit is it not þerby defoulid.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)9.1706 : A shynyng day is ofte meynt with reyn.
- c1475(?a1440) Burgh Cato(1) (Rwl C.48)279 : The shynyng morwe hath ofte a stormy eve.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)156/23 : Hit is not al golde that Shynyth as golde.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1525 BodEMus.52 Artist.Recipes (BodEMus 52) 193/8 : Burnyshe þi golde fyrste softlye and þen faster tyll it schynne.
Note: Postdates sense 2.(a). New spelling (sg. 3: schinne).