glope
English
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Etymology
From Middle English glopen, probably from Old Norse glápa (“to stare vacantly”), from Proto-Germanic *glupaną (“to shine, gape”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlub(ʰ)- (“to yawn, gape”). Cognate with Icelandic glápa (“to watch, stare at”), Dutch gluipen (“to sneak”), Low German glupen (“to look askance, leer”), Scots gloup (“chasm, cleft”). See also gloppen.
Verb
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- (intransitive, dialectal) To gaze in alarm; be terrified; stare.
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Noun
glope (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Astonishment; awe; fear.
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- en:Fear