How do you pronounce glassen?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡlɑːsən/.

Where does glassen come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

/ˈɡlɑːsən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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"From the castle calls Ileana, Refrain (Looking) through the glassen windows, (Looking) through the glassen windows: […]"
"But I had a glassen vessel, of a narrow neck, weighing 1354 grains: […]"
"1640 (first published), Ben Jonson, An Epistle to a friend to persuade him to join the wars And pursues the dice with glassen eyes."
"Abreast of the players, he jumped down, seized one of the taws - it was a glassen alley - knuckled down, fired kibby at the clayers in the ring, and was back in his seat before you could cry "Jack Robinson"."

From Middle English glassen, glasen, from Old English glæsen (“made of glass”), from Proto-West Germanic *glasīn (“made of glass; glazen”). Equivalent to glass + -en (adjective suffix). Doublet of glazen.

more glassen (comparative) most glassen (superlative) glassens (present, singular) glassening (participle, present) glassened (participle, past) glassened (past)

glazen glaze