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Rh glums [glo‘ms (glo‘mps)],, 1) to snap at something with one’s mouth; to eat greedily, to take large mouthfuls; de coo [‘cow’] (is ). 2) to flare up angrily at someone; to yelp snappishly (of dogs); to address curtly and roughly; he at me, a) it (the dog) yelped snappishly at me; b) he addressed me curtly and roughly. 3) to mumble; talk indistinctly, snapping one’s words; he his words, he  somet’in’ [‘something’] ut o’ him . “glo‘ms” is the usual ; glo‘mps:  In Clumlie,,  is recorded in the same sense as , —  is doubtless only a parallel form to , , to snap, bite, but seems to have absorbed another word to which it corresponds fully as well in its  meanings and applications, : *glupsa, glufsa and glupsa, , a) to snap with one’s mouth; to gobble; b) to yelp.

glumsek [glo‘mᶊək],, a large mouthful; large draught. of ,

glumset [glo‘msət],, that speaks in a gruff, blustering way; a g. body. [glo‘mst], of a gruff, fierce appearance. — of, 2.

glunka [glo‘ŋka],, only recorded in the phrase: “de hole o’ g.”, denoting a bottomless pit; gane [‘gone’] i’ de hole o’ g., disappeared into a bottomless pit, gone for ever. a place-name? an older *, of *glum-, glumm,, a deep, narrow, gloomy part of a dale (R.); glumra and glymja,, a dark ravine (R.). For the derivative ending -ka the Norwegian name of a river: “Glunka” (Rygh, Norske Elvenavne), explained by S. Bugge as (to roar; boom; clash). glunt$n$ [glo‘nt],, a gleam of sunshine, momentary sunshine between dense clouds; de sun is [‘has’] been ut [‘out’] a g., the sun has been out, has shone for a moment. A parallel form to, ; For the relation between and,  and , .
 * Glumka, formed from glymja,

glunt$n$ (glunk),, see $1$, 2.

glunta [glo‘nta], gluntek [glo‘ntək], glunti [glo‘nti], glunter [glo‘ntər, glo$2$‘ntər] and glonter [glȯ‘ᶇtər (glȯi‘ntər)],, sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s for a) the moon, de g.; b) a lamp, open train-oil lamp ., , : , :  : : ,  The form from is only recorded in sense of a (train-oil) lamp,  in the  “to  de ”, to snuff the wick of the lamp, = or de ; see , — something producing a faint light or gleam. of *glun- or *glon-. glona, gluna, glana, glyne,  glana, glaana,, to stare, gaze; glane, , a luminous spot on the horizon. For the development of the meaning in  , , from *glám-.

glunts,, see ,

glupen,, see ,

glupni [glopni] and glopni [glɔpni, glȯpni],, a glutton, a greedy person or animal. :. : glupni and glopni; a “glupni” o’ a dog. Formed from , , (see ). (g. 3) and ,

glur [glūr (glur)],, 1) of sunshine: a) sunshine through a slight haze or through rifts in the clouds. ; ;, ; b) warm sunshine after rain or between showers; he is a g.;  . 2) a 16