Leme

Origin

From Old English leem leme leam, as Old English lēoma ("light, brightness") ; akin to light.

Full definition of leme

Noun

1. (obsolete) A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.
• ChaucerFire with red lemes.
• Thomas ElyotThereby the incomprehensible majestie of God, as it were by a bright leme of a torch or candle, is declared to the blinde inhabitants of this world.

Verb

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To shine.