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suffundere (subf-) [CL] 1 to pour (substance) down on(to), in(to), or to beneath. si oleum ceteris ~ndas liquoribus, continuo sue dejectionis impatiens penetrat ad superna Ailr. Spec. Car. I 21. 524C. 2 to fill, suffuse; b (w. emotion, disposition, or sim., also transf.); c (p. ppl. as adj.). oculus nigro suffusus felle (Vers.) Alcuin Exeg. 720D.  b oculorum sidera ab intimo splendore radiantia oculis columbarum ~serat sanctus pudor et ales Christi nivea Gosc. Edith (II) 49; princeps pudore ~sus dictum suum non ita se intellexisse respondit Eadmer HN p. 99; gravis eorum oculis caligo subfunditur qui possunt miseris misereri nec miserentur Ep. ad amicum 178; cernens ‥ illum quodam quasi stupore ~ndi Ailr. Spec. Car. I 34. 546A.  c quanto quisque apparuerat morbis deformior, tanto hec offertur benignitate compacientior et famulatu ~sior Gosc. Edith (I) 63 (cf. ib. (II) 63: servitute ~sior). 3 to cause (liquid) to well up or rise to the surface. [Jhesus est] vena sic plena venie / quod, ut nostre miserie / subveniat, subfunditur J. Howd. Cyth. 134. 6. 4 to cover (surface with liquid that wells up from beneath, also pass. w. retained acc. or acc. of respect); b (with light, colour, etc.); c (transf., w. covering or sim. as subj.). quibus fatebaris, oculos ~sus lacrimis Abbo Edm. pref.; ~sis in lacrymas oculis ejus Eadmer V. Anselmi II 23; cerneres, dum ‥ se prepararet, lacrimis ~ndi et ‥ in virum alterum commutari R. Merton f. 93; solitarius agens usque in miraculum lacrymis ~ndebatur J. Sal. Thom. 11; sic lacrimis ora ~sus senior illum affatur Ad. Eyns. Hug. I 8.  b noctis discurro per umbras, / vitans luciflui suffundi lumine Phoebi Hwætberht Aen. 58 (Noctua) 1; ut erubescat coram hominibus, cum quid illicitum agit totusque rubore ~sus ostendat quia erubescit Simil. Anselmi 140; 1140 nec istud scribens rubore ~nditur, sed hoc ipso gloriatur G. Foliot Ep. 1; sole ruente dies clauditur, aer ~nditur tenebris Ailr. Ed. Conf. 769D; verecundiam, que corporali rubore solet ora ~ndere G. Hoyland Serm. 130D; hic tanto vice regis ~ndebatur rubore Ad. Eyns. Hug. II 6.  c sic mea non tenebris nigrescant lumina furvis / glaucoma nec penitus lippos suffundat ocellos Aldh. VirgV 938; operuit et non ex parte ~dit confusio faciem tuam J. Ford Serm. 10. 2. 5 (in gl.). 7‥ ~it, ablendeð WW.

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