Glær
Old Norse Dictionary - glær
Meaning of Old Norse word "glær"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- glær
- m., poët. the ‘glaring,’ i. e. the sea, Lex. poët.: in prose in the phrase, kasta á glæ, to throw into the sea, squander, Bjarn. 57, Ó. H. 38, Finnb. 250, Fms. vii. 62 (in a verse), cp. Ad. 13; hlaupa á glæ, to run in vain, Al. 181.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ad.
- Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)