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just glided [glɩdəd] ut for a maament [‘moment’] (Nm.); de sjiner is glidin t’rough de mirkabrod, the sun is shining through the mist (Conn.; tabu-term at sea in fishermen’s lang.). — O.N. glita, vb., to glitter; glisten; shine. — The derived verb gliter [glɩtər], O.N. glitra, assimilates to Eng. glitter, vb.

glida [glɩda], sb., sea-term, tabu-name for the sun. Wests. See glid, sb.

gligg¹ [glɩg, gleg], sb., a hole in a wall (barn-wall, byre-wall) for admitting light and air, and for the hens to pass in and out. comm. Occas. also: a) a small window-pane above a door (U.); b) a gutter through the bottom of a house-wall for carrying off waste water (Vidlin, L.). From Fo. are reported the now obs. forms gliggin, gleggin [glegɩn, glɛgɩn (glægɩn)] and gliggan, gleggan [glegan, glɛgan (glægan)] in sense of a window, esp. of a blank-window; spungna ligger i gliggan (gleggan), the spoon is lying in the window (obs. expr. in Norn; see Introd., Fragments of Norn). — O.N. glyggr, m., and glygg, n., = gluggr, gluggi, m., a gap; window-bay. — gliggin, -an (gleggin, -an), contains the ancient def. art. and seems to presuppose a weak, inflected form *glyggi, def.: *glygginn, acc. glyggann. “i gliggan” = í glygganum? — Barclay gives a form “glug” (a hole, gap) which presupposes the pronunc. “glȯg” or “glog”.

gligg², sb., see glegg, sb.

gligg, adj., see glegg, adj.

gliks [glɩks], sb., a sort of thick gruel, oatmeal stirred in hot water. Y^s. Prob. *klyksa. See further the forms glaks, gluks (gloks, glogs).

glim [glɩm], sb., 1) a gleam, a faint streak of light, a g. o’ light. N.I. 2) a glimpse, a sight of something hastily disappearing; I got a g. o’ it. N.I. (U.). Also O.L.Sc. No.

glim, n., and glima, f., brightness; shine; gleam; glimpse, Sw. dial. glim, n., a glimpse, a passing gleam. Shetl. glim is pronounced diff. from Eng. “gleam”, which is also used in Shetl., and with a long i [i̇̄]. Eng. glim, sb., is used in a diff. sense.

glim¹ [glɩm], vb., to shine faintly; to shine with a clear light, of fire; de fire glims. N.I. (Y., Fe.). No. glima, Sw. glimma, vb., to glimmer; to light; to flash; to twinkle; Eng. dial. glim, vb. — glim [glim] with a long i is rather Eng. gleam, vb.

glim² [glɩm], vb., to peer with half-closed eyes, to blink. Fe. *glima or *glyma. Associated with the preceding word. Cf. No. glimsa and gleima, vb., to glance sideways (from glima, vb., to shine dazzlingly, to gleam), and No. glyma, vb., to look fierce; also to look sly or deceitful.

glinder [glɩndər], vb., 1) to peer with half-dosed eyes, to blink, = glim², vb. Wests. S.Sh. 2) to glance sideways. Fe. No. glindra, vb., to blink; to spy, lurk.

glinder [glɩndər]-eed, adj., that peers through half-closed eyes, blinking; a g.-e. body. Conn. *glindr- (øygðr). See glinder, vb.

†glink [glɩ‘ŋk, glə‘ŋk], sb., 1) confused behaviour; foolish mirth. 2) a silly, confused, half-witted person. Prob. from *glin. See glink, vb.

†glink [glɩ‘ŋk, glə‘ŋk], vb., to grin stupidly; to behave in a foolish, confused manner. Not comm. More freq. used as an adj.: glinket. — Prob. a derivative, *glinka, of an original *glina; cf. Sw. dial. glina, vb., to grin; to roar with laughter. Shetl. glink assimilates in other meanings to L.Sc. glink, vb., partly to shine, give light, flash, partly to look askance at.

†glinket [glɩ‘ŋkət, glə‘ŋkət], adj., silly; confused; half-witted; giddy. From glink, vb.