- beorhtnes
- \beorhtnes1 f (-se/-sa) brightness, clearness, splendor, beauty; lightning
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
beorhtnes
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brightness — /bruyt nis/, n. 1. the quality of being bright. 2. Optics. the luminance of a body, apart from its hue or saturation, that an observer uses to determine the comparative luminance of another body. Pure white has the maximum brightness, and pure… … Universalium
brightness — O.E. beorhtnes brightness, clearness, splendor, beauty; see BRIGHT (Cf. bright) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
