glowen
Middle English
/ˈɡlɔu̯ən/
verb
Definitions
- To glow; to emit brightness and warmth.
- To emit brightness or colour without warmth; to have variegation.
- To feel strong emotion, especially irritation.
- (of metal) To warm until glowing.
- (rare) To glower; to look or stare at.
- (Christianity) To be in pain or agony from the fires of Hell.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English glōwan inherited from Proto-Germanic *glōaną (shine).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*glōaną
Gloss
shine
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Day-Glo English
- afterglow English
- aglow English
- airglow English
- aspenglow English
- candleglow English
- counterglow English
- dayglow English
- electroglow English
- foreglow English
- glow English
- glow-up English
- glowboy English
- glowest English
- gloweth English
- glowlamp English
- glowless English
- glowlight English
- glowsome English
- glowworm English
- glowy English
- moonglow English
- nightglow English
- outglow English
- overglow English
- photoglow English
- reglow English
- skyglow English
- sunglow English
- wonderglow English
- loistaa Finnish
- *ǵʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *glōaną Proto-Germanic
- glowan Old English
- glōwan Old English
- glouworm Middle English
- worm Middle English
- glóa Old Norse
- gluoen Old High German
- *gluoien Old Dutch
- gloian Old Saxon