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

Declension
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
  • (flat frozen surface): svell

See also

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

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