beorhte frætwe, 214, 897;
beorhte randas, 231;
bordwudu
beorhtan, 1244; n.
Beowulf
sg.
þæt gebearh fēore, _protected the life_, 1549; scyld wēl gebearg
līfe and līce, 2571.
ymb-beorgan, _to surround protectingly_: pret.
sg.
bring ūtan ymb-bearh,
1504.
beorht, byrht, adj.
: 1) _gleaming, shining, radiant, shimmering_: nom.
sg.
beorht, of the sun, 570, 1803; beorhta, of Heorot, 1178; þæt beorhte bold,
998; acc.
sg.
beorhtne, of Bēowulf's grave-mound, 2804; dat.
sg.
tō þǣre
byrhtan (here-byrhtan, MS.
) byrig, 1200; acc.
pl.
beorhte frætwe, 214, 897;
beorhte randas, 231;
bordwudu
beorhtan, 1244; n.
beorht hofu, 2314.
Superl.
: bēacna beorhtost, 2778.
--2) _excellent, remarkable_: gen.
sg.
beorhtre bōte, 158.
--Comp.
: sadol-, wlite-beorht.
beorhte, adv.
, _brilliantly, brightly, radiantly_, 1518.
beorhtian, w.
v.
, _to sound clearly_: pret.
sg.
beorhtode benc-swēg, 1162.
