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glær

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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Grammar
glær, es; n.
Substitute: glær, es; m. Amber
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  • Smilting vel glær

    electrum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 66.
  • Glær

    succinum,

      286, 68.
  • Glæres sucini, An. Ox. 1074:

    sucine,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 26.
  • Glaeres

    sucini,

      121, 63.
  • Glæsas (glæras?)

    sucina

    (sucinum est electrum arboris, i. resina),
      Germ. 397, 21.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. clases electri. Cf. Tacitus: 'Succinum quod ipsi glesum vocant,' and Pliny: 'A Germanis appellari glessum . . . et a nostris unam insularum ob id glessariam appellatam.']
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  • glær, n.