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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1400, 1475-1512
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Enlumyne, v. [ME. (c 1366), OF. enluminer.] tr. To illuminate, light up. Also fig. 1375 Barb. viii. 228 (E).
Thar speris, pennonys, and thar scheldis Off lycht enlumynyt all the feldis 1375 Ib. xx. 229.
Ȝour hart, that enlumynyt wes Off all bounte c1400 Troy-bk. i. 342.
Chambris … That with paithment & with payntry Enlumynit war delitabily c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 1184.
The mery day … With bemys bricht enlumynyt the occident c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 45.
The roch agayn the rywir resplendent As low enlumynit all the leues schene
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