gler

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse gler, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, glimmer, glow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /klɛːr/ Rhymes: -ɛːr === Noun === gler n (genitive singular glers, nominative plural gler) glass (substance made by melting sand) (geology, physics) glass (amorphous solid material) a glass bottle pane of glass lens a flat, slippery surface covering made of ice (e.g. a frozen pond surface or frozen surface water on a road) Synonym: svell (in the plural) pieces, shards of glass ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== glas == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *glazą, cognate with Old English glær. === Noun === gler n glass looking-glass ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: gler Faroese: gler Old Swedish: glar Old Danish: gler, glar, glaar Danish: glar Norwegian Bokmål: glar === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “gler”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive