Obs. [f. LEVIN sb.] intr. To lighten, emit flashes of light or lightning. Also trans. with cognate object.
13[?]. E. E. Psalter cxliii. 7. Leuen brightnesses [Vulg. fulgura coruscationem].
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 7723. His Ene leuenaund with light as a low fyn.
14[?]. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 665/7. Fulgurat, lewnes.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 304/1. Lyghtenyn, or leuenyn, coruscat, fulmino.
1483. [see LEVINING vbl. sb.].
1530. Palsgr., 609/2. It leveneth, as the lygtenyng dothe…. Dyd you nat se it leven right nowe?
Hence † Levining ppl. a.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, Cant. 510. In shynynge of þi leuenand spere.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 1988. With a leuenyng light as a low fyre.
