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230 loops in knitting: very open; g. loops. . gleiður, gleid,, spread out; astride; very open.

glegg or gligg [gleg, gləg], , noted down in the : to gi’e ane [‘one’] a o’ de g., to give someone a drubbing. kjob = purchase (and sale); reward. In consequence of the frequent change in Norn k(l) > g(l), when initial, , may possibly be referred to klakk,, a smacking blow, a smack ( klaka,, to smack, klakka, , to beat; thrash).

glegg (gligg) [gleg (glɩg)], , sharp-sighted; acute; gifted with the faculty of observation and apprehension; clever; quick to learn; g. i’ de, quick to learn. A phrase: g. is de guest’s ee [‘eye’], sharp-sighted is the guest’s eye, = : glöggt er gestins eyga, : glöggt er gests augað. — gløggr, gløgg and glegg, gleg, ,

glegg and *gleggan,, see $n$,

neglect, now only in the ,, to forget.
 * glem [gləm, glēm],, to forget;
 * gløyma, gleyma

glep [glep, glɛp],, a mouthful, bite, snap with the mouth, abundant meal ; b) : biting or cross address; to gi’e a g. at ane [‘one’], to address someone crossly and snappishly (as if making a bite at someone) . for * from an  *gløypr.  gløyp,, a bite; mouthful; gulp; gloypur, , a large mouthful.
 * a) a large mouthful of food;

glep [glep, glɛp (glæp)],, 1) to swallow (in one mouthful); de (the cormorant) de fish; — to swallow up; absorb, g. op; de eart’  op de water ; — to dry up; to make water evaporate, of the wind; de wind will soon  g. op de water aff o’ [‘off’] de grund [‘ground’] . With transition to meaning 2: he was like to g. me, he flared up at me as if to swallow me; he abused me . 2) to address someone snappishly and crossly, to g. at ane [‘one’]. to swallow, to gulp down. — “-de-wadder [‘weather’]”, a bright piece of a rainbow at some distance from the sun. The name arises from the fact that the wind is supposed to turn to the side where the rainbow is to be seen, as if the latter attracted the wind.
 * gløypa (gleypa), ,

glepi [glæpi],, a large hole; wide opening; de wind is blawn [‘has blown’] a great g. i’ de roof. May be derived from *glap; see , Might also be the word , a cleft; fissure; hollow, though is recorded in with a  application; see, ,

gleps [glæps],, 1) a snatching at something with one’s mouth, a sudden attempt to bite; to gi’e or mak’ a g. at ane [‘one’] or somet’in’. 2) a snappish or cross address (as if biting someone), = , See ,

gleps [glæps],, 1) to snatch at something with one’s mouth, to make a sudden attempt to bite; to g. at ane [‘one’] or somet’in’. 2) to address someone snappishly and crossly, =, 2; to  at ane. glepsa, glefsa,, to snatch with one’s mouth (with a quick bite).

glepsi [glæpsi],, a person who talks crossly and hotly, a snappish person. of,  2.

glerel (*glerhell) [glærəl], glerla (*glerhella) [glērla, glē$1$rla], glerlek (*glerhellek) [glērlək, glɛrlək],, a smooth, glassy sheet of ice, on rocky ground; a g. o’ frost. : and  [glērlək]: : *gler-hella; from