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.)
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