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English
Etymology
Variant of glimpse.
Verb
glinse (third-person singular simple present glinses, present participle glinsing, simple past and past participle glinsed)
- Obsolete form of glimpse.
Noun
glinse (plural glinses)
- Obsolete form of glimpse.
Anagrams
Danish
Verb
glinse
- glisten (of a wet or greasy surface)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
glinse (imperative glins, present tense glinser, preterite and past participle glinsa or glinset)
- (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
- (transitive) polish
References
- “glinse” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
glinse (present tense glinsar, past tense glinsa, past participle glinsa, passive infinitive glinsast, present participle glinsande, imperative glinse/glins)
- Alternative form of glinsa