glinse
English
Etymology
Variant of glimpse.
Verb
glinse (third-person singular simple present glinses, present participle glinsing, simple past and past participle glinsed)
- Alternative form of glimpse
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
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- (transitive) polish
References
- “glinse” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
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