v. For forms see SHINE. [Com. Teut.: OE. bi-, bescínan = OFris. bischîna, OS., OHG. biscînan (MHG. beschînen, mod.G. bescheinen), Du. beschijnen, Goth. biskeinan:—OTeut. *biskînan; f. bi-, BE- 1 + skînan, in OE. scínan, to SHINE.] Hence Beshone ppl. a.

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  1.  trans. To shine about or upon; to light up, illumine. Obs. bef. 1600, but used anew by Carlyle.

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a. 1000.  Riddles (Gr.), lxxii. 17. Þonne mec heaðosiʓel scir bescineð.

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c. 1200.  Ormin, 18851. And heffness lihht bishineþþ all Mannkinne þessterrnesse.

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a. 1300.  in Wright, Pop. Treat. Sc., 132. As an appel the urthe is round, so that evere mo Half the urthe the sonne bi-schyneth, hou so hit evere go.

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1387.  Trevisa, Higden (Rolls Ser.), VI. 293. Alcuinus byschoon þat lond wiþ liȝt of his lore.

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1534.  Ld. Berners, Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546), Q b. Whan the sonne is sette, it beshyneth not the world.

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1831.  Carlyle, Misc. (1857), II. 270. The world—beshone by the young light of Love.

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1850.  Blackie, Æschylus, I. Pref. 23. The sun-beshone tiers of an ancient theatre.

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  † 2.  intr. with upon. Obs.

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a. 1300.  K. Horn, 12. Fairer ne miste no beo born, Ne no rein upon birine Ne sunne upon bischine.

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  † 3.  trans. To fall or light upon. Obs. rare.

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1574.  Hellowes, Gueuara’s Ep. (1584), 275. Every time, that with the cold my stomach beginneth to belke, presently I say, a shame beshine Doctor Melgar.

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