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ing a begrimed face (striped with dirt); du ’s unco [‘very’] g. or g.-lookin’. N.Roe. Poss. the same word as Fær. grómutur, adj., begrimed, dirty, with change of gr- to gl-. See further glom¹, vb. (glom¹ 3).

glomin [glomɩn], sb., daybreak. Nm., Y^h. Deriv. of glom, sb.; poss. through infl. of L.Sc. gleamin’, sb., evening twilight, which in Shetl. is called hømin. Cf. Fær. (dags)-glæma, f., the first peep of day.

glonni [glɔn(n)i], vb., to gulp; to swallow (food) in large lumps. Prob. from *klunn- (lump); see further under glons, glonsa, sb.

glons [glɔ‘ns, glɔ‘nᶊ, glȯ‘nᶊ, glɔ̇‘nᶊ, glȯ‘ᶇs], sb., 1) a large lump (of food); an excessively large portion of food; very abundant meal; to tak’ a g.; a g. for a glutton. Fe. [glɔ‘ns, glɔ‘nᶊ, glɔ̇‘nᶊ]. Y^h. [glȯ‘ᶇs]. Ai. [glȯ‘nᶊ]. From Nm^s. is reported a form gloss (glosj) [glȯᶊ(ᶊ))], which must have arisen through assimilation of ns to ss; see gloss², sb. 2) a glutton. Y^h. [glȯ‘ᶇs]. — No. kluns, m., Da. dial. kluns, c., a lump; block of wood; a round, thick loaf, etc.; Sw. dial. kluns, m., a large knot; lump. From *klunn-; Icel. klunni, m., a clumsy person; Sw. dial. klunn, m., a block of wood; Shetl. glonni, vb., to swallow (in large lumps).

glons [glȯ‘ᶇs, glȯ‘ᶇᶊ] and glun(t)s [glo‘ntᶊ], vb., to gulp, esp. to swallow greedily and hastily in large lumps, g. and “g. doon [‘down’]”. Y^h. [glȯ‘ᶇs]. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe) and Conn. [glȯ‘ᶇᶊ]. Wests. occas. [glo‘ntᶊ]. *klunsa. See glons, sb. — In E.D.D. is quoted a form “glush”, which must have arisen from “glons(j)” through assimilation of “ns(j) [ᶇᶊ]” to “ssj [(ᶊ)ᶊ]”. See gloss², sb.

glonsa [glȯ‘ᶇᶊa] and glonska [glȯ‘ᶇᶊka], sb., an additional meal, taken in between the regular meal-

times; he’s ta’en [‘has taken’] a g. again. Fe. Deriv. of glons, sb.

glont¹ [glȯ‘ᶇt (glȯi‘nt, gᶅȯ‘ᶇt)], sb., 1) a hole; opening; narrow passage; to mak’ a g. [glȯ‘ᶇt, glȯi‘nt, gᶅȯ‘ᶇt] for de water to rin ut trough [‘run out through’] (Nm^w.). Sometimes also of a very small, narrow sound (e.g. between an islet and the mainland). Esh., Nm^w. [glȯ‘ᶇt, glȯi‘nt]. 2) a fissure; cleft (Mⁿ.: glȯ‘ᶇt and occas. glȯi‘nt), = rivek. 3) a) a cave; pit; puddle, a great g. [glȯ‘ᶇt (glȯi‘nt)] i’ de road (N.Roe); b) a deep hollow in a slope (Y^h.: glȯ‘ᶇt). 4) a hollow in the sea-bottom; a stretch of muddy sea-bottom, poor fishing-ground; to fa’ [‘fall’] upon a g. [glȯ‘ᶇt (glȯi‘nt)] Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). 5) a rent in a piece of cloth or in a garment (Y.: glȯ‘ᶇt, glȯi‘ᶇt). *glont in sense of a badly sewn, badly shaped garment, is doubtless another word (see glont⁴, sb.). — *glont- or *glunt- (glynt-). No. glott, m., f. and n., glutt and glytt, m., an opening; an interstice; a rent. A cognate form with nt: glänt, m., a small opening, is found in Sw. dial. For glont, in sense of a gleam of sun, momentary sunshine, see glunt¹, sb. (doubtless diff. from glont²).

glont² [glȯ‘ᶇt], sb., a faint light or gleam; just (only) a g.: de(r) wer’ scarcely a g. i’ de lamp, the lamp could scarcely burn; der’r no a g. on de hert [‘hearth’], there is no fire on the hearth. Fe. Doubtless to be classed with glunta, etc., sb.; q.v.

glont³ [glȯ‘ᶇt], sb., 1) a big, well-grown boy; a big, stout young man; a g. o’ a boy; he is grown a g. U^s., Y^s. 2) a large jelly-fish; medusa; in this sense also glunt [glo‘nt] and glunk [glo‘ŋk]. Yⁿ. — No. and Sw. glunt, Da. dial. glunte, m., a boy; in Sw. dial., as in Shetl., esp. of a well-grown boy.