Etymology

a- + glyʒte, the source of which is debated (see glyʒt).

PGmc Ancestor

?*glīw-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

gljá ‘to glitter’
(ONP gljá (vb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far glíggja, Icel gljá, Norw glå, gljå, Sw dial glia

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

DD1c

Attestation

hapax legomenon

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Pe 245

Bibliography

MED agliʒte (v. (p.t.)) , OED agly (v.)