shone

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English

Pronunciation

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Verb

shone

  1. simple past and past participle of shine

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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 house!)
    • 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

  • English: sheen

References

  • Middle English dictionary (shone)
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