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1 renitere [CL] 1 to shine, gleam (in quot. usu. w. reflected light); b (fig.). chalcedonius quasi ignis lucernae pallenti specie ~et Bede Apoc. 198B; ~enti, fulgenti GlC R 171; crisidineo schemate ac biformi ~entes electri colore gemmatim disserere gestiebam B. V. Dunst. p. 4; vasis aureis ‥ domus ejus renidebat [v. l. ~ebat] W. Fitzst. Thom. 11 p. 21; que melius poterant ornant redolencia currum [sc. Phebi], / gloria, lux renitens, splendor, et omne decus Gower VC I 20; mucro quiescenti datur ex auro renitenti Vers. Worc. 114. b quia ipse ‥ excelse generositatis lampade ~ebat Ord. Vit. III 3 p. 62. 2 to be bright or resplendent, to shine (with whiteness or color); b (transf., w. abstr. subj.). c to shine (with beauty or comeliness). labia illius ut lilia ~ebant Bede Cant. 1166B; candiduli primum renitent ornacula lini, / aurifluae rutilant serrano murice zonae Frith. 348; visa [S. Witburga] ‥ est toto corpore integra ‥ velo et totis vestibus integra novitate ~entibus W. Malm. GP IV 184. b nec minor eximiae renitebat gratia vestis / incorrupta solo, sanctos quae texerat artus Bede CuthbV 831. c viderat imperator vultu ~entem eum in presencia sua Eul. Hist. I 380. 3 to excel, to be notable or remarkable in appearance, to shine; b (w. abl. of respect). qui ‥ virtutum mearum solet odore laetari, qui ~entium per orbem ecclesiarum fructu delectatur Bede Cant. 1115B; s693 ut quedam astrorum celestium splendifera luminaria mundi totius per ambitum ~entes ‥ inter numerum electorum meruerunt ascribi (Lit. Papae) Eadmer HN p. 316 (= W. Malm. GP I 34); quartus primas ob reverentiam ejus in orbe ~et Ord. Vit. II 15 p. 358; quem foveat Christus patris in thalamo renitentem Ib. VI 10 p. 115; [Cistercienses] multis ‥ bonis in mundo ut lucerne lucentes in caliginoso loco ~ent Ib. VIII 26 p. 445. b qui et carnis castimonia foris ~ent, et intus fulgore inviolati cordis eminent Bede Cant. 1115D; eos post hanc vitam ‥ integra pulchritudine in illam introducit civitatem ~entes Ib. 1137B; tu factis renitens voceque praeminens, / tu donis rutilans Wulf. Poems 166; successores ‥ eorum ‥ merito sanctitatis potentiaque virtutum et prodigiorum non eque ~ent Ord. Vit. VI 1 p. 3. 4 to beam with joy, to have a joyful or cheerful appearance (in quot. transf.), or ? f. l. cum gaudet venter ludit natura potenter / ‥ / ventre renītente [? l. renidente] regnabunt gaudia mente Neckam Poems 453. 5 (in gl., conf. w. reniti). Datianus aiebat furens, / “gaudet, renidet [v. l. renitet; gl.: he wiþsæcþ] ‥” GlP 716.

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