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glæsa

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse glæsa, from Proto-Germanic *glēsijaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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glæsa (third person singular past indicative glæsti, third person plural past indicative glæstu, supine glæst)

  1. (intransitive) to beam, to glitter, to scintillate, to shine, to sparkle

Conjugation

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Conjugation of glæsa (group v-2)
infinitive glæsa
supine glæst
participle (a39)1 glæsandi glæstur
present past
first singular glæsi glæsti
second singular glæsir glæsti
third singular glæsir glæsti
plural glæsa glæstu
imperative
singular glæs!
plural glæsið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse glæsa.

Verb

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glæsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative glæsti, supine glæst)

  1. to beautify, adorn, decorate, embellish

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Further reading

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *glēsijaną (to shine, glare).

Verb

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glæsa

  1. to make shining
  2. to embellish

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Faroese: glæsa
  • Icelandic: glæsa
  • Norwegian: gløsa

Further reading

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  • glæsa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press