glowen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English glōwan, from Proto-Germanic *glōaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔu̯ən/

Verb

glowen

  1. To glow; to emit brightness and warmth.
  2. To emit brightness or colour without warmth; to have variegation.
  3. To feel strong emotion, especially irritation.
  4. (of metal) To warm until glowing.
  5. (rare) To glower; to look or stare at.
  6. (Christianity, rare) To be in pain or agony from the fires of Hell.

Usage notes

This verb is mainly weak in Middle English, but some traces of its historic status as a class 7 strong verb still remain.

Conjugation

Conjugation of glowen (weak in -ed or strong class 7)
infinitive (to) glowen, glowe
present tense past tense
1st-person singular glowe glowed, glew
2nd-person singular glowest glowedest, glewe, glew
3rd-person singular gloweth glowed, glew
subjunctive singular glowe glowed1, glewe1
imperative singular —
plural2 glowen, glowe gloweden, glowede, glewen, glewe
imperative plural gloweth, glowe —
participles glowynge, glowende glowed, glowen, glowe, yglowed, yglowen

1 Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: glow
  • Scots: glow

References

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡloː.wen/

Verb

glōwen

  1. plural present subjunctive of glōwan

Participle

glōwen

  1. past participle of glōwan
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