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loops in knitting: very open; g. loops. S.Sh. (Conn.; Du.). Icel. gleiður, No. gleid, adj., spread out; astride; very open.

glegg or gligg [gleg, gləg], sb., noted down in the expr.: to gi’e ane [‘one’] a kjob o’ de g., to give someone a drubbing. Uⁿ. kjob = purchase (and sale); reward. In consequence of the frequent change in Shetl. Norn k(l) > g(l), when initial, glegg, gligg may possibly be referred to No. klakk, m., a smacking blow, a smack (Icel. klaka, vb., to smack, No. klakka, vb., to beat; thrash).

glegg (gligg) [gleg (glɩg)], adj., sharp-sighted; acute; gifted with the faculty of observation and apprehension; clever; quick to learn; g. i’ de optak, quick to learn. A phrase: g. is de guest’s ee [‘eye’], sharp-sighted is the guest’s eye, = Fær.: glöggt er gestins eyga, Icel.: glöggt er gests augað. — O.N. gløggr, No. gløgg and glegg, L.Sc. gleg, adj., id.

glegg and *gleggan, sb., see gligg¹, sb.

*glem [gləm, glēm], vb., to forget; neglect, now only in the compd. misgløm; q.v. O.N. gløyma, gleyma (Icel.), vb., to forget.

glep [glep, glɛp], sb., prop. a mouthful, bite, snap with the mouth, esp.: a) a large mouthful of food; abundant meal (Fe.); b) fig.: biting or cross address; to gi’e a g. at ane [‘one’], to address someone crossly and snappishly (as if making a bite at someone) (Y^b.). Prob. for *gløp from an orig. *gløypr. No. gløyp, m., a bite; mouthful; gulp; Fær. gloypur, m., a large mouthful.

glep [glep, glɛp (glæp)], vb., 1) to swallow (in one mouthful); de skarf (the cormorant) gleps de fish; — to swallow up; absorb, g. op; de eart’ gleps op de water (Y^b.); — to dry up; to make water evaporate, esp. of the wind; de wind will soon

g. op de water aff o’ [‘off’] de grund [‘ground’] (Y^b.). With transition to meaning 2: he was like to g. me, he flared up at me as if to swallow me; he abused me (N.I.; Nm.). 2) to address someone snappishly and crossly, to g. at ane [‘one’] (Y^b.). N.I.; Nm. O.N. gløypa (gleypa), vb., to swallow, to gulp down. — “glep-de-wadder [‘weather’]”, a bright piece of a rainbow at some distance from the sun (Esh., Nm^w.). The name arises from the fact that the wind is supposed to turn to the side where the rainbow is to be seen, as if the latter attracted the wind.

glepi [glæpi], sb., a large hole; wide opening; de wind is blawn [‘has blown’] a great g. i’ de roof. Sa. May be derived from *glap; see glab, sb. Might also be the word glipi, a cleft; fissure; hollow, though glipi is recorded in Sa. with a diff. application; see glipek, glipi, sb.

gleps [glæps], sb., 1) a snatching at something with one’s mouth, a sudden attempt to bite; to gi’e or mak’ a g. at ane [‘one’] or somet’in’. 2) a snappish or cross address (as if biting someone), = glep, sb. See gleps, vb.

gleps [glæps], vb., 1) to snatch at something with one’s mouth, to make a sudden attempt to bite; to g. at ane [‘one’] or somet’in’. 2) to address someone snappishly and crossly, = glep, vb. 2; to gleps at ane. O.N. glepsa, glefsa, vb., to snatch with one’s mouth (with a quick bite).

glepsi [glæpsi], sb., a person who talks crossly and hotly, a snappish person. Deriv. of gleps, vb. 2.

glerel (*glerhell) [glærəl], glerla (*glerhella) [glērla, glē^ərla], glerlek (*glerhellek) [glērlək, glɛrlək], sb., a smooth, glassy sheet of ice, esp. on rocky ground; a g. o’ frost. glerel: comm. glerla and glerlek [glērlək]: N.I. glerlek: N.Sh. *gler-hella; from