Middle English Dictionary Entry
glisteren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | glisteren v. Also glistren. |
| Etymology | MDu. glinsteren & glisteren, MLG glisteren. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To glisten, glitter, sparkle, flash; shine brightly; ~ ayen the sonne, to reflect the light of the sun.
Associated quotations
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4438 : Ys eȝene [were] depe, & glystryd as þe glede.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1137 : Here Hors of Bras..goth glistrende ayein the Sunne.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.3734 : The water glistreth overal.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.815 : Of gold glistrende Spoke and whiel The Sonne his carte hath faire and wiel.
- ?c1400 Earth(3) (StJ-C E.24)p.52 : Erþe goþ upon erþe as glisterynge as golde.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)27a/b : Tokens and domes ben swellynge rered vp, glistrynge [L roridus] coloure, blody redenesse.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)34b/a : Þe veray ydema..glistreþ [L translucet] somwhat aboute lighte.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)4167 : A crookid hors neuere is the bet entecched, Al-þogh his bridel glistre of gold, and schyne.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)52 : An oother pomel..was maad riht queynteliche of a charbuncle glistringe.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)56 : That oother pomel is..the charbuncle gisteringe that enlumineth the niht of the world.
- (1470) Paston (Gairdner)5.89 : If any men be in Norwyche..that ber any suche harneyse, to do them leve it or any glysteryng byll.
- c1450(c1400) Emare (Clg A.2)350 : A boot he fond by þe brym, And a glysteryng þyng þeryn.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)118 : His [Arthur's] swerde..was so cler and bright shynynge..that it glistred as it hadde be the brightnesse of xxti tapres brennynge.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)387 : The sonne be-gan to a-rise clier vpon the bright armure that be-gan to glistere a-gein the bright sonne.