*glawwaz

Runic: ᚷᛚᚨᚹᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɣlɑw.wɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

wise; prudent
wary; circumspect
perceptive
clever; smart
accurate; precise

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰlewH- (‘clear, sharp’); cognate with Old Irish gluair (‘clear, clean’) and perhaps *glūnēn- (‘to peer’), whence dialectal Swedish gluna (‘to stare, peer’) and Latvian glũnêt (‘to lour’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	glawwaz	glawwō	glawwą, -atō	glawwai	glawwôz	glawwō
Acc.	glawwanǭ	glawwǭ	glawwą, -atō	glawwanz	glawwōz	glawwō
Gen.	glawwas, -is	glawwaizōz	glawwas, -is	glawwaizǫ̂	glawwaizǫ̂	glawwaizǫ̂
Dat.	glawwammai	glawwaizōi	glawwammai	glawwaimaz	glawwaimaz	glawwaimaz
Inst.	glawwanō	glawwaizō	glawwanō	glawwaimiz	glawwaimiz	glawwaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	glawwô	glawwǭ	glawwô	glawwaniz	glawwōniz	glawwōnō
Acc.	glawwanų	glawwōnų	glawwô	glawwanunz	glawwōnunz	glawwōnō
Gen.	glawwiniz	glawwōniz	glawwiniz	glawwanǫ̂	glawwōnǫ̂	glawwanǫ̂
Dat.	glawwini	glawwōni	glawwini	glawwammaz	glawwōmaz	glawwammaz
Inst.	glawwinē	glawwōnē	glawwinē	glawwammiz	glawwōmiz	glawwammiz

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Descendants

*glauw (Proto-West Germanic)
- glau (Old Saxon)
*glauw (Proto-West Germanic)
- glao, *glō (Old Dutch)
  - *glouw, *glô (Middle Dutch)
    - glouw, glooi (Dutch)
*glauw (Proto-West Germanic)
- glēaw (Old English)
  - gleaw, glæu, gleu, glew (Middle English)
*glauw (Proto-West Germanic)
- glou, glau, klau (Old High German)
  - *glou, glouheit (Middle High German)
    - glau (German)
glǫggr (Old Norse)
- gløggur (Faroese)
- glöggur (Icelandic)
- gløgg (Norwegian Bokmål)
- gløgg (Norwegian Nynorsk)
glǫggr (Old Norse)
- gleg (Middle English)
  - gleg (Scots)
gløggr (Old Norse)
- gløggur (Faroese)
- glöggur (Icelandic)
- gløgg (Norwegian Bokmål)
- gløgg (Norwegian Nynorsk)
gløggr (Old Norse)
- gleg (Middle English)
  - gleg (Scots)
*𐌲𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (*glaggws) (Gothic)
*𐌲𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌿𐍃 (*glaggus) (Gothic)

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