glisnian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną, possibly from *glisnaz + *-ōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlis-nó-s, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleys-, from *ǵʰley- (to shine).[1] Cognate with Norwegian glisna, Swedish glesna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlis.ni.ɑn/, [ˈɡliz.ni.ɑn]

Verb

glisnian

  1. to glisten
  2. to glitter

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle English: glisnen, glistnen

References

  1. Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “glisia”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 140-141
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