beshine
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To shine around or upon.
- (transitive) To give light to.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English beshinen derived from Old English besċīnan (illuminate, shine upon, light up) derived from Proto-Germanic *biskīnaną (shine upon) prefix from English shine.
Origin
English
shine
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ashine English
- backshine English
- candleshine English
- coreshine English
- dewshine English
- earthshine English
- eyeshine English
- fireshine English
- intershine English
- moonshine English
- outshine English
- overshine English
- ringshine English
- shine English
- shineless English
- shiner English
- shinest English
- shineth English
- shiny English
- shoeshine English
- spitshine English
- starshine English
- sunshine English
- sylvanshine English
- through-shine English
- wondershine English
- beschijnen Dutch, Flemish
- schijnen Dutch, Flemish
- *biskīnaną Proto-Germanic
- bescinan Old English
- besċīnan Old English
- beshinen Middle English
- shinen Middle English
- beschinen Middle Dutch
- 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *biskīnan Old Dutch