Old English · noun
gleomu
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈɡle͜o.mu/
- Syllables
- ˈɡle͜o · mu (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- splendour
Meaning
-
splendour
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *glimu, from Proto-Germanic *glimō (“shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”), from *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer”). Related to Proto-Germanic *glimjaną, whence Proto-West Germanic *glimmjan, whence Middle Low German glimmen (“to glow”) and Middle High German glimmen (“to glow”).
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