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Glore

adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of glor (“fat, fatty”). alt-of, alternative
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A stare, fixed gaze. dialectal
  2. 2
    Alternative form of glor (“fat”). alt-of, alternative, uncountable
  3. 3
    A glow. dialectal
Verb
  1. 1
    To gaze intently, stare. archaic, dialectal
  2. 2
    To stare rudely or gloomily, glower, glare. archaic, dialectal
  3. 3
    To glow, shine. dialectal
  4. 4
    To squint. dialectal

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English gloren, (compare Middle English glaren (“to glare, stare, shine”)), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *glārian, from Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn (“to shine”). Compare Scots glore (“to stare”), West Frisian gloarje, Dutch gloren, German Low German gloren (“to glimmer; flicker”), Swedish glora, Norwegian Bokmål glore, Norwegian Nynorsk glora. Related to glare.

Etymology 2

From Middle English gloren, (compare Middle English glaren (“to glare, stare, shine”)), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *glārian, from Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn (“to shine”). Compare Scots glore (“to stare”), West Frisian gloarje, Dutch gloren, German Low German gloren (“to glimmer; flicker”), Swedish glora, Norwegian Bokmål glore, Norwegian Nynorsk glora. Related to glare.

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