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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

glo.

an ember, live coal

3 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡluː/
  1. an ember, live coal

    especially · feminine · in-plural · masculine
Where this word comes from

The plural is inherited from Danish gløder with a contracted pronunciation comparable to klær, spar. The singular appears to be of dialectal Norwegian origin. Doublet of glød (“glow, heat”). All further from Old Norse glóð, from Proto-Germanic *glōdiz (“ember, red heat”).

noun/ɡluː/
  1. to stare, gape

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Danish glo (“to stare”, archaic “to glow”), from Old Norse glóa, from Proto-Germanic *glōaną (“to glow”), related with etymology 1 above. The semantic development perhaps from the idea of “glowing eyes”.

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