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VERBS 2. to stare in astonishment; to look with a sullen or malicious countenance (dialect) 3. to be distressed or downcast (obsolete) 4. to lament or mourn (obsolete) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY from Old Norse gluacupna to be downcast A root of identical form appears in Old Frisian glûpa, Middle Low German glûpen to lie in wait for, Dutch gluipen to watch slily, to sneak, Old Swedish glupa to gape, swallow, Swedish glupande, Danish glubende ravenous, fierce; whether there is any etymological connection is uncertain Synonymous forms in various English dialects are glocken, glopper, glotten EXAMPLE From: Horæ Momenta Cravenæ: Or, The Craven Dialect, Exemplified in Two Dialogues By William Carr, 1824 Dialogue I. Farmer Giles and His Neighbour Bridget.
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