Middle English Dictionary Entry
bright n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bright n. |
| Etymology | From adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Brightness, brilliance; light, daylight.
Associated quotations
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)143 : Ðe sunnes brigt Is more ðanne ðe mones ligt.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18926 : Firen tunges..noght þai brint, þof þai mad bright.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.864 : A man..May nought endure on it [the sun] to see for bright.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)105 : Sternys..with bemys schynand for bryght.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)2/26 : Darknes we call the nyght and lith also the bright.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Terms Assoc.(2) (Cmb Ll.1.18)232 : A bryghtte of baronez.
- a1500 Terms Assoc.(4) (Dgb 196)233 : A bryȝht of barons.
Note: New sense 'as term of association'