See also: g'ler

Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

Declension

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    Declension of gler
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gler glerið gler glerin
accusative gler glerið gler glerin
dative gleri glerinu glerjum glerjunum
genitive glers glersins glerja glerjanna

Synonyms

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  • (flat frozen surface): svell

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Noun

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gler n

  1. glass
  2. looking-glass

Declension

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Descendants

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

References

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