glenten

Danish

Noun

glenten c

1. definite singular of glente

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed 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

glenten (third-person singular simple present glenteth, present participle glentende, glentynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle glented)

1. To move quickly.
2. (Of a weapon) To strike a glancing blow.
3. To glance; to look askance.
4. To shine, gleam; flash, glitter; glisten, glint.

Descendants

• English: glint

References

• “glenten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2017-02-20.