glær

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klaiːr/

  Rhymes: -aiːr

Etymology 1

Originally without -r- in stem. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *glaiwiz (“bright; shining”).

Adjective

glær (comparative glærari or (traditional, increasingly archaic) glærri, superlative glærastur or (traditional, increasingly archaic) glæjastur)

1. clear, transparent, translucent, see-through, hyaline

   glær ís ― clear ice

Declension

positive forms of glær

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	glær	glær, glæ1	glært, glætt1
	accusative	glæran, glæjan1	glæra, glæja1
	dative	glærum, glæjum1	glærri	glæru, glæju1
	genitive	glærs, glæs1	glærrar	glærs, glæs1
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	glærir, glæir1	glærar, glæjar1	glær, glæ1
	accusative	glæra, glæja1
	dative	glærum, glæjum1
	genitive	glærra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	glæri, glæi1	glæra, glæja1	glæra, glæja1
	acc/dat/gen	glæra, glæja1	glæru, glæju1
	plural (all-case)	glæru, glæju1

¹Traditional, increasingly archaic.

comparative forms of glær

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	glærari, glærri1	glærari, glærri1	glærara, glærra1
	plural (all-case)	glærari, glærri1

¹Traditional, increasingly archaic.

superlative forms of glær

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	glærastur, glæjastur1	glærust, glæjust1	glærast, glæjast1
	accusative	glærastan, glæjastan1	glærasta, glæjasta1
	dative	glærustum, glæjustum1	glærastri, glæjastri1	glærustu, glæjustu1
	genitive	glærasts, glæjasts1	glærastrar, glæjastrar1	glærasts, glæjasts1
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	glærastir, glæjastir1	glærastar, glæjastar1	glærust, glæjust1
	accusative	glærasta, glæjasta1
	dative	glærustum, glæjustum1
	genitive	glærastra, glæjastra1
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	glærasti, glæjasti1	glærasta, glæjasta1	glærasta, glæjasta1
	acc/dat/gen	glærasta, glæjasta1	glærustu, glæjustu1
	plural (all-case)	glærustu, glæjustu1

¹Traditional, increasingly archaic.

Derived terms

• glær- (synonyms gler-; hyal-, hyalo-)

See also

• bjartur
• gegnsær
• ljós

Etymology 2

Related to the adjective glær.

Noun

glær m (genitive singular glæs, no plural)

1. (poetic, archaic) the sea
2. (poetic) brightness, gleam, luster

Declension

Declension of glær (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	glær	glærinn
accusative	glæ	glæinn
dative	glæ	glænum
genitive	glæs	glæsins

Derived terms

• kasta á glæ
• hlaupa á glæ

Old English

Etymology

From a conflation of Proto-Germanic *glasą, *glazą (“glass, amber”) and Proto-Germanic *glēzô (“amber, resin”). Cognate with Old Saxon glēr (“resin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlær/, /ɡlæːr/

Noun

glær n or m
glǣr n or m

1. amber

Declension

Neuter short: Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	glær	glær
accusative	glær	glær
genitive	glæres	glæra
dative	glære	glærum

Neuter long: Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	glǣr	glǣr
accusative	glǣr	glǣr
genitive	glǣres	glǣra
dative	glǣre	glǣrum

Masculine short: Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	glær	glæsas
accusative	glær	glæsas
genitive	glæres	glæsa
dative	glære	glæsum

Masculine long: Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	glǣr	glǣsas
accusative	glǣr	glǣsas
genitive	glǣres	glǣsa
dative	glǣre	glǣsum