glimma

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish glima, from Old Norse glima, from Proto-Germanic *glīmaną. Doublet of gles, gli, glimra, and glimta.

Verb

glimma (present glimmar, preterite glimmade, supine glimmat, imperative glimma)

1. to shine with a faint (unsteady) light; to glimmer, to gleam, to shine

   Allt är inte guld som glimmar

   All is not gold that glimmers (All that glitters is not gold)

   Deras ögon glimmade

   Their eyes gleamed

   Floden glimmade mellan träden

   The river glimmered through the trees

Conjugation

Conjugation of glimma (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	glimma		—
supine	glimmat		—
imperative	glimma		—
imper. plural1	glimmen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	glimmar	glimmade	—	—
ind. plural1	glimma	glimmade	—	—
subjunctive2	glimme	glimmade	—	—
present participle		glimmande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• glimma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• glimma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• glimma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• glimma in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)