renidere

1 renidere [CL] 1 to shine or gleam (w. reflected light); b (in fig. context). nichil ibi ‥ videas fulgurare auro, ~ere gemma W. Malm. GR IV 337; componitur nideo ~eo, -es, i. renitere Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 372; vasis aureis ‥ domus ejus ~ebat [v. l. renitebat] W. Fitzst. Thom. 11 p. 21. b c1157 auree virtutum imagines in speculo verbi et operis ~ent J. Sal. Ep. 75 (34 p. 61). 2 to be resplendent, shine (w. colour). nisi multicoloribus parietes picturis ~eant W. Malm. GR IV 337. 3 to excel, to be notable or remarkable in appearance. plaga ‥ urbium a Romanis edificatarum frequentia ~ens W. Malm. GR I 54. 4 to smile (back), to beam. b (transf., in quot., of natural force) to smile (upon), to be favourably disposed. ille ~ens illud ‥ famosum verbum emisit ‥ W. Malm. GR IV 310; contra episcopus ~ens, “crede michi” ait ‥ Id. GP IV 147; jam ‥ dicturientem ‥ prevenit interrogatio episcopi, quid ita vultu ~eret Ib. V 270. b nec facile umquam tempore Dunstani spem provintialium messis egra decepit. elementa letis ~ebant vultibus W. Malm. GP I 18.

2 renidere [CL re-+nidere], to emit a smell, smell. ~et, olet GlC R 50; praeparavit mihi Deus ‥ pro fumosa [domo] omni suavitate ~entem [domum] Alcuin Hag. 691C; alare, odorare, flagrare, ~ere, fragrare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 44; olfacere, olere, fragrare, ~ere, respirare Ib. 400.

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