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vibrare [CL] 1 to brandish, wave about (weapon or sim., also fig. or in fig. context). b to move to and fro. ensem in te ~abit in brevi suum rex ille Gildas EB 30; jam gladium ~abit, arcu tenso sagittas parabit Pass. Æthelb. 6; non videtis / quod mors vibrat frameam Walt. Wimb. Van. 126; [gladius quem] vera ‥ vibrat caritas J. Howd. Cyth. 35. 12; censiens ‥ justi mucronis ~are potenciam G. Hen. V 2.  b illum tam horrende fremere ‥ ac lumina distorta ~are videbant R. Cold. Cuthb. 44. 2 to dart or shoot out (weapon or sim., also fig.). b to emit (light, in quot. fig.). omnes ‥ bestiae ferae mortiferum cujuslibet haereseos virus ‥ ~antes Gildas EB 12; serpentes ‥ scintillantibus veneno linguis ora ~abant Lib. Monstr. III 7; papa ‥ sententiam excommunicationis ~avit W. Malm. GP I 54 p. 103; vibrant in absconditis / tentationum jacula P. Blois Carm. CC 1. 1. 50; sagitte amoris acute ‥ tanta virtute ~antur J. Ford Serm. 1. 4.  b 1167 justitie sol radios ~at J. Sal. Ep. 252 (220). 3 (intr.) to dart, flash, shake, vibrate (also fig.). †fibrans [l. vibrans], risende GlC F 178 (cf. GlH F 318: †fibrans [l. vibrans], hrysiende); belvae vibrantibus / rabidi rostri rictibus / oberrantes (Æthelwald) Carm. Aldh. 2. 61; dracones igneis jactibus per aera ~antes ‥ videbantur S. Durh. Durh. II 5 p. 51; infrenduit Anglia tota, velut arundinetum Zephyro ~ante collisum M. Par. Maj. I 481. 4 to glitter, sparkle, flicker. flammam ~antem Bede Hom. I 12. 60 (v. intercludere 1a); minuta quae in sole videmus ~are Comm. Cant. I 7; sedibus e summis, radianti lumine vibrans / ‥ / femina corripiens despexit facta mariti Æthelwulf Abb. 361; vascula ‥ / ‥ ex auro variato lumine vibrant Ib. 778; lumine vibranti rutilum conscendit Olimpum Wulf. Swith. I 1386; velut stellam magnam ~antem Canon. G. Sempr. f. 111. 5 (trans.) to throw away, shake off. Dominus ‥ ~at ab eo [sc. peccatore] gladium iniquitatis G. Roman. 286 (cf. ib.: projice a te gladium iniquitatis). 6 (in gl.). to whette, acuere, ~are Levins Manip. 85.

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