gleen

English

Etymology

Compare glance, glint.

Verb

gleen (third-person singular simple present gleens, present participle gleening, simple past and past participle gleened)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To glisten; to gleam.
    • 1709, Mat[thew] Prior, “The First Hymn of Callimachus to Jupiter”, in Poems on Several Occasions, 2nd edition, London: [] Jacob Tonson [], →OCLC:
      The sweaty forge, who edge the crooked scythe,
      Bend stubborn steel , and harden gleening armour

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Middle English

Verb

gleen

  1. Alternative form of glewen (to play music)
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