*glintaną

Runic: ᚷᛚᛁᚾᛏᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɣlin.tɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 3

Meanings

to shine
to look

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰlend- (‘to look, shine’), related to Proto-Slavic *ględati (‘to look at’), Latvian glen̂st (‘to scarcely perceive’), Old Irish asgleinn (‘to examine’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	glintō	glintaų	–
2nd singular	glintizi	glintaiz	glint
3rd singular	glintidi	glintai	glintadau
1st dual	glintōz	glintaiw	–
2nd dual	glintadiz	glintaidiz	glintadiz
1st plural	glintamaz	glintaim	–
2nd plural	glintid	glintaid	glintid
3rd plural	glintandi	glintain	glintandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	glintai	–
2nd singular	glintazai	glintaizau
3rd singular	glintadai	glintaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	glintandai	glintaindau
2nd plural	glintandai	glintaindau
3rd plural	glintandai	glintaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	glant	gluntį̄
2nd singular	glanst	gluntīz
3rd singular	glant	gluntī
1st dual	gluntū	gluntīw
2nd dual	gluntudiz	gluntīdiz
1st plural	gluntum	gluntīm
2nd plural	gluntud	gluntīd
3rd plural	gluntun	gluntīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
glintaną	glintandz	gluntanaz

Descendants

*glintan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *glinzan (Old High German)
  - glinzen (Middle High German)
*gletta (Old Norse)
- gletta (Norwegian Bokmål)
- glinta (Swedish)
*gletta (Old Norse)
- glenten (Middle English)
  - glint (English)
  - glint (Scots)
*glinta (Old Norse)
- gletta (Norwegian Bokmål)
- glinta (Swedish)
*glinta (Old Norse)
- glenten (Middle English)
  - glint (English)
  - glint (Scots)

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