glær

• IPA^(key): /klaiːr/

  Rhymes: -aiːr

Originally without -r- in stem. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *glaiwiz (“bright; shining”).

glær (comparative glærari or glæjari, superlative glærastur or glæjastur)

1. clear, transparent, translucent, see-through, hyaline

   glær ís ― clear ice

or

• Nota bene: The form with -r- stem has become increasingly common to the point that the original form is near-obsolete.

• glær- (synonyms gler-; hyal-, hyalo-)

• bjartur
• gegnsær
• ljós

Related to the adjective glær.

glær m (genitive singular glæs, no plural)

1. (poetic, archaic) the sea
2. (poetic) brightness, gleam, luster

• kasta á glæ
• hlaupa á glæ

From a conflation of Proto-Germanic *glasą, *glazą (“glass, amber”) and Proto-Germanic *glēzô (“amber, resin”). Cognate with Old Saxon glēr (“resin”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡlær/, /ɡlæːr/

glær n or m
glǣr n or m

1. amber

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