eldertongue

Old English · noun

glær

Normalised glǣr

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ɡlæːr/
Syllables
ɡlæːr (1 syllable)
Modern English
amber

Meaning

  1. amber

Declension

Declension of glær
SingularPlural
Nominative glǣrglǣras
Accusative glǣrglǣras
Genitive glǣresglǣra
Dative glǣreglǣrum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *glāʀ, *glēʀ, from Proto-Germanic *glēzą, related to Proto-Germanic *glasą (“glass, amber”). Cognate with Old Saxon glēr (“resin”), Middle Low German glâr, glar (“resin, gum”).

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