Etymology

Formed on glent v., or directly from an ON noun (cp. OIcel glett(r) ‘banter’, Norw glett ‘glade, small opening’).

PGmc Ancestor

*glant-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

glettask ‘to banter, rail against one’, cp. glett(r) ‘banter’
(ONP gletta (2) (vb.); cp. glettr (sb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far glett, gletta, Icel gletta, Norw gletta, glette, glenta, glanta, Sw dial glänta, glätta, glinta 

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

BB2c

Attestation

Rarer than the v. glent and more obviously restricted to N and E dial. in ME; MnE dial, but esp. N.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 1290; Pe 114, 1144

Bibliography

MED glent (n.) , OED glent (n.) , HTOED , EDD glent (v.1 and sb.), Dance glent (b)(n.), Bj. 241