glo.
an ember, live coal
Meaning & usage
an ember, live coal
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”).
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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