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shone

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English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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shone

  1. simple past and past participle of shine

Anagrams

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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shone m

  1. vocative singular of shon

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English scȳne, scēone (beautiful, fair, bright), from Proto-Germanic *skauniz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱoun- (quick, dashing, beautiful). Compare Middle Dutch scone (beautiful, bright), Dutch schoon (beautiful), German schön (beautiful).

Adjective

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shone

  1. beautiful, glorious, excellent, resplendent, noble
    • Sainte Nicholaes, godes druþ, tymbre us faire scone hus! — Sainte Nicholaes godes druþ, 1225
      St. Nicolas, beloved by God, build us beautiful, resplendent houses!
    • As glysnande golde ... So schon þat schene ... On lenghe I loked to hyr. — Pearl, 1400
      As glistening gold ... So beautiful that sheen ... Longingly I looked at her.

Descendants

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  • English: sheen

References

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