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gjölg, gjölger, sb., see gjolg, sb.

gjøtt, sb., see gott, gotti, sb.

glab [glāb], sb., an opening; a space, esp. a cleft; hollow; small dale, used in fishermen’s tabu-lang. at sea, “he (= de hill) mak’s (is makin’) i’ de g.”, in finding a fishing-ground out at sea by watching their landmarks: it (the hill) is appearing in the opening (the dale, gap, cleft). Uⁿ. *glap. No. (and Sw. dial.) glap, n., a hole; interstice.

glabb [glab], sb., a quick grab; a snatching at something (with the whole hand); to mak’ a g. Du. See glabb, vb.

glabb [glab], vb., to grab quickly; to snatch at something with the whole hand. Du. Also grabb. No. and Sw. grabba, vb., to grab violently (with the whole hand). The change gr > gl in the Shetl. word indicates it to be ancient, originating from O.N. *grabb-, and not from Eng. grab, vb.

glafos [glāfȯs], sb., a person of rude, unpolished behaviour, a g. o’ a fellow. S.Sh. Also gloffus [glȯf(f)os]. Cf. Sw. dial. glaffs, m., a person behaving unseemly, and No. glafsa, vb., to let gape; to stride; to be frolicsome and impetuous, flippant, indecent.

glafter [glaftər], sb., 1) a) showing of teeth; a stupid grin; b) a burst of laughter; stupid laughter. 2) foolish talk; tattle (Uⁿ.). Prob. from a *glafr or *glapr, formed from glap, n., a gap; hole; opening {see glab, sb.); cf. Fær. glopur [*glopr], n., with a radical r, = glopp, n., a hole; an opening, and glopra, vb., = gloppa, to open slightly. Cognate with glafos, sb. For the development of the present meanings of glafter cf. No. glafsa, vb., a) to let gape; b) to be frolicsome and flippant, etc.

glaftret [glaftrət, glaf··tərət·], adj., 1) grinning or laughing in a foolish manner, showing one’s teeth; gaping;

a g. fool, a g. face. 2) babbling; conducting foolish and coarse talk; a g. “monument” (Uⁿ. and Ai.: glaftərət). *glafróttr or *glapróttr. See prec. glafter, sb.

glagg, sb. and vb., see klegg, sb. and vb.

Glaia [glaia, gläia], sb., reported as the name for a hen. N.Roe. Origin uncertain. Cf. Gloma.

glaks [glaks], sb., a mass stirred up, esp. of meal; porridge. Wests. (Sa.). Prob. for *klaks. Cf. No. kleksa, f., = klessa, a soft lump or mass, Germ. klecks, m., a lump, and the Shetl. parallel forms gliks, gluks (glogs, etc.).

†glamer [glāmər] and †klamer [klāmər], vb., 1) to grab, to grasp fumblingly with the hand at something. Du. (glamer); Conn. (klamer). 2) to produce a tinkling sound when grabbing and fumbling at something; Conn. (klamer). — The relation between Da. klamre, vb., L.Sc. glaum, vb., to grope, grasp feebly, and Shetl. glom [*gráma?], vb., is uncertain. sense 2 partly assimilates in meaning to No. glamra, vb., to rattle, rumble (O.N. glamra, vb., to make a noise). Prob. two diff. words are here merged together.

glamers [glāmərs], sb. pl., the inner sides of the legs; the fork. Sa. Prob. to be referred to O.N. klǫmbr (klambr-), f., No. klomber, Da. klammer and klamme, c., an implement for pinching; a clothes-peg. For the pl. form glamers cf. Icel. klömbrur, f. pl., a vice.

glams [gla‘ms], sb., 1) a snatching with one’s mouth at anything; a quick awkward bite or attempt to bite; to mak’ or tak’ a g. at onyting [‘anything’] (S.Sh.). 2) a hot-tempered, sharp answer; he made a g.; Uⁿ. — See glams, vb.

glams [gla‘ms], vb., 1) to snatch at something with one’s mouth; to