glæm

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *glaimi, from Proto-Germanic *glaimiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”), from *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡlæːm/

Noun

glǣm m

gleam, splendour, radiance

Declension

Declension of glǣm (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	glǣm	glǣmas
accusative	glǣm	glǣmas
genitive	glǣmes	glǣma
dative	glǣme	glǣmum

Related terms

gleomu

Descendants

Middle English: gleme
- English: gleam
- Scots: glem, gleme, gleim

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