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Old English · noun

glæm

Normalised glǣm

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/ɡlæːm/
Syllables
ɡlæːm (1 syllable)
Modern English
gleamradiancesplendor

Meaning

  1. gleam, splendor, radiance

Declension

Declension of glæm
SingularPlural
Nominative glǣmglǣmas
Accusative glǣmglǣmas
Genitive glǣmesglǣma
Dative glǣmeglǣmum

All forms (6)

Etymology

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

Descendants

gleam

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