An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/gleißen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2506907An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G — gleißen1891John Francis Davis

​ gleißen, vb., ‘to shine, glitter,’ from MidHG. glîȥen, OHG. glîȥȥan, str. vb., ‘to shine, light, glitter’; corresponding to OSax. glîtan, to which Goth. glitmunjan, OIc. glita, glitra (E. to glitter), ‘to shine.’ The OTeut. root ghlī̆d (pre-Teut. ghlī̆d) appears also in glitzern.

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