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Middle English
Etymology
Unknown; possibly from multiple similar-sounding words that coalesced. Compare Dutch glippen (“slip”) (first sense), Old Norse glípna (“to be downcast”) (third sense).
Pronunciation
Verb
glyffen (third-person singular simple present glyffeth, present participle glyffende, first-/third-person singular past indicative glyfte, past participle glyft)
- to slip
- to look to the side
- (rare) to become frightened
Conjugation
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
- “gliffen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Gliffen”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 218, column 2.