Participles
| Present | glisniende |
| Past | (ġe)glisnod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | glisniġe |
| 2nd sing. | glisnast |
| 3rd sing. | glisnaþ |
| 1st plur. | glisniaþ |
| 2nd plur. | glisniaþ |
| 3rd plur. | glisniaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | glisnode |
| 2nd sing. | glisnodest |
| 3rd sing. | glisnode |
| 1st plur. | glisnodon |
| 2nd plur. | glisnodon |
| 3rd plur. | glisnodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | glisniġe |
| 2nd sing. | glisniġe |
| 3rd sing. | glisniġe |
| 1st plur. | glisniġen |
| 2nd plur. | glisniġen |
| 3rd plur. | glisniġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | glisnode |
| 2nd sing. | glisnode |
| 3rd sing. | glisnode |
| 1st plur. | glisnoden |
| 2nd plur. | glisnoden |
| 3rd plur. | glisnoden |
Imperative
| Singular | glisna |
| Plural | glisniaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'glisnian'
cnossian,
hwisprian,
hwistlian,
sagian,
sacian,
sadian,
solian,
siwian,
sipian,
yrsian,
myrþrian,
fuglian,
fundian,
fulwian,
fullian,
leornian,
borcian,
borgian,
beorhtian,
wohhian, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'glisnian'
glitnian,
belisnian,
bisnian,
blissian,
geinnian,
ginian,
gislian,
hlinian,
hlosnian,
wisnian,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną, possibly from *glisnaz + *-ōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlis-nó-s, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleys-, from *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Norwegian glisna, Swedish glesna. See: Swedish '
glesna'.
Verbs referencing "glisnian"
English
glisten, English
glitten, Old English
glitnian.
Sample Sentences
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ᛁ byþ oferċeald, unġemetum slidor, glisnaþ, glæshlūttur, ġimmum ġelīċust, flōr forste ġeworuht, fæġer ansȳne. (Ice is overcold, measurelessly slippery, glistens, clean as glass, the most alike gems, a floor made by frost, a handsome look.) [c. 1000, The Rune Poem:]
Cognates
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