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 glæjari, superlative glærastur or glæjastur)

  1. clear, transparent, translucent, see-through, hyaline
    glær ís ― clear ice
Inflection
    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative glær glær glært
accusative glæran glæra glært
dative glærum glærri glæru
genitive glærs glærrar glærs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative glærir glærar glær
accusative glæra glærar glær
dative glærum glærum glærum
genitive glærra glærra glærra
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative glæri glæra glæra
accusative glæra glæru glæra
dative glæra glæru glæra
genitive glæra glæru glæra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative glæru glæru glæru
accusative glæru glæru glæru
dative glæru glæru glæru
genitive glæru glæru glæru
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative glærari glærari glærara
accusative glærari glærari glærara
dative glærari glærari glærara
genitive glærari glærari glærara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative glærari glærari glærari
accusative glærari glærari glærari
dative glærari glærari glærari
genitive glærari glærari glærari
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative glærastur glærust glærast
accusative glærastan glærasta glærast
dative glærustum glærastri glærustu
genitive glærasts glærastrar glærasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative glærastir glærastar glærust
accusative glærasta glærastar glærust
dative glærustum glærustum glærustum
genitive glærastra glærastra glærastra
    superlative (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative glærasti glærasta glærasta
accusative glærasta glærustu glærasta
dative glærasta glærustu glærasta
genitive glærasta glærustu glærasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative glærustu glærustu glærustu
accusative glærustu glærustu glærustu
dative glærustu glærustu glærustu
genitive glærustu glærustu glærustu

or

    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative glær glæ glætt
accusative glæjan glæja glætt
dative glæjum glærri glæju
genitive glæs glærrar glæs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative glæir glæjar glæ
accusative glæja glæjar glæ
dative glæjum glæjum glæjum
genitive glærra glærra glærra
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative glæi glæja glæja
accusative glæja glæju glæja
dative glæja glæju glæja
genitive glæja glæju glæja
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative glæju glæju glæju
accusative glæju glæju glæju
dative glæju glæju glæju
genitive glæju glæju glæju
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative glæjari glæjari glæjara
accusative glæjari glæjari glæjara
dative glæjari glæjari glæjara
genitive glæjari glæjari glæjara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative glæjari glæjari glæjari
accusative glæjari glæjari glæjari
dative glæjari glæjari glæjari
genitive glæjari glæjari glæjari
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative glæjastur glæjust glæjast
accusative glæjastan glæjasta glæjast
dative glæjustum glæjastri glæjustu
genitive glæjasts glæjastrar glæjasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative glæjastir glæjastar glæjust
accusative glæjasta glæjastar glæjust
dative glæjustum glæjustum glæjustum
genitive glæjastra glæjastra glæjastra
    superlative (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative glæjasti glæjasta glæjasta
accusative glæjasta glæjustu glæjasta
dative glæjasta glæjustu glæjasta
genitive glæjasta glæjustu glæjasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative glæjustu glæjustu glæjustu
accusative glæjustu glæjustu glæjustu
dative glæjustu glæjustu glæjustu
genitive glæjustu glæjustu glæjustu
  • Nota bene: The form with -r- stem has become increasingly common to the point that the original form is near-obsolete.
Derived terms
  • glær- (synonyms gler-; hyal-, hyalo-)
See also

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
m-s2 singular
indefinite definite
nominative glær glærinn
accusative glæ glæinn
dative glæ glænum
genitive glæs glæsins
Derived terms

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:

Declension of glær (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative glær glær
accusative glær glær
genitive glæres glæra
dative glære glærum

Neuter long:

Declension of glær (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative glǣr glǣr
accusative glǣr glǣr
genitive glǣres glǣra
dative glǣre glǣrum

Masculine short:

Declension of glær (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative glær glæsas
accusative glær glæsas
genitive glæres glæsa
dative glære glæsum

Masculine long:

Declension of glær (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative glǣr glǣsas
accusative glǣr glǣsas
genitive glǣres glǣsa
dative glǣre glǣsum
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