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242 light in the dark, phosphorescent light, of fish turning putrid, hung up to dry. ; 3) very dim light, a g. o’ light. . *glór. See ,

glur [glūr (glur)],, 1) to stare; gaze; ,  2) of the sun: to shine through a slight haze or through rifts in the clouds, to shine warmly after rain or between showers ; a, a hazy sky of a pink tint and with sporadic sunshine. 3) to shine in the dark, to emit a phosphorescent light; een [‘eyes’] i’ de dark; of fish turning putrid, when hung up to dry: fish, de fish  (is ) i’ de dark. ;  4) to shine or burn faintly; de light (is ). . — *glóra. and glora, glóra,, to gleam; glitter; stare; gaze.

glurek [glūrək],, an eye, tabu-name, used by fishermen at sea, in the : de, the eyes. of, 1. glyrna, , an eye (cat’s eye).

gluster [glustər],, a hasty flaring up at someone; a cross reply; a curt, rough address; he had a g. wi’ him, he spoke (answered) curtly and roughly without giving any real information.  for *. See ,

gluster [glustər],, to flare up hastily at someone; to reply crossly; to address (answer) someone curtly and roughly, he at me. Assimilates in meaning to , 2. for *, extended form of *glufsa, *glupsa,, to snap with the mouth, to yelp, glufsa and glupsa.

glutning [glotnɩŋ] and glotning [glȯ$n$tniŋ],, a glutton. Also [glȯitnɩn]. The occurrence of, , a large bite, abundant meal, indicates that also may be a Norn word and not derived from the glutton, See $wg$,

glutt [glot],, =. Un. See the notes under gloit2, sb., and glutning, sb.

gløb$g$ [glø̄b, glø̄$n$b] and gløbi [glø̄bi], , a good mouthful; large portion; fine (large) gift, ironically of a trifling gift; yon [‘that’] is a I’m [‘I have’] gotten; I’m gotten a noo. Also in the form [glɛp, glæp]. *gløypr. gleypur, gløyp,  gloypur, , a good bite, mouthful. ,

gløb$n$ [glø̄$n$b],, dirty slime scraped from fish, =. a of *glý-;  glya,, slime; soft stuff.

gløbiben, -bane [gløb··iben·], , a small, round bone between the thigh-bone and the shin-bone of an animal; a small bone with a socket, into which the ball of the thigh-bone fits; de g. o’ de coo [‘cow’]; de coo is fa’en [‘fallen’] and is [‘has’] broken her g. . Other forms:  [glȯb··aben·] ; [glø̄··bəniben·] ( and  ); [glȯb··naben·] ; or [glø̄v··nabēn·, -bĕn·, glø̄v··nə-, gløv··əna-] ( and : gløv··ənaben·; [glȯv··naben·]  and [glɩb··iben·] (  []). In  shortened to . — - from an  *gløyp- ( gløypa, gleypa, gløypa,, to gape; swallow);  gleypubein (“gleipu-bein” in B.H. with reference to a “smjörvasegi”, which, however, is not to be found in the dictionary), orally reported in the same sense as . — - may either have arisen from - or be an  *glop- ( glop,, a hole;
 * glø̄v··nabēn·, -bĕn·, glø̄v··nə-);