gler
See also: g'ler
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse gler, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, glimmer, glow”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgler 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
editDeclension of gler | ||||
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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
edit- (flat frozen surface): svell
See also
editOld Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *glazą, cognate with Old English glær.
Noun
editgler n
Declension
edit Declension of gler (strong a-stem)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “gler”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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