gler
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See also: g'ler
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse gler, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, glimmer, glow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gler n (genitive singular glers, nominative plural gler)
- glass (substance made by melting sand)
- (geology, physics) glass (amorphous solid material)
- a glass bottle
- pane of glass
- lens
- a flat, slippery surface covering made of ice (e.g. a frozen pond surface or frozen surface water on a road)
- (in the plural) pieces, shards of glass
Declension[edit]
declension of gler
Synonyms[edit]
- (flat frozen surface): svell
See also[edit]
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *glazą, cognate with Old English glær.
Noun[edit]
gler n
Declension[edit]
Declension of gler (strong a-stem)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “gler”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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