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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