glenten
Danish
editNoun
editglenten c
Middle English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Norse *glenta, *gletta, from Proto-Germanic *glentaną (“to slide; glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlend- (“to shine; sparkle; look”).
Compare Danish glente; Norwegian glanta (“to glide, slip”), gletta (“to glide, slip; to peep, look”); Swedish glänta (“to slip, slide (obsolete); gleam, shine (archaic); peer (dated); slightly open a door”).
Verb
editglenten (third-person singular simple present glenteth, present participle glentende, glentynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle glented)
- To move quickly.
- (Of a weapon) To strike a glancing blow.
- To glance; to look askance.
- To shine, gleam; flash, glitter; glisten, glint.
Descendants
edit- English: glint
References
edit- “glenten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2017-02-20.