glenten

Middle English

verb

Definitions

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse *glenta derived from Proto-Germanic *glentaną (glide, slide) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlend- (sparkle, look, shine).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰlend-

Gloss

sparkle, look, shine

Concept

Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

glint English
*ǵʰlend- Proto-Indo-European
*glentaną Proto-Germanic
*glintaną Proto-Germanic
glänta Swedish
*glenta Old Norse
glente Danish
gletta Icelandic
glinzen Middle High German
glänt Westrobothnian
glint Scots