Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Middle English glisteren, either borrowed from or related to Middle Low German and/or Middle Dutch glisteren; like a host of other Germanic words in gl- related to shining, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-.
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| glisters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
From Middle English glisteren, either borrowed from or related to Middle Low German and/or Middle Dutch glisteren; like a host of other Germanic words in gl- related to shining, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-.
But, as the Phœnix on my Front doth gliſter, / Thou ſhalt the Finials of my Frame illuſtre.1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, “[Du Bartas His First Week, or Birth of the World: […].] The Fift Daie of the First Week.”, in Josuah Sylvester, transl., Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson […]], published 1611, →OCLC, page 140:
[…] strangely she glistered in the sun / as she leaped forth in the sun […]1945, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lay of Autrou and Itroun:
All that gliſters is not gold.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
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| glistered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| glistered | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| glistering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| glisters | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
es relucir (to gleam, glisten, or coruscate) · es brillar (to gleam, glisten, or coruscate) · ru блесте́ть (to gleam, glisten, or coruscate)
Compare Old French glistere.
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| glisters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |