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, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

     The sweaty forge, who edge the crooked scythe,
     Bend stubborn steel , and harden gleening armour

References

• “gleen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Engel, Engle, engle, glene

Middle English

Verb

gleen

1. Alternative form of glewen (“to play music”)