English
glaur
Glaur comes from Middle Scots glar.
- Middle Scotsmodernglar
- Scotsc. 1450–presentglaur
- Englishearliest quotation 1997same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Scotsmodernglar
- Scotsc. 1450–presentglaur
- Englishearliest quotation 1997same form
Earliest quotation: 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon: “’twas all there in the Stars, the whole miserable…”
Every English word from Middle Scots glar
Today it means
noun Mud, slime, mire.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle Scots glar / glaur