glente
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Danish glænte, from a verb originally meaning "glide," from Old Norse *glenta, *gletta, from Proto-Germanic *glentaną (“to slide; glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlend- (“to shine; sparkle; look”).[1]
Noun edit
glente c (singular definite glenten, plural indefinite glenter)
- kite (bird of prey)
Inflection edit
Declension of glente
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | glente | glenten | glenter | glenterne |
| genitive | glentes | glentens | glenters | glenternes |
References edit
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1221, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1221
“glente” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
glente m (definite singular glenten, indefinite plural glenter, definite plural glentene)
- kite (bird of prey)
References edit
- “glente” in The Bokmål Dictionary.