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1 candēre [CL] 1 to gleam; b (fig.). c to glow; d (fig.). to be white, ~ere, ‥ candescere CathA. b veste nigra multi candent virtute reculti Garl. Mor. Scol. 439. c dum ~et ferrum crebris ictibus malleorum Chr. Rams. 38. d papa videtur inter mortales ~ere Luciferina superbia et cupiditate Simoniaca Wycl. Chr. & Antichr. 690. 2 (pr. ppl.) gleaming, white; b (fig.). c glowing, red-hot. (usu. w. ref. to ordeal iron); d (fig.). frigidior brumis necnon candente pruina Aldh. Aen. 100. 29; illimes bysso candentius undas / liliat argentum Hanv. IV 72 p. 294. b integritas candens et passio rubra Aldh. VirgV 2198. c adverte ‥ hic usualiter nuncupari ‥ judicia ‥ leges ~entis ferri vel aque Dial. Scac. II 7A; rei certitudinem ~entis ferri examine probare Gir. DK I 14; Gilb. III 144. 1 (v. 1 canella 2a); adjudicata fuit ‥ purgacio ferri ~entis, secundum consuetudinem regni que tunc fuit Mir. Will. 542. d Jovis ‥ / dextra, magis candens ira quam fulmine vindex Hanv. IX 204 p. 383.

2 candĕre , to glow, flash. caeli ceu per culmina / candunt exorta fulmina (Æthelwald) Carm. Aldh. 4. 68 (cf. ib. 52).

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