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Rh gler,, glass; a mirror (also of ice;  gleríss, , smooth ice), and hella,, hella and hellek, a rocky surface. glerhella, , a glassy sheet of ice. — Another [glærəl] is reported from Tingwall in a sense, to a soft or muddy mass, of the soil after continuous rain; substance in a decomposed state, covered with mould;  glair = glaur,, mire, mud, glair-hole, a slough.

gleret [glērət, glē$ə$rət],, 1) wall-eyed (having a white ring around the pupil), mostly of horses; a g. horse, a g. body; 2) of a glance, a look in one’s eyes: glassy; a g. look; ; — *gler-øygðr, wall-eyed; gler,, glass. 2 might, however, also be an
 * gleróttr., ,

glerl [glærl]-ee,, wall-eye in horses. *gler-(auga). gler, , glass. ee,, an eye. for * through  of ,

glerl [glærl]-eed, glerlet [glɛrlət (glærlət), glerlət],, 1) wall-eyed, of horses. 2) with a wider application, to persons: staring stupidly without expression; a g. creature. also = 2; a g. look. -eed: : . the same word as, For the form see under -ee,

†gles$w$ [glēs, glē$w$s],, a) a faint, transient light, from the fire on the hearth; b) a short-lived heat from, or warming at, the fire on the hearth. glis,, a small glimmer of light, glis, glesa,, a faint light; live coal in embers, and glisa (glesa, gläsa),, to gleam; give light; shine (of light or red-hot embers). — In meaning b, however, the  is certainly glaise (“a glaise o’ de fire or ingle”), the act of warning oneself hastily at a strong fire ( of persons susceptible to cold).

gles$1$ [glē$ə$s],, slender, sparse corn, =. and For the of the word see ,

gles [glē$2$s],, coarse; loose; having too wide spaces, of knitting or plaited work with too open loops, holes; de sock is g., the stocking is too loosely knitted; a g. kessi, a loosely plaited straw-basket. glisen (glesen), greis, grisen, , thin; loose; holey; with interstices, grisinn, gles. — With $ə$, ,   greis,, in sense of thinly growing, scattered.

gli [gli̇̄],, fatty stuff, film or streak of fatty substance on the top of water; also a coat of mineral stuff (iron) on the top of water. to be classed with the word, but might also be glya, , mucus; jelly.

gli [gli̇̄],, to glisten; gleam; shine; de water i’ de sore, de sore. gljá, glía, , to shine; to glitter; glia (g. 2, Ri.),, to glisten; to shine.

glibiben,, see.

glid [glɩd],, glitter; brightness; shine; a ray of light; a gleam; der’r [‘there is’] a g. o’ light (a ray of light, streak of light) cornin’ in ; a g. o’ de sun, a) a gleam of the sun, passing sunshine ; b) the glitter of the sun on the water . — a g. o’ fire, a fire of red-hot embers, = ( to “bol (boul), es, øs” of a flaming fire); der’r a g. o’ fire on. — sultry sunshine , almost = ; he is a g. de day [‘to-day’]. — From is reported “de ” and “de [glɩda]” as fishermen’s tabu-name for the sun. — glit,, splendour; shine; glitter.

glid [glɩd],, to glitter; shine; gleam out, of the sun; de sun