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GLÆS

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
GLÆS, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§54; §345;
Glass
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  • Glæs

    vitrum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 51
    • ;
    • Som. 66, 5
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 34, 65
    • .
  • Beorhtre ðonne glæs

    brighter than glass,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 518, 10
    • .
  • Ðæt scíre glæs

    the clear glass,

    • Exon. 26 b
    • ;
    • Th. 78, 33
    • ;
    • Cri. 1283
    • .
  • Ðæt nebb líxeþ swá glæs oððe gim

    the beak glitters like glass or gem,

    60 a;
    • Th. 218, 25
    • ;
    • Ph. 300
    • .
  • Biþ ðonne se flǽschoma ascýred swá glæs

    then shall the body be as transparent as glass,

    • Blickl. Homl. 109, 36
    • .
  • Of glæse geworht

    made of glass,

    • 127, 33
    • .
  • Mid glase geworht

    wrought with glass;

    comptos vitro parietes

    ,
    • Bt. 5, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 10, 16
    • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. glas, clas vitrum, electrum
:
Icel. gler.
]
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v.  glas.
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  • GLÆS, n.