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Old English · noun

gleng

Normalised glenġ

Part of speech
noun, masculine / feminine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/ɡlenj/
[ɡlend͡ʒ]
Syllables
ɡlenj (1 syllable)
Modern English
decorationornament

Meaning

  1. ornament, decoration

  2. jewel

  3. glory, honor

    gumena byþ, glenġ and herenys...

    Gift of men is an honor and a praise...

    The Old English rune poem

Declension

Declension of gleng
SingularPlural
Nominative glenġglenġeglenġaglenġas
Accusative glenġglenġeglenġeglenġaglenġas
Genitive glenġeglenġesglenġa
Dative glenġeglenġum

All forms (6)

Etymology

Unknown. See glenġan.

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