Leme
//liːm// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam. obsolete
"Thereby the incomprehensible majestie of God, as it were by a bright leme of a torch or candle, is declared to the blinde inhabitants of this world."
Verb
- 1 To shine. intransitive, obsolete
Example
More examples"Thereby the incomprehensible majestie of God, as it were by a bright leme of a torch or candle, is declared to the blinde inhabitants of this world."
Etymology
From Middle English leem, leme, leam, from Old English lēoma (“light, brightness”); akin to light.
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