glo

glo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Galambu.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Galambu terms

From Dutch geloven.

• IPA^(key): /χlʊə/

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glo (present glo, present participle gloënde, past participle geglo)

1. to believe

From Old Norse glóa (“to glow”), from Proto-Germanic *glōaną.

• IPA^(key): /ɡloː/, [ɡ̊loːˀ]

glo (imperative glo, infinitive at glo, present tense glor, past tense gloede, perfect tense har gloet)

1. to stare
2. to glare
3. to goggle, gape, gawp, gawk
4. (obsolete) to glow, shine

• gloende (adjective)
• glohed (adjective)
• glorød (adjective)

• “glo” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ɡlo/

glo

1. alternative form of dlo (“water”)

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 53

• IPA^(key): /ɡluː/

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”).

glo f or m (definite singular gloa or gloen, indefinite plural glør, definite plural glørne)

1. (especially in the plural) an ember, live coal

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”.

glo (present tense glor, past tense glodde, past participle glodd)

1. to stare, gape

• “glo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “glo” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• IPA^(key): /ɡluː/

From Old Norse glóð. Akin to English glow.

glo f (definite singular gloa, indefinite plural glør, definite plural glørne)

1. an ember, wood or other flammable material that is glowing, but not burning.

   Eg såg glørne frå sigaretten hans.

   I could see the embers on his cigarette.

From Old Norse glóa.

glo (present tense glor, past tense glodde, past participle glodd or glott, present participle gloande, imperative glo)

1. to stare

   Synonyms: glana, glåma, stira

   Kva glor du på?

   What are you staring at?

• “glo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish gloa (“to glow”), from Old Norse glóa, from Proto-Germanic *glōaną.

glo (present glor, preterite glodde, supine glott, imperative glo)

1. (colloquial) to stare

   Har du ätit globullar med tittsås?

   Have you eaten stare-balls with look-sauce? (phrase directed at someone who stares)

• blänga
• glana
• kolla
• se
• stirra
• titta

• “glo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• glo in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• -log, gol, log, log.

• IPA^(key): /ɡloː/

From Proto-Brythonic *glọw, from Proto-Celtic *glāwos.

glo m sg or m pl (plural gloeau, singulative glöyn)

1. coal; charcoal

• cario glo i Fflint (“to carry coals to Newcastle”, literally “to carry coals to Flint”)
• gwaith glo (“colliery”)
• glöyn byw (“butterfly”, literally “living coal”)

glo m

1. soft mutation of clo

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “glo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies