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Rh snap; de dog at me ; to make quick, but awkward attempts to bite, to g. at onyting [‘anything’] . 2) to answer hotly and sharply; he at me;  —  glamsa,, inter alia, to make quick (strained, awkward) attempts to grasp, to snatch up.   glamse, , a) to snap at someone; to growl (of a dog); b) to accost someone harshly and angrily. ,

glan$n$ [glān],, a long scratch, a g. i’ de finger. glan, , in sense of an opening; an interstice ( something staring, gaping).

glan$n$ [glān] and more glani [glāni],, a whetstone, tabu-name, sea-term, used by fishermen, glan,, the brightness of smoothed and polished objects (B.H.). A similar change of meaning seems to have taken place in as in  brúnn, , bright, shining, and brýni,, a whetstone.

glan$1$ [glān],, to cause a long scratch; to cut oneself, with part of the body as object; I my finger. of $2$,

glan$1$ [glān],, to whet, sharpen, tabu-word used by fishermen at sea; to g. de (the knife). of $1$,

glanklett [glānklɛt (-klæt),, a whetstone (tabu-name, sea-term). A of $2$,, and , , a rock.

glannel [glanəl],, a strap round the neck of a plough-ox, used in ploughing.  cognate with glenna,, to stretch out; extend.  langel,

†glans [gla‘ns],, brightness; shine, de g. o’ de sun. Also in, , , and , after glanz. Not used in the same sense as glance. †glans [gla‘ns],, to shine; give light; de sun (was ) upon him; also of bright metals; shiny boots: a pair o’ boots. glansa,, to shine; glitter. See ,

glant [gla‘nt],, amusement; mirth; pleasantry and jest. glant, and, jest; mirth; frolicsome pleasantry.

glant [gla‘nt],, to make amusement and mirth; to jest and fool. glanta,, to jest; fool.

glassi [glaᶊɩ],, 1) (big) stomach, paunch of a cow. 2) colon in a cow.. cognate with klessa,, of something squab ( a soft, adhesive mass); “klass-” of something soft, adhesive and dirty ( klaassa,, a soft mass, applied to a toad; klássa, , a shoe of hide, worn out and repaired). For the change kl > gl in the possibly cognate words ,, , , , and , and , = , and

gläib [gläib],, a) a large quantity; good exchange, ironically; yon [‘that’] is a g.; b) a good reward; I’ll gi’e dee a g., if du ’ll dø [‘do’] it. . — a g. o’ money, plenty of money;. —, a gap, gully, and glyp, , a gulp. —  the same word as the
 * glíp- (or glýp-)?  glip (gliip),

gläip [gläip],, a glutton, in the “glutton-g.” glip (gliip),, inter alia a gap (Aa.), a glutton (R.). , glutton-g.

gled [glēd, glē$2$d],, 1) having wide interstices; thin; scattered; thinly growing; de corn is g., the corn is growing thinly, or more emphasized: der’r [‘there is’] only a g. stelk [stä‘ᶅk] here and dere (stelk = a stalk); de neeps [‘turnips’] or taatis [‘potatoes’] is [‘are’] very g. 2) of