"glenchen" meaning in Middle English

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Verb

Etymology: A blend of: * Old French glacier, glachier, glaichier (“to slide; to slip”) (whence also Middle English glacen (“of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance; to glide”)), from glace (“frozen water, ice”) (from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin, + -ier (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs); and * Old French guenchir, ganchir (“to avoid; to change direction; to elude, evade”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wankijan (“to move aside; to stagger, sway; to wave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bend”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|id=glance}}, {{glossary|blend}} blend, {{sup|1}} ¹, {{sup|1}} ¹, {{der|enm|fro|glacier}} Old French glacier, {{cog|enm|glacen|t=of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance; to glide}} Middle English glacen (“of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance; to glide”), {{der|enm|VL.|*glacia}} Vulgar Latin *glacia, {{der|enm|la|glaciēs|t=ice}} Latin glaciēs (“ice”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|infinitive}} infinitive, {{glossary|conjugation}} conjugation, {{der|enm|fro|guenchir}} Old French guenchir, {{nb...|gancir, guencir|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{der|enm|gmw-pro|*wankijan|t=to move aside; to stagger, sway; to wave}} Proto-West Germanic *wankijan (“to move aside; to stagger, sway; to wave”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*weng-|t=to bend}} Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bend”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} glenchen
  1. (intransitive) (of a weapon) to glance, graze (not deliver the full effect of a blow) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-glenchen-enm-verb-qKYgoAYD
  2. (intransitive) to dart, move quickly Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-glenchen-enm-verb-~Rey2Nm5 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: glauncen, glansen
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