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English
Etymology
From Middle English gloren, (compare Middle English glaren (“to glare, stare, shine”)), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *glārian, from Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn (“to shine”). Compare Scots glore (“to stare”), West Frisian gloarje, Dutch gloren, German Low German gloren (“to glimmer; flicker”), Swedish glora, Norwegian Bokmål glore, Norwegian Nynorsk glora. Related to glare.
Verb
glore (third-person singular simple present glores, present participle gloring, simple past and past participle glored)
- (archaic) to glare
- (archaic) to glower
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
glōre
- ablative singular of glōs
Old French
Noun
glore oblique singular, f (oblique plural glores, nominative singular glore, nominative plural glores)
- Alternative form of gloire (“glory”)