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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English glōwan, from Proto-Germanic *glōaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
glowen
- To glow; to emit brightness and warmth.
- To emit brightness or colour without warmth; to have variegation.
- To feel strong emotion, especially irritation.
- (of metal) To warm until glowing.
- (rare) To glower; to look or stare at.
- (Christianity, rare) To be in pain or agony from the fires of Hell.
Usage notes
This verb is mainly weak in Middle English, but some traces of its historic status as a class 7 strong verb still remain.
Conjugation
Conjugation of glowen (weak in -ed or strong class 7)
| infinitive
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(to) glowen, glowe
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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glowe
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glowed, glew
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| 2nd-person singular
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glowest
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glowedest, glewe, glew
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| 3rd-person singular
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gloweth
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glowed, glew
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| subjunctive singular
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glowe
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glowed1, glewe1
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| imperative singular
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| plural2
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glowen, glowe
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gloweden, glowede, glewen, glewe
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| imperative plural
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gloweth, glowe
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| participles
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glowynge, glowende
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glowed, glowen, glowe, yglowed, yglowen
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1 Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
- “glouen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-4.
- “glouen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-4.
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
glōwen
- plural present subjunctive of glōwan
Participle
glōwen
- past participle of glōwan