glæs

See also: Glas, glas, glàs, glás, and glas'

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Compare Old Saxon glas, Old Dutch glas, Old High German glas, Old Norse gler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlæs/

Noun

glæs n

  1. glass
  2. a glass

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative glæs glasu
accusative glæs glasu
genitive glæses glasa
dative glæse glasum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: glas, glace, glasce, glass, glasse
    • English: glass (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: gless, glass
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