glenten

glenten c

1. singular definite of glente

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; Westrobothnian glänt; 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”).

glenten (third-person singular simple present glenteth, present participle glentende, simple past 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.

• English: glint

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