gler

See also: g'ler

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gler, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, glimmer, glow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛːr/
• Rhymes: -ɛːr

Noun

gler n (genitive singular glers, nominative plural gler)

1. glass (substance made by melting sand)
2. (geology, physics) glass (amorphous solid material)
3. a glass bottle
4. pane of glass
5. lens
6. a flat, slippery surface covering made of ice (e.g. a frozen pond surface or frozen surface water on a road)
7. (in the plural) pieces, shards of glass

Synonyms

• (flat frozen surface): svell

See also

• glas

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *glazą, cognate with Old English glær.

Noun

gler n

1. glass
2. looking-glass

Declension

  Declension of gler (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gler	glerit	gler	glerin
accusative	gler	glerit	gler	glerin
dative	gleri	glerinu	glerum	glerunum
genitive	glers	glersins	glera	gleranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: gler, glær
• Faroese: gler
• Old Swedish: glar
• Old Danish: gler, glar, glaar
  • Danish: glar

References

• “gler”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press