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Rh under. Note, however, ,, from which may be thought to have arisen by metathesis of b and g.

globaben$2$, globnaben,, see .

globeren [glō··bərən·],, de g., the moon; a sea-term, tabu-name, used by fishermen. *glápari-nn ( form),, the glaring, staring one; glápa,, to stare, glare. , and - (-) as tabu-names for the moon.

globi, globbi [glȯbi],, of dark, detached clouds, or showers: sleety, with heavy, sudden falls of rain; g. cloods [‘clouds’], detached, dark, sleety clouds, rain-clouds; g. shooers [‘showers’], sudden, sleety showers, =,   of ,

glod,, see ,

gloder$1$ [glȯdər],, 1) a glow of heat from the sun; der’r a g. wi’ de sun ; bright, fleeting sunshine between showers; de sun was ut [‘out’] wi’ a g.; der’r a g. ut. Also  [glödər]. 2) sunbeams passing through an opening, through a window; de g. o’ de sun. 3) reddish light, reddish streaks of light in the vicinity of the sun, a g. afore (o’, under) de sun . — Hardly from glóð,, red-hot embers, ; more  from  glitr- (glitra, , to glitter; shine), through  of “glød, glod”. For the main vowel-sound in  may be compared,  , , , from  birta,  =  from brim.

gloder$n$ [glȯdər],, a) a steep cleft through which a brook runs, forming a small waterfall; b) a brook running between steep banks. Also [glødər]. Now mostly as a place-name, de , o’ [hjāfel]. — The word may stand for *, that case, is the same word as gyldra,, a) a watercourse in a narrow cleft (Aa.); b) a very narrow cleft (R.). The definition indicates the form with “ø” to be the more probable, b, as the name of a river, might be the same as the Norwegian river-name “Glitra” (O. Rygh, No. Elvn.). For the vowel-change the preceding word.
 * , by metathesis of l, and, in

gloderet [glȯd··ərət·] and gloderi [glȯd··əri·],, 1) of a cloud: bright, whitish, through which the sun shines; in the : g. cloods [‘clouds’]. 2) of the air, the sky: charged, covered with whitish clouds through which the sun shines, a g. lift (atmosphere) or sky; — “g. wadder”, of weather of such a nature; “a g. mornin’”, a morning with g. lift, sky, wadder. — : *glitróttr, glittering; shining. See $2$,

glodrek [glȯdrək, glȯd$n$rək, glȯd··ərək·], , 1) a shapeless, sunken pile, of a collapsed stack of peats, a ugly g. o’ a ; also used adjectivally: a ugly g. ting o’ a stakk.  [glȯdrək, glȯd$n$rək]. 2) a large, dense cloud (storm-charged cloud), immovable on the horizon, a cumulus. and   [glȯd$1$rək, glȯd··ərək·]. 3) a big, dark cloud with a whitish top through which the sun shines. [glȯd$ə$rək]. — The word can, in sense 1 as well as 2, be derived from a *klotr in sense of a globe, lump;   klotr, kloter,, a globe, lump, and klotr, kloter,  and , a clod of earth; a skittle. For the  use of the word for a cloud,   klodesky, , a big, dense cloud, a cumulus. Several indubitable instances of the change k > g, when initial, are found in  Norn; : = ;  (, ,