▪ I. ˈleaming, vbl. n. Obs. exc. dial.
[f. leam v.1 + -ing1.]
Shining, gleaming, flashing (of light).
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 171 Thunder lemynge brend þe cornes. 1398 ― Barth. De P.R. viii. xvi. (1495) 324 The sonne hath vertue of heetynge of leemynge and of brennynge. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 198/2 Glemynge, or lemynge of lyghte, conflagracio. |
▪ II. ˈleaming, ppl. a. Obs. exc. dial.
[f. leam v.1 +-ing2.]
Gleaming, flashing, shining.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 5754 Þan cald on him our lauerd dright, Vt of his mikel lemand light. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 447 A sterre wiþ a briȝt lemynge creest. c 1400 Destr. Troy 12517 The breme lowe Of the leymonde laite. 1513 Douglas æneis ii. xii. (xi.) 90 Lemand armour and schynand scheildis brycht. 1567 Drant Horace's Ep. xvi. E viij, A leminge lampe of light. 1611 Cotgr., Radieux, radiant, shining..leaming, full of beams. 17.. Jolly Goshawk xxxiii. in Child Ballads (1886) II. 361/2 With lily-white cheeks, and lemin een. 1839 Bailey Festus vi. (1848) 60 Like a shipwrecked stranger in a lighthouse, I have looked down upon the utter side Of such thoughts from the leeming room of reason. |