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glíwere

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a jester, buffoon
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  • Glíwere

    scurra,

      Germ. 396, 320.
one who unworthily aims at pleasing, an obsequious follower, a parasite
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  • Spilra, glíwera parasitorum (cf.

    parasitus

    leás ólecere,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 36), An. Ox. 679: 6, 13.
  • Glíwra, forspillendra þéna, 4165.
a player on an instrument, minstrel. v. cimbal-glíwere.
Etymology
[Icel. glýjari a jester.]
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