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glinse

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English

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Etymology

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Variant of glimpse.

Verb

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glinse (third-person singular simple present glinses, present participle glinsing, simple past and past participle glinsed)

  1. Obsolete form of glimpse.

Noun

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glinse (plural glinses)

  1. Obsolete form of glimpse.

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Danish

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Verb

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glinse

  1. glisten (of a wet or greasy surface)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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glinse (imperative glins, present tense glinser, preterite and past participle glinsa or glinset)

  1. (intransitive) reflect light, glisten
    • 2004, Karl Ove Knausgård, En tid for alt:
      de smatter og slurper, kjakene glinser av fett
      they chomp and slurp, their cheeks glistening with grease
  2. (transitive) polish

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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glinse (present tense glinsar, past tense glinsa, past participle glinsa, passive infinitive glinsast, present participle glinsande, imperative glinse/glins)

  1. Alternative form of glinsa