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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

glass OE. glæs = OS., (O)HG. glas :- WGmc. *ʒla·-sam, of which a var. *ʒlaza·m is repr. by ON. gler glass; prob. rel. to OE. glǣr, MLG. glār amber.

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