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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

  1. splendour

Declension

Declension of gleomu
SingularPlural
Nominative gleomugleomagleome
Accusative gleomegleomagleome
Genitive gleomegleoma
Dative gleomegleomum

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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