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glums [glo‘ms (glo‘mps)], vb., 1) to snap at something with one’s mouth; to eat greedily, to take large mouthfuls; de coo [‘cow’] glumses (is glumsin). 2) to flare up angrily at someone; to yelp snappishly (of dogs); to address curtly and roughly; he glumst at me, a) it (the dog) yelped snappishly at me; b) he addressed me curtly and roughly. 3) to mumble; talk indistinctly, snapping one’s words; he glumst his words, he glumst somet’in’ [‘something’] ut o’ him (Uⁿ.). “glo‘ms” is the usual pronunc.; glo‘mps: Uⁿ. occas. In Clumlie, Du., glums is recorded in the same sense as glams, vb. — glums is doubtless only a parallel form to glams, vb., to snap, bite, but seems to have absorbed another word to which it corresponds fully as well in its diff. meanings and applications, viz.: *glupsa, No. glufsa and glupsa, vb., a) to snap with one’s mouth; to gobble; b) to yelp.

glumsek [glo‘mᶊək], sb., a large mouthful; large draught. U. Deriv. of glums, vb.

glumset [glo‘msət], adj., that speaks in a gruff, blustering way; a g. body. glumst [glo‘mst], of a gruff, fierce appearance (Conn., Du.). — Deriv. of glums, vb. 2.

glunka [glo‘ŋka], sb., only recorded in the phrase: “de hole o’ g.”, denoting a bottomless pit; gane [‘gone’] i’ de hole o’ g., disappeared into a bottomless pit, gone for ever. N.I. Prop. a place-name? Prob. an older *glumka, deriv. of *glum-, No. glumm, m., a deep, narrow, gloomy part of a dale (R.); cf. No. glumra and glymja, f., a dark ravine (R.). For the derivative ending -ka cf. the Norwegian name of a river: “Glunka” (Rygh, Norske Elvenavne), explained by S. Bugge as *Glumka, formed from O.N. glymja, vb. (to roar; boom; clash).

glunt¹ [glo‘nt], sb., a gleam of sunshine, momentary sunshine between dense clouds; de sun is [‘has’] been ut [‘out’] a g., the sun has been out, has shone for a moment. Fe. A parallel form to glint, sb.; q.v. For the relation between glint and glunt, cf. blind and blont, blink.

glunt² (glunk), sb., see glont³, sb. 2.

glunta [glo‘nta], gluntek [glo‘ntək], glunti [glo‘nti], glunter [glo‘ntər, gloⁱ‘ntər] and glonter [glȯ‘ᶇtər (glȯi‘ntər)], sb., sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s lang. for a) the moon, de g.; b) a lamp, open train-oil lamp (koli). Wests., etc. glunta, glunti: Ai. gluntek, glunti: Sa. glunter: Fo. glonter: Conn., etc. The form from Conn. is only recorded in sense of a (train-oil) lamp, esp. in the expr. “to djadd de glonter”, to snuff the wick of the lamp, = to burt or bort de glonter; see burt, vb. — Prop. something producing a faint light or gleam. Deriv. of *glun- or *glon-. Cf. Sw. dial. glona, gluna, glana, Da. dial. glyne, No. glana, glaana, vb., to stare, gaze; No. glane, m., a luminous spot on the horizon. For the development of the meaning in Shetl. cf. glom (glomer), sb., from *glám-.

glunts, vb., see glons, vb.

glupen, adj., see glopen, adj.

glupni [glopni] and glopni [glɔpni, glȯpni], sb., a glutton, a greedy person or animal. Fe^w.: glupni. Y. (Y^m.): glupni and glopni; a “glupni” o’ a dog. Formed from glupen, glopen, adj. (see glopen). Cf. glub (g. 3) and glubien, sbs.

glur [glūr (glur)], sb., 1) of sunshine: a) sunshine through a slight haze or through rifts in the clouds. U. (U^wg.); Fo.; cf. glir, sb.; b) warm sunshine after rain or between showers; he is a g.; Nm^w. (Nm^g.). 2) a

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