glinse

English

Etymology

Variant of glimpse.

Verb

glinse (third-person singular simple present glinses, present participle glinsing, simple past and past participle glinsed)

1. Obsolete form of glimpse.

Noun

glinse (plural glinses)

1. Obsolete form of glimpse.

Anagrams

• Nigels, ingles, single

Danish

Verb

glinse

1. glisten (of a wet or greasy surface)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

glinse (imperative glins, present tense glinser, preterite and past participle glinsa or glinset)

1. (intransitive) reflect light, glisten
   • 2004, Karl Ove Knausgård, En tid for alt:

     de smatter og slurper, kjakene glinser av fett

     they chomp and slurp, their cheeks glistening with grease

2. (transitive) polish

References

• “glinse” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• glisne, singel, single

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

glinse (present tense glinsar, past tense glinsa, past participle glinsa, passive infinitive glinsast, present participle glinsande, imperative glinse/glins)

1. Alternative form of glinsa