glowen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gloen, glouwen, glowe, glewe, glogh

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, glewe1
3rd-person singular	gloweth	glowed, glew
subjunctive singular	glowe	glowed2, glewe2
imperative singular		—
plural3	glowen, glowe	gloweden, glowede, glewen, glewe
imperative plural	gloweth, glowe	—
participles	glowynge, glowende	glowed, glowen, glowe, yglowed, yglowen

¹ Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or glewest.
² Later replaced by the indicative.
³ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

• glouworm

Descendants

• English: glow
• Scots: glow

References

• “glouen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-4.
• “glouen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-4.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡloː.wen/

Verb

glōwen

1. plural present subjunctive of glōwan

Participle

glōwen

1. past participle of glōwan