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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]glimra
- inflection of glimre:
- simple past
- past participle
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Swedish glimbra. Doublet of glimma, which see.
Verb
[edit]glimra (present glimrar, preterite glimrade, supine glimrat, imperative glimra)
- to shine with a faint, unsteady (reflected) light; to sparkle, to glimmer
- (figuratively, often in the present participle "glimrande") to shine (excel)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | glimra | — | ||
| supine | glimrat | — | ||
| imperative | glimra | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | glimren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | glimrar | glimrade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | glimra | glimrade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | glimre | glimrade | — | — |
| present participle | glimrande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
References
[edit]- “glimra”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “glimra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “glimra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- glimra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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