glor

See also: glòr, glór, and glør

English

Alternative forms

• glorr, gloar, glair, glaur, glore, glur, glure, glurr

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Saterland Frisian glärich (“slippery, greasy, dirty”), Saterland Frisian gläärje (“to smear”), Low German glaren (“to become greasy, exude fat”), Middle Low German glarren (“to apply resin to, cover with a sticky substance”).

Noun

glor (uncountable)

1. (dialectal) Fat, especially as a soft mass.

Derived terms

• glor-fat
• glorry

Adjective

glor (comparative more glor, superlative most glor)

1. (dialectal) Fat, fatty; corpulent.

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Verb

glor

1. present of glo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

glor

1. present of glo

Swedish

Verb

glor

1. present indicative of glo