ᚷᛚᛇᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

*ᚷᛚᛇ- (*glï-, “gleam?”) +‎ ᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (augiʀ, “eyed”). First element possibly related to Old Norse gljá (“shine, gleam”), Middle Low German glār (“amber”).[1] For the second element compare e.g. Old Norse veðreygr (“storm-eyed”).

Adjective

ᚷᛚᛇᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (glïaugiʀ)

  1. gleaming-eyed (possibly nominalised as a proper noun)
    • 450-550, Nebenstedt (I)-B bracteate (IK 128b)

References
  1. Peterson, Lena, 2004: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn
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