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)

   Synonym: svell

7. (in the plural) pieces, shards of glass

Declension

Declension of gler (neuter)

	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

See also

• glas

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
• Faroese: gler
• Old Swedish: glar
• Old Danish: gler, glar, glaar
  • Danish: glar
    • Norwegian Bokmål: glar

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gler”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive