gler
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