English

agleam

From a- + gleam.

A compound of a- + gleam

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- ‘to shine’

Proto-Germanic *glaimiz ‘brightness’

Proto-West Germanic *glaimi

Old English glǣm

Middle English glem

English gleam

Today it means

adj Glowing with subdued light.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.