† gliftv.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To look, gaze.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look or behold
belookeOE
lookeOE
beseec1000
stareOE
showOE
beholdc1175
seec1225
heedc1275
witec1320
advisec1325
to see to ——a1375
rewarda1382
to cast an eye, glance, lookc1385
blush?a1400
glift?a1400
visea1400
considerc1400
vizy1513
regard1523
spectate1709
to have a see1839
look-see1862
vision1898
screw1905
shufti1943
to take (or have) a shufti1943
?a1400 Morte Arth. 2525 Sir Gawayne glyftes on the gome with a glade wille!
?a1400 Morte Arth. 3949 Than gliftis the gud kynge, and glopyns in herte.
Derivatives
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c1440 York Myst. xxvi. 158 Thy glyfftyng is so grymly þou gars my harte growe.
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