Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To shine.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.
From Middle English leem, leme, leam, from Old English lēoma (“light, brightness”); akin to light.
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