obryzus

obryzus [cf. LL < ὄβρυζος] 1 (of gold) pure. obrizum rutilantis auri metallum Aldh. VirgP 9 p. 236; auri materiem fulvi obrizumque metallum Id. VirgV 157; quicquid erat vasorum aurum tegebat obrizum Bede Hom. II 1. 119; 796 duas direxit armillas auri obrizi Alcuin Ep. 96; 958 xl mancusis de auro obridzo CS 1040; tam inestimabile tamque pretiosum ut in ejus comparatione obrizum vilescat omne aurum Lantfr. Swith. 3; c975 pretio lxxta solidorum auro obrixi CS 1290; aurum ‥ obrizum sciat discernere ab oricalco, a cupro, ne pro auro elico emat auricalcum Neckam Ut. 119; pone super m[ercurium] et habebis solem obrigō [l. obrizon] M. Scot Lumen 246; aurum ~um exigua fit arena R. Bury Phil. 1. 14. 2 shiny, that glitters or shimmers. schynynge; splendens, splendidus, -didulus, nitens, nitidus, ‥ obrisus, coruscus, rutilis, rutilus, fulgorus CathA. 3 yellow, of the colour of gold, ochre, or sim.. vitriolum unde fiet terre ogrizos [sic MSS] sunt cum crete ubi verno tempore guttam colligunt ipsam Adel. MC 192 p. 224. 4 (as sb. n.) pure gold; b (w. ref. to) splendour of gold. c675 pompulentae prostitutae ‥ quae obrizo rutilante ‥ comuntur Aldh. Ep. 3 (= W. Malm. GP V 214); candelabrum cujus stipes obrizo ductilis ‥ comptis cultibus ornabatur Id. Met. 2 p. 66; c787 si cogniti placeant obrizi munuscula Alcuin Ep. 4; obrizum, smætegold GlC O 24; purior obrizo niteris esse Deo Abbo QG prol. 2; dracones obrizo ardentes Enc. Emmae II 4; obrizon exponit beatus Gregorius in xxij Moralium, i. purum aurum ‥, alii exponunt pro purgatissimo auro, quasi eurizon, i. bone radicis aurum Alph. 127.  b abrizium [l. obrizium], splendor auri GlC A 20.